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Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong is establishing the Academy for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE), a new platform for multi-faceted work around teacher education broadly defined and a think tank for innovative research, practice and learning – locally, regionally and internationally. ALiTE is envisioned as an international hub for teacher/leader learning and development; exchange and collaboration; knowledge generation; and resource curating and dissemination.

In celebration of the establishment of ALiTE, an inauguration ceremony and a public lecture series will be held starting from March 2019.

Members of the media are welcome to cover the event. Details are as follows:

Date:     March 13, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time:    5:00 – 6:30 pm (Registration starts at 4:45 pm)
Venue:  Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU

Officiating guests of the Inauguration Ceremony
Mr Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, JP, Secretary for Education, Education Bureau, HKSAR Government
Professor Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emeritus, Stanford University, and President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute, USA
Dr Carrie Willis, SBS, JP, Chairperson, Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals (COTAP)

Keynote Lecture
How Can We Prepare Educators for How People Learn? Implications of the Science of Learning for Educator Preparation

Professor Linda Darling-Hammond
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emeritus, Stanford University
President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute
USA

About the Speaker
Professor Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emeritus, at Stanford University and President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, USA. She has conducted extensive research on issues of educator supply, demand, and quality. Among her award-winning publications in this area are What Matters Most: Teaching for America’s Future; Teaching as the Learning Profession; and Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and be Able to Do. She was executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future and director of RAND Corporation’s education program. Professor Darling-Hammond began her career as a public school teacher.

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