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08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome Address (in English)
Dr Stephen David TOMMIS, Executive Director, HKAGE
09:10 Welcome Speech (in English)
Mr Michael SUEN Ming-yeung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Education
09:20 Keynote Address (in English)
Professor Edmond KO Inq-ming, Chairman ,Curriculum Development Council
10:30 Tea Break
11:00
Plenary Session 1
Sharing by a school and a parent
(in Cantonese)

School Voice:

School-based Gifted Education Provisions – From Vision to Realization

Suggestions are made for schools to plan and implement gifted education as a means to raising the achievement of all students.

Ms HO Wing
Principal, Carmel Bunnan Tong Memorial Secondary School

Ms LAW Bik-yuk
Head of Gifted Education Committee and Vice Panel Head of English Department, Carmel Bunnan Tong Memorial Secondary School


Home Voice:
How to Encourage My Child to Excel

The joy and challenges in nurturing the gifted, the ways children grow, and how to use enrichment resources and extensive networking to extend the children's potential.

Ms Joyce KWOK Yin-mei
Principal, CCC Kei San Secondary School
Plenary Session 2
Sharing by a school and parents
(in English)

School Voice:

School-based Implementation of Schoolwide Enrichment Model

The school wide Enrichment Model is adopted to develop students’ talents by assessing their strengths and providing enrichment through resources and services.  The long term goal is to develop those strengths by using a flexible approach to curricular differentiation.


Ms Mary Ellen RYAN
GT coordinator, Hong Kong International School



Home Voice:

Parents with Children in International Schools

Sharing by two parents on their experiences in nurturing their gifted children.
12:25 Lunch
14:00 Concurrent sessions (separate strands for each topic)

Parenting Home-school collaboration Good classroom practices Good classroom practices (Secondary School)
P1: Parenting the Gifted and Talented Children with Special Needs
(in Cantonese)

(Information will be available at a later date)

Mrs Helen YU KU Siu-Yin
Assistant Professor, the Dept of Applied Social Sciences, Poly U
H1: From the Star 20780 to 20780 Chanyikhei – How Home-school Cooperation Can Work
(in Cantonese)

Sharing on how schools could gain parents’ trust to let teachers guide and enlighten their kids.

Mr FONG Shun-yuen
Principal,CCC Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School
GC1: Nurturing Creativity in Regular Classroom
(in Cantonese)

Introducing a “divergent-convergent-divergent” thinking flow in the classroom through illustration of concrete teaching examples in different subjects and different levels

Dr Vivian CHENG Mo-yin
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology, HKIEd
GC5: Development of School-based Talent Pool for the Scientifically Gifted
(in English)

The experience of talent pool development for the scientifically gifted and how to infuse talent pool into regular curriculum.


Mr CHAU Kwok-leung
Panel Chairperson in Science and Deputy Head of Academic Department, Fukien Secondary School
P2: Maximising the Community Resources in Parenting the Gifted
(in Cantonese)

The cooperation between parents to resolve difficulties of families; promoting the participation of parents and utilisation of community resources in developing parenting skills.

Mr. Fred LAM
Chairman, Hong Kong Association for Parents of Gifted Children
H2: Parent-Teacher Collaboration : A United Front (in English)

Joint exploration between teachers and parents yields useful insight into the nature of the child’s abilities and root problems.

Mrs Eva SUM
Registered Educational Psychologist, Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong
GC2: Make Good Use of Your Talents and Enjoy Learning in Classroom
(Primary School)
(in Cantonese)

Sharing some interesting methods such as humorous stories and Rap Talking that teachers can adopt to enhance students' higher order thinking and improve interpersonal relationships.


Ms TSUI Kwai-king
Principal, P.L.K. Chong Kee Ting Primary School
GC6: School-based Mathematics and Science Gifted Education Programme
(in Cantonese)


Sharing classroom practices in effectively promoting gifted education programmes and to provide ideas to those who are preparing to implement gifted programmes within their schools.

Mr LEUNG Man-ki
Head of Mathematics Department and Curriculum Development Coordinator, CCC Hoh Fuk Tong College
P3: Parenting of Nobel Prize Winners: Their Experiences and Insights
(in English)

The findings of the research study on Parenting of Nobel Prize Winners emphasize the influence of parenting and growing home environment on the Nobel Laureates' achievements.

Dr Echo WU Hong-yan
Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, HKIEd
H3: Home-school Cooperation: Role of School Social Worker in Facilitating Home-school Cooperation
(in Cantonese)

Sharing on the local experience of how a school social worker paves the way in facilitating home-school cooperation to enhance flexible learning and teaching environment for gifted students.


Ms Rita YIP
Registered Social Worker, School Social Worker of Steward Ma Kam Ming Charitable Foundation Ma Ko Pan Memorial College
GC3: Edutainment: Science Fun Day
(Primary School)
(in Cantonese)

Sharing on the Science Day and Project learning that activates the students’ intrinsic motivation, provides opportunities for them to demonstrate their understanding of science concepts.

Ms SIU Mei-yuk
Head of Mathematics Department of St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School
GC7: Using Movies to Address the Affective Needs of Gifted Students
(in Cantonese)

The project, “Using movies to address the affective needs of gifted students” is aimed at enhancing students’ self-esteem, developing their problem solving and self management skills and inculcating positive values.

Ms Donna WONG Yee-suen
Self Learning Team coordinator, Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School


Mr. TSE Wai-lam
Panel Head of the Mathematics Department, Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School
GC4: School- based Gifted Programme: Promoting Leadership and Higher Order Thinking
(Primary School)
(in Cantonese)

Introducing a pull-out programme on leadership to promote students’ cooperative learning, creative and critical thinking and affective growth; and an interdisciplinary reading programme that infuses thinking skills into a cross-subject curriculum.

Ms TANG Sui-ying
Vice principal, TSW Catholic Primary School
14:55 The above concurrent session strands are repeated
15:40 Tea Break
16:00 Conclusion and Q&A session
Chaired by Mr Paul YAU
Chairman, Curriculum Development Council Committee on Gifted Education
17:00 End
   
 
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