The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education
Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE)

Call for Proposals to Provide Summer Programmes for Creativity and Talent Development 2018

Background Information
The mission of the Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE) within University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education is to advance research, knowledge exchange and service in inclusive and special education. CAISE aims to provide training, assessment and remedial services to people with diverse learning needs, such as children with learning difficulties and gifted and talented children.

The HKU CAISE ‘Summer Programmes for Creativity and Talent Development 2018’ will be offered during the period from mid of July to end of August 2018. Most of the programmes will be facilitated by teachers, guidance practitioners, expert staff from HKU, and postgraduates or alumni.

Programme Supervisors
Dr. Mantak Yuen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Cheung Wai-ming, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Programme Targets
The target group for these programmes will be talented primary and secondary students in Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China and other parts of the world. Talented students are those who have high achievement in one or more of the following areas: an academic subject, technology, creative thinking, visual arts, music, performing arts, sports, and leadership. Talented students with special needs (e.g., a physical or sensory disability, or learning disability) are welcome.

Number of programme participants
Admission to each programme is restricted to between 10 to 25 students.

Programme Aims

• The programme topics should enhance students’ creativity, higher-order thinking skills, personal and social skills, and career and talent development.
• The programme should help students recognize problems and explore approaches to their solutions.
• Activities should require the application of academic process skills, and thus help students become more autonomous learners.
• Participating in the group and other activities should also help students appreciate individual differences and human diversity.
• The theme selected for each programme is entirely up to the proposer, but it should be suitable for motivating and challenging the intellect/creativity of talented students in the chosen age range. The topics could address contemporary issues or problems, future needs, career pathways, personal and social development, sciences, maths, arts, languages, humanities, and many others.

Admission Fee
There will be admission fee for each programme.   

Application
Please submit the Proposal Form to Ms. Virginia Cheung at caise@hku.hk by 15 December 2017.
Download:
HKU CAISE Summer Programme 2018 Proposal Form
HKU CAISE Lesson Plan Template

Qualification and Responsibilities
Applicants intending to offer programmes should be genuinely interested in gifted education. Applicants with teacher qualifications, working experience in gifted education, or training in gifted education are preferred. If the proposal is accepted by CAISE, the programme providers will be entirely responsible for all aspects, such as curriculum design, delivery of the programme, and programme evaluation. The curriculum design should cater for the learning needs of talented students, thus helping them to become autonomous learners capable of solving problems independently.

Evaluation of Proposal
Proposal will be reviewed by at least one expert consultant and one of the programme supervisors.

Student Evaluation
Students’ independent evaluation of the session/s will be collected at the end of the programme for programme which duration is more than 8 hours.

Remuneration
Remuneration will cover the cost of pre-programme preparation, teaching materials, conducting the programme, and post-programme tasks such as preparing written feedback to individual students.  Receipts will be required for reimbursement of expenses involved.

Donations
Donations are welcome. These will be used to provide scholarships support talented students from disadvantaged background to participate in the Summer Programmes for Creativity and Talent Development.

For enquiry, please contact the programme manager, Ms. Virginia Cheung at 3917-5828 or email to caise@hku.hk.