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Developing Hong Kong In-service Kindergarten Teachers’ Intercultural Sensitivity through a Reflective Process

Enhancing kindergarten teachers’ intercultural sensitivities in Hong Kong early childhood education has a growing interest and need from schools, parents and the Hong Kong society. The proposed project aims to enhance and assess the development of Hong Kong in-service teacher’s intercultural/ multicultural sensitivities at workplace through an online reflective learning process in the course ofContinue reading “Developing Hong Kong In-service Kindergarten Teachers’ Intercultural Sensitivity through a Reflective Process”

Increasing Cultural Sensitivity among Pre-service Teachers in Hong Kong

According to the latest Hong Kong Population Census (2013), the number of ethnic minority and non-local Chinese youths has doubled from 27,322 in 2001 to 42,644 in 2011, many of whom are receiving secondary or tertiary education. Despite efforts in promoting diversity, equality, and cultural sensitivity, stigma towards ethnic and cultural minorities remains common inContinue reading “Increasing Cultural Sensitivity among Pre-service Teachers in Hong Kong”

Empowering BEd students for catering for diversity in their Field Experience Work

Inclusive Education has been implemented in Hong Kong for more than a decade. The recent statistics in 2017 is about 42 integrators in average in each school. The empowerment of BEd students with the necessary knowledge and skills in teaching students with SEN becomes an important component in teacher education. Although BEd students complete theContinue reading “Empowering BEd students for catering for diversity in their Field Experience Work”