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As part of its mission to train future primary and secondary school teachers, the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) aims to provide a good balance of theory and practical experience.
The key is to introduce students to the principles of pedagogy, lesson planning, classroom management, child psychology, and methods for teaching the curriculum subjects in which they plan to specialise.
Alongside these principles, there are multiple opportunities for semester-long and short-term placements at primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong and for international exchanges.
These are crucial, not just for the exposure they give to real-life situations and different types of classroom environment, but also because they provide essential insights on what works, what doesn’t, and how things are done in other parts of the world.
Taken together, the various elements ensure EdUHK graduates emerge with the all-round knowledge and basic professional competencies needed to instruct, engage, adapt to circumstances, and impress prospective employers.
That latter consideration is currently looming large for Iris Leung Lok Yiu, a Year 5 student in the final few months of a Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree in English Language. Like her contemporaries, she is weighing up job options, but holds firmly to the belief that working in education is a way to make a clear positive impact.
“It is a chance to do something really worthwhile and to change people’s lives,” says Leung, who is putting the finishing touches to an honours project on how about life education and life planning education function in Hong Kong. “One of the best things about our programme is that we are always treated as “teachers to be’, even when taking the more theoretical psychology, linguistics or grammar courses. And we’re expected to think about the purpose of learning within the structure of any lessons we teach.”
With this in mind, a particular favourite of hers was the course on rethinking and…
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