給家長和教育界朋友──教育大同論壇2015:「我要真假期」
雲集逾30位講者 共設30場不同主題的工作坊
從孩子需要出發 反思教育選擇!
EDiversity “We Need a Break” Education Conference 2015
Featuring over 30 speakers and 30 workshops for parents and educators
Rethink – there are other ways to educate!

 
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新聞稿(即時發佈)                                                               2015年6月3日

給家長和教育界朋友──教育大同論壇2015:「我要真假期」
雲集逾30位講者 共設30場不同主題的工作坊
從孩子需要出發 反思教育選擇!

Photos: http://www.seedland.hk/press/ediversity/5/
Press release: http://www.seedland.hk/press/ediversity/5/EDiversity_Highlight_C.doc

為應付教育體系內的激烈競爭,莘莘學子在假期時往往需要面對大量作業、補習及參與各式各樣鞏固學術成績的活動。由家長發起、提倡教育有選擇的慈善團體「教育大同(EDiversity)」將於6月27及28日舉行第二屆論壇,今年的主題打正旗號為「我要真假期:減少功課,學得更多。」旨在推動家長與學校選擇減少操練,騰出時間作更健康的親子活動,及利用創意推展教育。論壇將探討功課與評核的實際效能,思考在沒有功課的假期中,孩子如何可學得更好更多;活動更請來多位在主流學制中走出不平凡的家長、老師及校長,及多位創意教育實踐者真人剖析真假期可帶來的更大教育及社會效能,當中包括:

 

講者/團體

講題/工作坊內容

首天

趙永佳教授
香港中文大學亞太研究所聯席所長

開幕演講:為何「我要真假期」?
──為何要減少功課與考核,讓孩子、家長、老師都有真假期?

柯佳列先生
綠腳丫發起人

真假期的真意義:家庭力量從社區到學校的呈現
一個爸爸如何用繪本連結家、校、社區;為社會增值?學校又如何回應真假期的訴求?

徐俊祥博士
大埔舊墟公立學校(寶湖道)校長

黃鎮昌先生(Marco Sir)
「天使家庭中心」及「流浪。生命工程」創辦人、跟三歲女兒單車環台遊的浪漫爸爸

真假期,去流浪,把自信帶回家!
一位學障男孩在十年間如何自我策劃流浪假期,突破學習障礙,走入德國工程學院的真實故事。

韋惠英女士
青田教育基金會教育顧問

學在故事中,樂在活動裡
香港有學校用故事取代教科書教英語,為何做?如何做?成效又如何?

Harry哥哥
啟道教育城行政總監

魔術教育:好似假期的真學習
魔術並不兒戲!一齊試試魔術背後的全人學習

Mr. Manuel Somonte
芬蘭Songhi 公司

用電子遊戲設計教育
點只打機咁簡單!電子遊戲如何挑起孩子的學習興趣、引發創意?

謝錫金教授
香港大學中文教育研究中心總監

讓生活留白
功課、操練與評核作用何在?操得愈多是否愈好?

鄭佩華博士
香港教育學院兒童研究與創新中心總監

翌日

黃英琦女士
創不同召集人及創意書院校監

要真假期,更要創意教育!

大自然讀書會@綠腳丫

重投自然懷抱:香港的自然教育實踐

走訪小農‧在地嘗鮮@綠腳丫

農田裡的吃喝玩「學」:親子食農教育

兒童社區探險隊@綠腳丫

探索.發現.想像:親子社區共學旅程

童樂合作社@綠腳丫

3000塊積木任你砌

科學家蔡小慧@Amusing Science

好玩科學:顏色魔棒/
好玩科學:看過才相信

填詞人王仲傑@籽識教育

廣東歌詞.花點心思.寫出創意

蔡姨姨蔡淑玲@書伴我行

故事朗讀及如何為孩子選擇優質中文圖書?

教育大同論壇2015:「我要真假期」
日期:2015年6月27及28日
地點:中文大學鄭裕彤樓(6月27日);及香港兆基創意書院(6月28日)


票價

首天(HK$

翌日(HK$

兩天全票(HK$

成人

250

300

450

8-18歲

160

220

300

8歲以下(第一位)

/

0

/

8歲以下(第二位)

/

110

/

論壇短片:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXiadNSbIc
會議詳情:http://www.ediversity.org/tc/conference/2015-jun
即時購票:https://ediversity.doorkeeper.jp/events/22877

配合是次論壇,教育大同現正舉辦「我要真假期」Facebook短片大募集,資深傳媒人張宏艷、著名藝人薛家燕、王祖藍、陳明恩、著名編劇林超榮(超人)和著名唱作人徐偉賢、綠色力量創辦人周兆祥博士已率先分享了他們心中的真假期,為活動打響頭炮,立即登入EDiversity教育大同Facebook專頁觀看(www.facebook.com/EDiversity)!

有關教育大同 
慈善團體「教育大同」由一群家長在2014年自發成立,旨在集思廣益、聚眾之力,鼓勵家長、教育界以至社會各界重新思考教育,勇於選擇忠於孩子需要的教育模式,共譜教育大同的理想。「教育大同」的成員來自教育界、資訊科技界、傳媒界、商界及法律界,眾人深感本地教育發展逐漸倒果為因,過度着重考試成績,智力以外,學生個別的身心發展需要卻備受冷待。期望透過舉辦會議與各界分享,推廣一些在世界上廣被接受但在香港卻被誤解的教育理念;並透過瞭解孩子及年青人現在和未來的需要,幫助大家在教育方面作出明智和有彈性的選擇。

有關教育大同「我要真假期」論壇2015
為期兩天的「我要真假期」論壇2015將於2015年6月27及28日舉行,由教育大同主辦,中文大學亞太研究所、綠腳丫親子讀書會、香港兆基創意書院及籽識教育顧問有限公司全力協辦。活動將集中探討功課與評核的實際效能,思考在沒有功課的假期中,孩子如何可學得更好更多;期望能藉此推動家長與學校選擇減少操練,騰出時間利用創意推展教育。活動請來多位在主流學制中走出不平凡的家長、老師及校長,及多位創意教育實踐者真人剖析真假期可帶來的更大教育及社會效能。論壇首天在中文大學以講座形式分享一眾敢創不同的案例,翌日移施兆基創意書院進行一系列互動環節,讓與會者認識本地創意教育的發展,帶來嶄新的教育體驗。詳情或購票:www.ediversity.org/tc/conference

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For Immediate Release                                                                   3 June 2015

EDiversity “We Need a Break” Education Conference 2015
Featuring over 30 speakers and 30 workshops for parents and educators
Rethink – there are other ways to educate!

Photos: http://www.seedland.hk/press/ediversity/5/
Press release: http://www.seedland.hk/press/ediversity/5/EDiversity_Highlight_E.doc

Today, many students are burdened with massive amount of assignments and various learning requirements. Holidays have been seriously encroached into as a result. What should true holidays be like and why do we need that? On June 27 and 28, educators and parents will assemble at EDiversity’s second education conference to examine the issue. With the theme “We Need a Break: Drill less, Learn more”, the conference aims to encourage parents and schools to reduce cramming practices and make time for family and creative education. The conference will investigate the actual effectiveness of assignments and assessments, and explore how children can learn more and better on an assignment-free holiday. Parents, teachers and principals who have adopted extraordinary approaches within mainstream institutions, and practitioners of creative education will be invited to share their experience and insights. The programme is as follows:

 

Speaker / Organisation

Topic of the talk / workshop

Day1

Prof. Chiu Wing Kai, Stephen
Professor of the Department of Sociology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Associate Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies

Opening address: WhyWe Need a Break?
Why is it essential to cut down assignments and assessments, and to provide children, parents and teachers with a genuine holiday?

Mr. Kenny Or
Founder of Little Green Feet (Hapi Reading Club)

Picture books + happy families = endless possibilities
How does a father manage to connect family, school and community using picture books? And how does it contribute to the betterment of society? What can schools do to “drill less, learn more”?

Dr. Tsui Chun Cheung
Principal of Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)

Mr. Marco Wong
Founder of Teens Angel Family Centre and Life Inspire, who has once cycled around Taiwan with his three-year-old daughter

Holidays of Self-realisation
A real-life story of a boy with learning disability and how he transformed in ten years, by planning his backpacking holiday to wander abroad, overcoming his disability and eventually enrolling in a German engineering institute.

Ms. Wai Wai Ying
Education Consultant of Greenfield Educational Fund Ltd.

Stories are better than textbooks
Why do some local schools use story books to replace textbooks in English teaching? How do they carry it out? And how is the result?

Harry Wong (AkaHarry Goh Goh)
CEO, Kido Town

Magic education
Magic is more than a trick – let’s look into the holistic education behind magic!

Mr. Manuel Somonte
Songhi (Finland)

Gamification of education

Prof. Tse Shek Kam
Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong

Let there be interludes in life
What is the purpose of assignments, assessments and drilling practices? Is it really the more you drill, the better?

Dr. Cheng Pui Wah, Doris
Director of the Centre for Childhood Research and Innovation; Associate Professor of the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Day2

Ms. Ada Wong
Founder of MaD and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity

Creative Education: Why & How?

Reading in Nature @ Little Green Feet

Return to nature: the implementation of natural education in Hong Kong

Farmer and Food @ Little Green Feet

Eat, drink, play and learn in the fields: the family education of food and agriculture

Kids Expedition @ Little Green Feet

Explore, discover, and imagine: the family co-learning journey in the community

Kids Fun Co-op @ Little Green Feet

Playing with 3,000 wooden blocks

Scientist Sue Choy @ Amusing Science

Science is Fun: A Tubeful of Colours / Science is Fun: Seeing is Believing

Lyricist Mr. Wong Chung Kit @ La Violet Education

You can be a lyricist too

Ms. Joyce Choi (Choi EE) @ Bring Me a Book

Storytelling & Selecting the Best Chinese Books to Read with Kids

EDiversity “We Need a Break” Education Conference 2015
Date: 27 and 28 June, 2015
Venues: Cheng Yu Tung Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (27 June); HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (28 June)

Ticket

Day1 (HK$)

Day2 (HK$)

Two-day pass (HK$)

Adult

250

300

450

Aged 8-18

160

220

300

Aged below 8 (the 1st one)

/

0

/

Aged below 8 (the 2nd one)

/

110

/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXiadNSbIc
Details: http://www.ediversity.org/tc/conference/2015-jun
Ticketing: https://ediversity.doorkeeper.jp/events/22877

In support of the conference, EDiversity has launched “We Need a Break” Facebook Video Campaign. Celebrities including former news anchor Lavender Cheung, renowned artistes Nancy Sit, Wong Cho Lam, Corinna Chamberlain, scriptwriter Lam Chiu Wing and singer-songwriter Peco Chui, as well as Dr Simon Chau, founder of Green Power, have already joined and shared their ideas about what makes a real break. To watch the videos, please visit EDiversity’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/EDiversity.

About EDiversity
EDiversity is a charity organisation founded by a group of parents in 2014. It aims to gather the collective effort to encourage parents, educators as well as the public to reexamine the current education system, to allow deviant education modes that suit children’s need, and to achieve the ideal of educational diversity. Members of EDiversity come from a variety of backgrounds, including education, information technology, media, business and legal services. They are concerned that local education has taken a wrong direction by over-emphasising examination results and intellectual performance but neglecting the physical and mental developments of individual students. Via conferences and sharing sections, the organisation hopes to promote education concepts that are widely accepted worldwide but misunderstood in Hong Kong; by understanding the current and future needs of children and youngsters, it also strives to offer wiser and more flexible choices in education.

About EDiveristy “We Need a Break” Education Conference 2015
From 27 to 28 June 2015, “We Need a Break” Education Conference 2015 will be held for two consecutive days by EDiversity, together with co-organisers including the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hapi Reading Club, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity and La Violet Education Consultants Ltd.. The event will investigate the actual effectiveness of assignments and assessments, and explore how children can learn more and better on an assignment-free holiday. It will also invite parents, teachers and principals who have adopted extraordinary approaches within mainstream institutions, as well as practitioners of creative education to testify the educational and social benefits resulted from taking real breaks. The first day of the conference will take place at CUHK, featuring talks on cases of unique educational attempts, whereas the second day will be comprised of a series of interactive activities at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, introducing the latest development of local creative education and bringing an innovative education experience to participants. For details and ticketing, please visit: www.ediversity.org/tc/conference.

Released by: Seedland International Limited
On behalf of EDiversity

Media enquiries:
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