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Bamboo Shed Cantonese Opera and School Education:
From Cultural Space to Learning Space
New Publication

04 Dec 2012

Hong Kong is a metropolitan city, yet it still preserves many traditional Chinese cultural practices. One of the most significant practices is Bamboos Shed Cantonese opera. The education reform of New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum offers opportunities for integrating Cantonese opera into the formal curriculum. The Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER) of the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has launched the HKU Cantonese Opera Education and Research Project to integrate Cantonese Opera into the secondary school curriculum and to conduct related researches.

The book “Bamboo Shed Cantonese Opera and School Education: From Cultural Space to Learning Space” is the research output of the above project. It includes a study of the Project-based learning of bamboo shed Cantonese opera, which also serves as a reference for educators and teachers on how to integrate Cantonese opera and intangible cultural heritage into the formal curriculum.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the briefing, details are as follows:

Date: December 5, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Room 113, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
Speakers:

• Prof. C F Lee, Chairman of the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
• Dr. Dorothy F P Ng, Author and editor, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU
• Dr. Joseph W I Lam, Author and editor, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU
• Mr. Alain M F Lo, Author and editor, Teaching Consultant, Faculty of Education, HKU
  
  

For media enquiries, please contact Miss Bonnie Chan, Research Executive (Tel: 2219 4339 / E-mail: yuenyanc@hku.hk), Mr. K K Choi, Deputy Editor (Tel: 9123 5941/ E-mail: kaikwong@gmail.com) or Ms Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / Mobile: 9220 5840 / Fax: 2540 6360 / E-mail: qlpwong@hku.hk)