August 10 – 13, 2020
The seminars will be conducted in Cantonese via Zoom.
Co-organized by
Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education and
Centre for Educational Leadership
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
August 10, 2020 (3:30-4:30pm)
Catering for Student Diversities: Curriculum Moderation and Adaption
Speaker: Ms. Mandy Tam
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Working in a special school for more than 20 years, catering student diversities is a must for all teachers. The ways how to apply curriculum moderation and adaptation are vary and are valuable to teachers. The speaker would like to share her experiences about catering learning diversities in classroom and how her students breakthrough their limitations to pursue their dreams.
Ms Tam Wan Wah Mandy is working in a special school. She has been invited to give talks for teacher training course both HKU and HKEU. She obtained the CEATE award in 2008. She is operating a CEATE workshop and also a part-time columnist for Mingpao Happy MaMa.
August 11, 2020 (3:30-4:30pm) To be rescheduled
Ecological approach to rethinking an inclusive classroom
Speaker: Dr. Gloria Ma
When we talk about inclusive classroom, it is not only about in-class arrangement or adaptive curriculum design. Instead, we should adopt ecological mindset to conceptualize an inclusive teaching and learning environment, such as societal culture, policy, use of terminology and pictures, transportation, classroom’s physical setting, in-class dynamics, and interpersonal interactions of teachers and students. All these dimensions are interactive in nature and affect the process and outcome of teaching and learning. Real-life examples based on the speaker’s personal experiences will be discussed.
Dr. Gloria Ma finished her PhD in Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018. Her research interests focus on ecological approaches to addressing ableism toward people with disability, particularly architectural accessibility and universal design, International Symbol of Accessibility, and disability experiential simulation. Living with congenital muscular dystrophy as a power wheelchair user, Gloria actively participates in disability advocacy and co-founded “Wheel Power Challenge” in 2014 which organizes a series of experiential programs to promote accessibility concepts and co-create social inclusion.
August 12, 2020 (3:30-4:30pm)
Professional learning of Inclusive Education for In-Service Teachers in Hong Kong: Changes and Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Cici Lam
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Well-trained teachers play a vital role in inclusive education as they can identify students with special needs and intervene early and provide differentiated teaching in view of diversity of students. Up till 2018, 36% of teachers from the Hong Kong mainstream schools have attended the basic course in supporting students with special educational needs. With teachers being trained, they are now having more positive attitudes towards students with special needs.
However, with the increasing accountability of schools to cater diverse needs from different stakeholders, better training of teachers to prepare for inclusive practices is indispensable. The question is what constitutes the best professional learning for upskilling teachers for inclusive practices in the Hong Kong context? This seminar will first discuss how the teacher professional learning transform in response to the new challenges in inclusive education, followed by the new initiatives of developing other kinds of professional learning models in supporting schools to cater students’ diversity.
Dr. Cici Lam is a Registered Educational Psychologist and a Senior Lecturer at the Education University of Hong Kong. She has over 15 years’ experience in supporting children and parents with special education needs. She is currently teaching the Education Bureau courses on catering students’ diversity, particularly in the area of positive behavioral support and the SENCO courses. She has been part of many research projects, such as being the curriculum designer for the ‘3Es socio-emotional progamme for the preschool children’. Cici has been serving the HKSAR Curriculum Development Council Committee on Special Educational Needs, as well as the Hong Kong Examinations Authority as an expert panel member.
August 13 (3:30-4:30pm)
Sign Bilingual and Co-enrollment Education for Deaf/Hard-of-hearing Students
Speaker: Dr. Fay Wong
Powerpoint Slides: Download here
Different varieties of Deaf/Hard-of-hearing education model will be introduced. Core elements of sign bilingual and co-enrollement education model will be explained. Detailed practices related to Deaf/Hard-of-hearing education: whole school approach and co-teaching practice in bilingual and co-enrollment classrooms; the working relationship between regular and special education teachers. Describe good practices (whole school and classroom) that have evolved; A case study illustrating good inclusive practice in action will be illustrated.
Dr. Fay Wong‘s research focuses on bilingual classroom discourse and Deaf education. Fay received her PhD from the University of Hong Kong and worked for the hearing impaired students for over 15 years. Fay has been lecturer for teacher training related to special educational need students in the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Education University of Hong Kong.