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The Education University of Hong Kong offers tips for being a good teacher
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Teachers can change the lives of their students.
A survey conducted by the CDF indicated that many project participants had met teachers who had profound influence on them. The encouragement, care and guidance given by teachers aroused their enthusiasm for learning and boosted their interest in certain academic subjects. Some students even developed higher self-confidence and self-esteem.
The Junior Teacher's Classroom, a programme jointly organised by the CDF and The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), was launched for the first time in April 2016. Through the programme, 73 participants from nine CDF operators played the role of junior teachers for half a day, from which they could tell that teaching was no easy task. Teachers have to be patient, caring and confident, and need to pay close attention to their students and stay creative in the classroom.
The programme had three sessions, the Guided Campus Tour, Junior Teacher's Training Class and Junior Teacher's Classroom. More than ten EdUHK undergraduates were invited to serve as voluntary tutors on the day. Guided by these voluntary tutors, participants were divided into three groups to learn about teaching English, Putonghua or handicrafts before they were offered the chance to teach as junior teachers.
Voluntary tutors shared their campus life with the CDF participants during the Guided Campus Tour.
A visit to the Central Facilities Building and library.
Visiting the Hong Kong Museum of Education.
In the Junior Teacher's Training Class, participants learned from the voluntary tutors how to prepare lesson plans. They had to study the teaching materials provided by the tutors, and then work out their own way to teach other participants.
A voluntary tutor teaching participants the art of paper folding, which they would pass on to other participants.
Participants of the Putonghua group listening attentively to their tutors who explained to them the differences between the consonants "x" and "sh".
In the Junior Teacher's Classroom, participants had the chance to "teach" other "students" utilising the different techniques learned such as Q&A, jokes and drawings.
Teaching materials prepared by participants at the Junior Teacher's Classroom.
The programme had a very positive impact on the participants, helping them to understand teaching as a profession, and appreciate the effort and time a teacher spent on preparing for a 40-minute class. Many participants said that they would consider teaching as their future career.