By Kristy Kung (ELED Year 4 student 2020-21) and Kailey Yu (ELED Year 2 student 2020-21) The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the education system all over the world. Due to the closures of schools, there are huge changes in the learning environment, resources and the mode of delivery. Teachers and students have been adapting …
By Derek TAM (ELED Year 2, 2010-2011) Teaching is never an easy job, particularly in the first teaching when everything is new – the school environment, colleagues, culture and norm, textbook and curriculum. On 14th May 2011, 2 current students interviewed our graduates, Jesper Mok and Yenney Yan, who are doing their first year teaching …
By Chloe Liu & Carrie Ng (LED Year 3, 2007-2008) The Faculty of Education has always been proactive in exploring new initiatives to promote teacher education and support professional development. In June 2005, an online database on self-developed English teaching and learning materials English Teacher Education on the Net (ETENet), available at: https://platehk.org/ETENet/, was launched. In …
By Anson Sinn (LED Year 2, 2007-2008) & Chloe Liu (LED Year 3, 2007-2008) In an interview with our LED programme coordinator, Prof. Cecilia Chun shared her views on teaching and learning with us. Prof. Chun is currently an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK. With no preconceived plan towards teaching …