HKU Faculty of Education
Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education
Webinar Series on Students’ Well-being (7)
Webinar for Educators: Introduction to Narrative Therapy
This webinar is for guidance teachers, school social workers, counsellors and educators who may wish to learn what narrative therapy is about and its applications to school setting. Attendees will also learn more about the contents of the well-being programme for secondary school students and its potential benefits. Details of the webinar are as follows:
Speaker: Mr. Andy Sham, Approved counselling supervisor, Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association
Date: Nov 20, 2021 (Sat)
Time: 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Language: Cantonese
Mode: Online via Zoom
Fee: Free of charge
For more details of the webinar and registration, please see the attached poster and visit: http://caise.edu.hku.hk/well-being-online-program-ab/
For enquiries, please feel free to email to cwcmandy@hku.hk or caise@hku.hk.
The international webinar series will explore ways of promoting positive development and well-being of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will gain insights into methods that foster students’ well-being and flourishing through social-emotional learning, existential-positive psychology, character education and moral philosophy, creativity and mindset, and education for meaning.
Webinar 1
Date: March 13, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 – 11:15 am (HKT)
Title: Advances in Social-Emotional Learning. Helping Students Overcome Anxiety, Feeling Down and Procrastination in Order to Achieve Excellence and Optimum Wellbeing
Speaker: Michael E. Bernard, Ph.D.
Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Emeritus Professor, California State University, Long Beach
Founder, You Can Do It! Education (www.youcandoiteducation.com.au)
Webinar 2
Date: April 10, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 – 10:15 am (HKT)
Title: Self-transcendence: The Key to Meaning and Wellbeing During Covid-19
Speaker: Paul T. P. Wong, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Paul T. P. Wong, Ph.D., C.Psych. is Professor Emeritus of Trent University and Adjunct Professor at Saybrook University. He is a Fellow of APA, CPS and CPA, and President of the International Network on Personal Meaning (www.meaning.ca) and the Meaning-Centered Counselling Institute (www.meaningtherapy.com).
Webinar 3
Date: April 29, 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 5:00 – 6:15 pm (HKT)
Title: Four Accounts of Flourishing as the Aim of Education: A Synthesis – and 10 Remaining Problems
Speaker: Kristján Kristjánsson, Ph.D.
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is Deputy Director in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics at the University of Birmingham, U.K.
Webinar 4
Date: May 8, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 nn (HKT)
Title: Creativity, mindset & Well-being
Speaker: Chiu Chi Yue, Ph.D.
Professor Chiu Chi Yue is the Dean of Social Science, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Webinar 5
Date: May 15, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm (HKT)
Topic: Character and Moral Education
Co-organizer: The Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME)
Keynote 1:
Six Evidence-Based Design Principles for Effectively Promoting Character Development
Speaker: Marvin W. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education
Co-Director of the Center for Character and Citizenship
College of Education University of Missouri-St. Louis
Keynote 2:
Organizing and Reconstructing Children’s Experiences: Compiling National Civic Textbooks in China
Speaker: DeshengGao, Ph.D.
Distinguished professor of the “Zijiang Scholars Program”, East China Normal University
Concurrent Sharing Sessions / Workshops
1)Giving Value to Values Education (Simultaneous interpreting for Putonghua available)
2)Simple and Profound Practices to Nurture Social and Emotional Learning
3)Resilience and empathy through personal storytelling
4)Cultivating and developing students’ character strengths
5)Thriving through the Storm: fostering student development & well-being in the midst of a pandemic
6)Narrative co-journey in rejuvenation of folk culture -Adolescent as expert and counsellor as mirror: character education in a nutshell
Webinar 6
Date: June 5, 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 – 5:15 pm (HKT)
Topic: Recalibrating the compass in a changing world: Education for meaning and meaningful education
Speaker: Pninit Russo-Netzer, Ph.D.
Pninit Russo-Netzer, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer, a researcher, and the head of the Education Department at Achva Academic College. She is the founder and head of the ‘Compass‘ Institute for the Study and Application of Meaning in life, and the head of the Academic Training Program for Logotherapy (meaning-oriented psychotherapy) at Tel-Aviv University.
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