Meeting the Special Needs of the Gifted Through the Summer Gifted Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W Chan ◽  
Ping Chung Cheung ◽  
Patricia P.W. Yeung

The 1997 Summer Gifted Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was designed to meet some of the special needs of gifted and talented students through enrichment courses and activities. It is the first of its kind in Hong Kong, being organized by a university for 102 junior secondary school students. This paper describes its operation in terms of identification-selection procedures, organization of classes, curriculum, teacher selection and training, supervision, observation of student behavioral characteristics by teachers, and program evaluation by students, parents, teachers, teaching assistants and residential counselors. Future directions in the organization of programs for the gifted and talented in Hong Kong are discussed.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo F. H. Ma ◽  
L. M. Mak

For almost three decades, literary walk has been used by various education and public institutions in Hong Kong as an effective way to promote reading and writing to secondary school students. Funded by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2013, the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre (HKLRC) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (CUHK Library) jointly kicked off a two-year proposal entitled “Fun with Learning Chinese Language through Literary Walk” aimed at promoting literary reading and writing skills to junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. In this paper, the authors discuss a key deliverable of this project, the Hong Kong Literary Landscape MediaWiki, jointly developed by the HKLRC and the CUHK Library, which provides literary walk materials on the wiki platform including video clips, critically selected literary works, literary maps, creative writings of the student participants, and so on. Apart from the project participants, the Hong Kong Literary Landscape MediaWiki is also a useful tool for other secondary school teachers, students, and a wider group of audience in the Hong Kong community.


1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai Hing Lam ◽  
Siu Fung Chung ◽  
Carol L. Betson ◽  
Chit Ming Wong ◽  
Anthony J. Hedley

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Chan ◽  
Ping Chung Cheung ◽  
Annie S. K. Chan ◽  
Winnie Wing-man Leung ◽  
Ka-wai Leung

The design and operation of the 1998 Chinese University Summer Gifted Program organized for junior secondary students in Hong Kong are described. This one-week residential program provided enrichment courses, workshops, and special activities intended to enhance creativity and leadership abilities in students. Evaluative ratings on various aspects of the program indicated that program participants, program instructors, residential counselors, and parents of students expressed overall satisfaction with the program. Students also had higher ratings on self-perceived leadership ability and creativity in postprogram, as compared with preprogram, assessments. Implications of the findings for future program development are discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 2219-2229
Author(s):  
Patrick S. Y. Lau ◽  
C. M. Lam ◽  
Ben M. F. Law ◽  
Y. H. Poon

This paper aims to discuss the relationships between the selected positive youth development constructs and the enhancement of Hong Kong junior secondary school students' money management skills, values, and attitudes. Various issues of money management of adolescents are reviewed. These issues include the need for money management programs for adolescents, the content and coverage of an appropriate money management program, and its relationships with the selected positive youth development constructs. The curriculum units for secondary 3 students are taken as examples to illustrate the design of the program. It is believed that promoting cognitive competence, self-efficacy, and spirituality could be an effective way to enhance students' money management skills, values, and attitudes, thus preparing them better for facing the finance-related issues in life.


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