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HKU weekly notice

07 Jul 2017

 

“Self-Directed Learning in Science (SDLS) Student Award Scheme 2017 – The Young Scientists’ Party”
“Self-Directed Learning in Science with e-Learning Support for Learner Diversity and Smooth Primary-Secondary Transition (SDLS)” is a University-School Support Programme funded by the Education Bureau, and hosted by the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE), Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). This is a three-year (2014-2017) project, aiming to provide support to teachers and schools to implement self-directed learning (SDL) in the Science Key Learning Area (KLA) in the upper primary (P4-6) General Studies and lower secondary (S1-3) Integrated Science subject in Hong Kong schools. The ultimate, overarching goal is to nurture and develop students’ self-directed learning ability and equip them to become confident and capable life-long learners in the 21^st century so as to improve students’ self-efficacy and achieve smooth transition from primary to secondary school education in the science KLA. For details, please visit our website: http://sdls.cite.hku.hk/en.  

The Students Award Scheme (the Scheme) is a signature event for students in our participating schools (both primary and secondary) to showcase and celebrate a wide range of their achievements on self-directed learning progress and outcome, e-learning and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related areas on their learning in General studies and Science learning. Apart from this, teachers and principals will also share their practical experiences in their learning design as well as school implementation to serve as a hub for the promotion of SDL, e-Learning and STEM education among schools.

There are 40 schools participating in this project this year and all are invited to attend the Scheme, which is designed in accordance with self-directed learning elements. Through the Scheme, we aim to help teachers to better understand about self-directed learning and to encourage students to work more on knowledge building. There will be both within-school awards and inter-school grand award to encourage and recognize the good work of teachers and students.

Media representatives are cordially invited to cover “SDLS Student Award Scheme 2017 - The Young Scientists’ Party” and details are as follows:

Date: July 8, 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre and Room 101 1/F & Room 203 2/F, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 3917 4270 / fax: 2517 0075 / email: emchy@hku.hk).

The Stephen Hui Geological Museum to present the largest exhibition on private mineral collections in Hong Kong

Period:  Now till August 31, 2017

This exhibition will showcase over 200 precious minerals from 18 collectors from Hong Kong homes. Highlights are the infinite variety of minerals on display including one of the best gemmy single crystals of Tanzanite from Merelani Mine, a very rare large gem quality Aquamarine on Albite with large fluid inclusions from Balochi, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and a 18 cm large gemmy Rhodochrosite on Quartz from the famous Sweet Home Mine in Colorado, U.S.A.. The mineral display cabinet of the late Dr Stephen Hui Sze-fun with a selection from his private collection is also included.

Details of the Exhibition:
Venue:  1/F, Stephen Hui Geological Museum, James Hsioung Lee Science Building, Main Campus, the University of Hong Kong
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays, University and Public Holidays
Free Admission

Special Weekend Openings from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on:
July 15/16, 2017
August 12/13, 2017

General Enquiries:
Tel: (852) 22415472  / Email: shmuseum@hku.hk

Media Enquiries:
HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555/ 9022 7446; Email: rhea.leung@hku.hk)

UMAG exhibitions
1. Hong Kong in Ink and Colour: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the University Museum's Collection witnesses the changing cityscape

Period: Now till August 27, 2017 (Sunday)

Hong Kong’s steady development is mirrored at UMAG by its collection of Hong Kong art. This exhibition exemplifies the fascination of local artists with the ever-changing landscapes and seascapes. Furthermore, the variety of media employed — ink, watercolour and oil — reveals the talents and interest of the artists in exploring various techniques to best record lifelike and abstract depictions.

Over the years documented by a collection of selected paintings, Hong Kong has grown into a celebrated international art scene. Many of the artists exhibited in the collection have contributed to the development of local culture and to the training of aspiring students in Hong Kong and abroad. At the same time their artworks exemplify the materials, techniques and stylistic features that are receptive of, as well as influential in, a diversity of artistic environments.

Venue: Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Ying Tianqi: What Remains in Ruins -- Questioning the ethics of deconstructing architectural heritage

Period: Now till August 27 2017 (Sunday)

Ying Tianqi was born in 1949 in Wuhu, a city located in southeastern Anhui Province. The public presentation of these artworks translates the artist’s nostalgia for and contemplation of two unique and emotionally charged ancient sites in Anhui province that are celebrated for their historic architecture. Within his visual language, images of ruins are embedded in abstract or geometric forms with textural surfaces and colours that inspire associations with architectural frames and fragments, as well as traces of bricks and tiles from Anhui’s architectural heritage.

Both an artist and activist, Ying Tianqi continues to be socially engaged in the process of heritage preservation and the reconstruction of the ancient city of Wuhu. In 2014, his heritage proposal to the government was centred around the concept of ‘Remains—Rebirth’. As part of this initiative, he mobilised thousands of villagers to retrieve bricks in order to rebuild his home town. Through this action he directly questioned the widely accepted practice of re-building rather than conserving and restoring built environments. The UMAG exhibition visually and critically contemplates decay and reconstruction, bridging the past and the future. 

The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of lectures, guided tours and workshops highlighting aspects of the transformation of our ever-developing built environments.

Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communications Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk
UMAG Programme Assistant Miss Chelsea Choi, Tel: (852) 2241 5509, Email: cchelsea@hku.hk