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Knowledge Exchange e-Resource Project for New Secondary School Liberal Studies

08 Jun 2010

 

The Hong Kong University Press has converted 32 English-language books into digital resources, on subjects ranging from politics and sociology to public health, education and social work.  The digital resources have been hosted in Hong Kong Education City and are freely accessible to senior secondary school teachers and students in Hong Kong. 

Professor John Bacon-Shone, Associate Director of the Knowledge Exchange Office of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Mr Michael Duckworth, Publisher of Hong Kong University Press will co-host a press conference on June 10 (Thursday) at HKU to introduce the project. Ms Ng Mei Mei, Executive Director of Hong Kong Education City, is invited as the guest speaker.

"Society & Culture: Life in Hong Kong under ‘One Country, Two Systems'" is one of the compulsory parts of the NSS Liberal Studies curriculum.  Students need to collect, analyse and discuss topics relating to the Basic Law, legal-political system, and socio-economic conditions in Hong Kong.  The new curriculum also adopts an "issue-enquiry approach", through which students are required to develop their own views, construct personal knowledge, and become critical thinkers. 

Although many resources are available on the internet and through other channels, authoritative, research-oriented, credited and copyright-free resources are lacking.  With the support of the Knowledge Exchange Fund of the University Grant Committee, the Hong Kong University Press has converted 32 English-language books into digital resources.  Teachers and students can use the copyright-free content on the HKEdCity portal (http://www.hkedcity.net/) for their Liberal Studies projects and for general study. 

You are cordially invited to the press conference. Details are as follows:

Date: June 10, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Room MG07, Main Building, HKU 
Language: English

For the list of book included in the project, please visit: http://www.hku.hk/cpaoesite/press/100610ebooklist.doc

For further enquiries, please contact Joseph Siu of Hong Kong University Press at joesiukw@hku.hk or tel 2552 4789.