CAISE Forum 2022
Topic: The Structure, Process, and Strategies for Promoting Self-directed Learning in Special Schools
Speaker: Mr. Cheng Yui-wai, Principal of BTCFS Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School
Open discussion: Chaired by Dr. Patcy Yeung, Centre Director
Date & Time: August 25, 2022 (Thu) 3:00-4:00pm
Language: Cantonese with English and Hong Kong Sign Language Simultaneous Interpretation
Venue: via Zoom
Abstract
Over the past 10 years, the teachers’ professional development in the SAME Project (Systematic Approach to Mainstream Education) has mainly focused on curriculum development. This allowed for the personalization of students’ learning and for teachers to cater for individual learning differences. Currently we are shifting towards the path of guiding students to “self-directed learning”.
Although it may be easier to implement “self-directed learning” in mainstream school, the learning abilities of students in special schools vary greatly, ranging from severe intellectual disability to mild intellectual disability (the abilities of students with mild intellectual disability are comparable to the abilities of primary two to three students in mainstream education), which makes the development of “self-directed learning” a challenge. Thus apart from curriculum development, we are endeavoring to promote the use of information technology and to integrate the teaching paradigm of “engagement” into daily learning activity, such that students of different abilities can also “learn independently”.
About the speaker
Mr. CHENG Yui-wai, the principal of Buddhist To Chi Fat She Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School, studied information technology in 2000 in the UK and returned to Hong Kong to work in the special education field. Throughout 20 years of his extensive and experienced teaching career, he has participated and completed 10-kilometer races alongside children with mild intellectual disabilities, helping to promote the culture of long-distance running in children with special needs.
Due to Mr. Cheng’s personal interest in the development of information technology, he has created and designed different administrative and leaning management systems for the school to solve the complexity of special child development management projects. In 2014, he designed a special learning management system called SELTAS, which stores different teaching resources, teaching activities and students’ learning performance. SELTAS can also provide an accessible system for students with severe and moderate intellectual disabilities to enhance their learning abilities. This system won the Best Digital Inclusion Grand Award in the 2015 Hong Kong ICT Awards, and later contested with HH IT representatives in the Asia-Pacific region and achieved excellent results.
Starting from 2018, Mr. Cheng has been appointed as the principal of Buddhist To Chi Fat She Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School. Since then, he has continued to promote and contribute to the leadership of special education, special schools, and the application of information technology. He used to be an employed mentor for the Information Technology Education Department of the Education Bureau and is now an Honorary Research Associate of the Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education.
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香港大學教育學院
融合與特殊教育研究發展中心主辦
CAISE 論壇 2022
在特殊學校推動自主學習的結構、進程與策略
講者：道慈佛社楊日霖紀念學校鄭裔威校長
討論環節：中心總監楊佩詩博士
日期：2022年8月25日下午3時至4時
語言：廣東話 配合英文及香港手語傳譯
此活動於網上進行(Zoom)
論壇簡介
過去10多年，融通網絡計劃的教師專業發展主要集中研究課程發展，讓學生的學習個別化，促使教師能照顧個別學習差異。現在我們嘗試步向引導學生「自主學習(Self-directed Learning)」的方向。
「自主學習」在主流學校可能較易實行，但由於特殊學校學生的學習能力差異很大，由嚴重智障到輕度智障（輕度智障智能大約為主流教育小二至小三能力），發展「自主學習」實是一項挑戰。所以除了課程發展外，我們嘗試促進應用資訊科技，並融入「投入參與（Engagement）」的教學範式於日常的學習活動，讓不同能力的學生也能「自主學習」。
講者簡介
道慈佛社楊日霖紀念學校校長鄭裔威先生於2000年英國修讀資訊科技後回港投入特殊教育界工作至今共二十多個年頭，於教學生涯中身教言教，曾在香港與輕度智障兒童一起參與及完成十公里賽，協助帶動特殊兒童參與長跑運動的文化。
亦基於個人對資訊科技發展的興趣，為學校創建及設計不同的行政及學習管理系統以解決特殊學童成長管理項目的複雜性。於2014年設計一套名為SELTAS的特殊學習管理系統，為教師庫存不同的教學資源、教學活動及學生學習表現，並能提供無障礙的系統予嚴重、中度智障的學生，提昇他們的學習能力。此系統於2015年獲得香港資訊科技大獎及金獎，及後更與香港資訊科技代表團到亞太區參賽，獲得優異成績。
於2018年開始接任為道慈佛社楊日霖紀念學校校長至今，繼續為領導特殊教育、學校及資訊科技的學習應用作出推動和貢獻，曾為教育局資訊科技教育部聘用導師，現為香港大學融合及特殊教育研究中心名譽副研究員(Honorary Research Associate)。