HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 December 2021 – Riding on the momentum of last year’s enthusiasm, Hong
Kong Education City (EdCity) organised the 2nd edition of Innovative
Teacher Award (ITA), with the mission to recognising teachers who effectively
adopt different educational technologies, ride on education theories and
innovative pedagogies to successfully actualise innovative education. The prize
presentation ceremony was successfully held today at the ‘Learning &
Teaching Expo 2021’, graced by the presence of the officiating guest, the
Under Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk Lin, JP. Dr Choi presented the
awards to seven groups of awardees, recognising their great efforts and
contributions to driving educational reform.
A series of themed seminars were also
held, which gathered all awardees of the Innovative Teacher Award to exchange
ideas on successful factors and outcomes of innovative education and explore
how they utilise technology in transforming the curriculum and teaching
strategies, in response to the current pandemic and the new normal.
While
the ceremony was witnessed by a bunch of guests, Mr Victor Cheng, Executive
Director of Hong Kong Education City kick-started the ceremony. In his
speech, he said: ‘The pandemic has lasted for almost 2 years and has brought
dramatic changes to education. eLearning, Blended learning, Innovative
Learning Design are no longer unfamiliar concepts to us, educators have
gradually adapted to the new normal and transformed it with new teaching
strategies. The performance of this year’s participants is brilliant, with
diversified and vibrant learning designs, which demonstrated their innovative
perspective. We are thrilled to witness fellow educators are flexible in
utilising technology and creative teaching methods, which boosted teaching
efficacy and unleashed student’s potential. EdCity hopes the “Innovative
Teaching Award” could encourage the education sector to
continuously innovate teaching pedagogies, foster professional exchanges among teachers,
and work shoulder to shoulder for the vision of future ready education.’
The officiating
guest, Dr Choi Yuk Lin, JP, the Under Secretary for Education, said, ‘In
the new era of education, teachers have to embrace innovative education through
the optimal use of technologies and innovative pedagogies to enhance teaching
effectiveness and unleash students’ potential.’ Dr Choi continued to congratulate
and thank all awardees for their hard work, ‘They have successfully introduced
innovation to education and improved effectiveness in learning, teaching and
assessment by harnessing technologies that are supported by education theories
and innovative pedagogies. Their exceptional achievements fully deserve the
distinguished awards.’
The
pandemic has resulted in a vibrant scene of innovative education. The
competition saw the enthusiastic participation of educators from primary and
secondary schools and from a wide spectrum of professional expertise. Introductory
videos and briefs on their teaching philosophies and strategies were submitted
months ago. A judging panel consisting of professors, veteran principals and
education experts evaluated the submissions and selected a total of seven
groups of primary and secondary school teachers as recipients of the award
(details of the awardees available in the background) for honouring their
efforts on driving curriculum reform through innovative teaching.
This
year’s ITA has introduced team awards in addition to the pre-existing
individual awards. The new team awards are set up to recognise teaching teams
who worked together in promoting education innovations in a whole-school
approach to cover various aspects, including innovative teaching methods,
curriculum design, team collaboration, teacher training, etc. The award
recognises teams who encouraged the school at all levels in putting innovative
education into practice and built a sound foundation for constructing future
schools.
Apart
from the Prize Presentation Ceremony, EdCity organised two seminars in the LTE
2021, themed ‘Enhancing Learning and Teaching Effectiveness with
Transformation of Curriculum and Pedagogies’ and ‘Path of Future
Schooling via a Whole-school Approach to Actualising Innovative Education’.
Awardees of the ITA were invited to share their precious experience in
innovative education and how they gainfully used technologies as well as
reformed curriculum so as to mobilise their teaching peers to put innovation
into practice and boost learning and teaching efficacy.
In
the first session, four groups of ITA awardees shared their experiences in
renewing the curriculum design by utilising innovative technology, such as AR,
VR, 3D printing and EdTech in order to equip students with essential skills and
qualities in the 21st century, broaden students’ horizons in the local
community and global issues, as well as improve learning and teaching efficacy.
You may find the summary of the ‘Innovative Teacher Award’ Series: Enhancing
Learning and Teaching Effectiveness with Transformation of Curriculum and
Pedagogies seminar below:
Shanghai Alumni Primary School
Teacher
Mr Siu Yin Tong
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Title: Interdisciplinary Designed
The awardee incorporated the General Studies
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Sau Ming Primary School
Vice Principal
Ms Tsang Ka Man
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Title: Competence-based Innovative Education
The awardee utilised the ‘Framework for 21st
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PLK Anita L.L. Chan (Centenary) School
Mr Tam Tin Yau Simon
Mr Suen Wai
Ms Chiu Fung Yee
Teacher
Ms Chan Mei Ying
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Title: Centenary School – VR Classroom
The team incorporated an Immersive Virtual
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Christian Alliance S W Chan Memorial College
Mr Ng Sum Sum
Teacher
Mr Tsang Cheung Chun
Teacher
Mr Seto Wah Sang
Teacher
Mr Liu Kin Hang
Teacher
Mr Yu Lee Kan
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Title: Creative STEM Disease Prevention
The team developed a Creative STEM Disease
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In the second session, three groups of ITA awardees will share
their valuable experience in revising learning and teaching in the blended
learning environment. While the trend of future education inevitably
incorporates computational thinking and AI education into eLearning, cross-disciplinary
cooperation can bring a ground-breaking learning experience to students.
Meanwhile, in the 21st century, social-emotional learning for
students is another critical teaching area for post-pandemic education,
equipping students with necessary future skills.
You
may find the summary of the ‘Innovative
Teacher Award’ Series: Path of Future Schooling via a Whole-school Approach to
Actualising Innovative Education seminar below:
SKH Holy Spirit Primary School
Vice Principal (Information)
Mr Chen Yi Hsin
Ms Sin Wing Sze
PSM
Ms Cheng Sau Ming
PSM
Ms Tang Yuen Mei
Mr Lee Man Leung
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Title: Self-Developed C.A.S.T Unification,
The team used school-based C.A.S.T
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S.T.F.A. Lee Kam Primary School
Ms Ip Bik Kwan
I.T. Senior Teacher
Mr Chan Chi Yeung
General Studies Panel
Ms Wong Pik Yan
P.E. Panel
Ms Yeung Wing Tung
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Title: Sustainable eLearning, Joyful
The team promoted blended learning model,
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The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey
Assistant Principal and Coordinator
Mr Law Kam Yuen
Network and System Support Team Head
Mr Kwong Ling Chun
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Title: Practical Experience of Motivating
The team promoted eLearning and blended
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EdCity aspires to gather pioneers in
innovative education through the ‘Innovative Teacher Award’, foster innovative
development and professional communication among the education sector and build
a culture of sharing. We stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow teachers in
achieving ”Actualising Future Ready Education’.
Details of the ‘Innovative Teacher Award’
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