Experiential Learning

The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection (AFTEC) is the pioneer and specialist in creative learning and teaching in Hong Kong. As an award-winning bilingual Learning Theatre™, AFTEC is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of young people and creative learning professionals. We believe in the power of the arts to inspire, motivate, and transform, and use an integrated arts-in-education approach to enhance education and encourage creative learning. Our acronym A.F.T.E.C. also stands for Arts For Transformative Educational Change.

Established in 2008 as a registered charity, we have reached over 256,000 audience members and participants through our diverse cross-disciplinary projects. Since 2009, we have been the Venue Partner of the Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre under the LCSD Venue Partnership Scheme. AFTEC was a recipient of HK Arts Development Council’s Award for Arts Education 2014 and 2017, and Arts Promotion 2020, as well as a two-time recipient of the Springboard Grant under the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (2015 and 2017) and a grantee of Art Development Matching Grants Scheme (2021-2024) of the HKSAR Government. AFTEC pioneered Relaxed Theatre and the performing arts module of Medical Humanities, developing STEAM as a teaching and learning approach.

Objectives

• Establish a collective of Creative Practitioners to evolve a formal professional structure to train the trainers in universities and arts companies
• Develop depth in pilot project graduates and scale to new and larger number of beneficiaries, particularly for underprivileged students
• Build and develop a cross-sector professional Community of Practice in the arts and education

Project Details

• Hands-on experience of Creative Teaching and Learning pedagogy
• Assisting Creative Learning classes in primary schools
• Pre- and post-lesson preparation/planning
• Up-close classroom observations of Creative classroom implementation
• Train the trainers and Continuing Professional Development workshops