Partnerships Collaboration

Partnerships Collaboration (2025-26)

Partnerships Collaboration (2024-25)

Partnerships Collaboration (2023-24)

Partnerships Collaboration (2022-23)

Partnerships Collaboration (2021-22)

Partnerships Collaboration (2020-21)

Partnerships Collaboration (2025-26)

Exploring Primary Science: Inquiry-Based Teaching Resource Packages

Supported by the Quality Education Fund, two Primary School Science workshops were held at the Faculty of Education in early 2026, engaging 45 Science/STEAM teachers. The workshops aimed to enhance teachers’ instructional capabilities and support their use of AI-empowered practical tools, inquiry-based learning materials for science education. 

Led by Dr Leung Kin Yi Promail (Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Education), the workshop featured live demonstrations by 11 students from the Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science (BEd&BSc) programmes. The participants explored eight sets of inquiry-based activities and engineering design projects, co-curated by HKU students and Dr Leung. The resource package included a bilingual teacher manual, student worksheets, teaching slides and engaging learning videos. The materials were designed to foster hands-on learning through fun card games and interactive activities, making science concepts accessible and relatable. The topics ranged from paper clip rusting and cyanotype printing to bread mould experiments, connecting scientific principles to everyday life. 

Participants found the workshops both engaging and highly practical, filled with useful tips and ready-to-use resources that support inquiry-driven science education. Feedback from participants highlighted the relevance and creativity of the activities, for example: 

      “Students’ dedicated efforts in preparing diverse topics are much appreciated. The topics have provided teachers with more ideas when designing science activities and experiments. Some of the topics closely align with the primary school science curriculum guidelines, inspiring teachers to consider how to apply them in classroom instruction. Thank you!”

      “The card games feature original and engaging designs that can be used for extended learning after class or review of key concepts.” 

The workshops also offered valuable professional development opportunities for HKU students. They interacted with in-service teachers and engaged in the iterative process of designing educational resources. The experience elevated their standards for creating AI-empowered inquiry-based teaching materials, highlighting the importance of clarity, learning experience, safety and visual presentation. Reflections from students included insights such as: 

      “The project has sparked further interest in professional growth, particularly in anticipating teachers’ questions and refining resource design under time constraints.” 

      “Rehearsals before delivering the workshop were especially beneficial for improving the flow and reducing anxiety.” 

      “The QEF project has improved my ability to design learning materials and broadened my pedagogical awareness. I look forward to applying these insights into my future science teaching.” 

Watch some highlights of the workshop: Link

Stay tuned for more exciting professional development and community engagement initiatives from the Faculty of Education!

探索小學科學：探究式學習教材套分享會

香港大學教育學院於2026年初舉辦了兩場「小學科學探索：實踐探究式學習教材套分享會」，共有45名小學科學/STEAM教師參與。此項目獲得優質教育基金資助，以分享會形式講解探究式學習教材套，以及示範其課堂內外之應用，協助教師深化AI-探究式科學教學策略，加強科學教育之成效。 

分享會由梁健儀博士（香港大學教育學院首席講師）主持，帶領11名香港大學教育學院教育學士及理學士[雙學位課程]的四年級及五年級學生向與會的小學科學/STEAM教師講解教材套並進行現場示範。分享會上，一共展示了八套由梁博士及港大學生共同策劃的探究式學習教材套，包含雙語教師手冊、學生版工作紙、教學簡報及精彩的教學影片。教材套的內容結合科學原理與日常生活，課題包括萬字夾生鏽、藍曬印相及麪包黴菌生長實驗等。教材套設計讓學生透過有趣的卡牌遊戲及課堂活動探索科學，支援教師在課堂進行體驗式學習，令學生更易掌握及理解相關的科學概念。 

與會教師均認為分享會不但有趣而且非常實用，為教師提供了現成的教材以及有效的策略和指導，支援AI-探究式科學學習。教師回饋（節錄）如下： 

      「欣賞同學們悉心準備多元課題，讓老師在設計科學活動及實驗時，有更多的點子作參考，有部份課題貼合小學科學科課程指引，刺激老師思考如何應用在課堂中。謝謝。」

      「卡牌遊戲設計具原創性及有趣。可在課後延習，或重温學習重點。」 

分享會同時為港大學生提供了寶貴的專業發展機會。他們與在職教師互動，交流有關設計教材的過程，反覆調整設計，進一步提升同學對探究式教材設計標準的認知，當中包括教材清晰度、整體學習體驗、實驗安全性及課堂簡報設計原則等。同學在會後反思經驗，節錄如下： 

      「這個計畫激發了我對教師專業發展的興趣，特別是在分享會前所作的準備，以回應教師對教材套的提問，以及在限時內調整教材設計。」 

      「分享會前的綵排尤其重要，有效改善流程以及舒緩緊張情緒。」 

      「這個由優質教育基金支持的項目提升了我設計教材的能力，並増強了我對教學法應用的視野。我期待將這些心得應用在未來的科學教學中。」 

觀看工作坊精彩花絮： Link

誠邀大家留意教育學院未來更多專業發展培訓機會及社區項目！
 

IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum 2025-26

The HKU IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum is committed to providing opportunities for IB Chinese language teachers to exchange ideas and learn from one another. This year, the forum presents an exciting series of webinars focusing on new developments and practical approaches in IB Chinese language education. Teachers and alumni are encouraged to share their experiences, and the Faculty warmly welcomes all teachers, students, and alumni to join the discussion. 
Same as the previous year, three Forums have been scheduled for each semester in 2025-26:
Semester 1:   October, November and December 2025

Semester 2:   January, February and March 2026

For more details, please refer to the link below:

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Partnerships Collaboration (2024-25)

IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum 2024-25

The HKU IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum continues to provide a platform for IB Chinese language teachers to exchange ideas and learn from one another. This year, the forum features a series of webinars covering a range of topics relevant to IB Chinese language teaching. Teachers and alumni are invited to share their experiences, and the Faculty welcomes all teachers, students, and alumni to participate.
 
Same as the previous year, three Forums have been scheduled for each semester in 2024-25:
Semester 1:   October, November and December 2024
Semester 2:   February, March and April 2025

Partnerships Collaboration (2023-24)

IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum 2023-24

The HKU IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum aims to provide a platform for IB Chinese language teachers to share their practices and learn from each other. The forum includes a series of webinars around various topics related to IB Chinese language teaching. Teachers and alumni are invited to share their practices and the Faculty welcome all teachers, students and alumni to join.
 
Same as the previous year, three Forums have been scheduled for each semester in 2023-24:
Semester 1:   October, November and December 2023
Semester 2:   March, April and May 2024

Partnerships Collaboration (2022-23)

IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum 2022-23

The HKU IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum aims to provide a platform for IB Chinese language teachers to share their practices and learn from each other. The forum includes a series of webinars around various topics related to IB Chinese language teaching. Teachers and alumni are invited to share their practices and the Faculty welcome all teachers, students and alumni to join.
 
In 2022-23, three Forums have been scheduled in each semester:
Semester 1:   October, November and December 2022
Semester 2:   February, March and April 2023

PGDE School Forum 2022-23

 

Forum 1 (7 Sep 2022) Session 1 Topic: Why Teachers are more important now than ever Speaker: Dr Gary Harfitt, Principal, Good Hope School (Secondary Section)   Session 2a (Kindergarten stream) Topic: 幼師入職你要知暨長洲幼稚園校本特色分享會 Speaker: Mr Cheng Kai Yin, Principal, Kwok Man Vernacular Normal Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten   Session 2b (Primary stream) Topic: How do schools accommodate students from different backgrounds? Speaker: Mr Chim Hon Ming, Principal, Chiu Sheung School, Hong Kong   Session 2c (Secondary stream) Group 1 Topic: The Reasons for Becoming a Professional Teacher Speaker: Mr Ho Sai Cheong, Principal, Mu Kuang English School   Group 2 Topic: From the Journey of Becoming a Teacher to the Journey as a Teacher: Things to Ponder Speaker: Ms Evelyn Wong, Principal, Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School

Forum 2 (14 Sep 2022) Session 1 Topic: Nurturing diverse learners by understanding how they think and learn: some insights from our experience and practice Speaker: Mr Franky Poon, Principal, Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School   Session 2 - Parallel Interactive Group Discussion Topic: My journey: Learning to be a Caring Cultivators of All-round Growth and Inspirational Co-constructors of Knowledge   Speakers (Awardees of The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence [CEATE]): Mr Kwan Si Lun Alan, Baptist (STW) Lui Ming Choi Primary School Ms Tse Pik Wan Grace, Fanling Kau Yan College Ms Tang Wan Ki, Fung Kai Innovative School Mr Fung Hon Yin, YCH Lim Por Yen Secondary School Mr Chik Man Fung, CCC Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School Mr Kan Wai Hung, Principal, HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No. 1 Secondary School Ms Yip Wai Ting Vashti, Sau Ming Primary School

Forum 3 (21 Sep 2022)   Session 1 Topic: Motivating Students to Learn Speaker: Ms Veronica Yau, Principal and delegates, Fanling Kau Yan College   Session 2 - Panel discussion Topic: How to prepare yourself as a life-long holistic professional teacher? Panellists: Ms Veronica Yau, Principal of Fanling Kau Yan College Mr Marco Wong, Vice Principal of Fanling Kau Yan College Prof Yang Rui, Dean of Faculty of Education, HKU Dr Lo Yuen Yi, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) of Faculty of Education HKU PGDE Student-teacher representatives:   •    Miss Li Man Yu, Michelle   •    Mr Chu Kwok Wai, Phoenix   •    Miss Cheung Yat Ning, Sarah

 

Partnerships Collaboration (2021-22)

Students as Partner: Live Streaming Hands-on Professional Development Workshop for Physics/STEM teachers (supported by QEF and EDB)

Supported by the Quality Education Fund (QEF), the Education Bureau (EDB) of the HKSAR Government, Ms Promail Leung, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Education, and 11 Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science (BEdBSc) Physics major student-teachers have jointly organised two live-streaming online hands-on and minds-on teacher professional workshops on 16 and 17 Feb 2022, respectively. Around 60 Physics/ STEM school teachers participated in these meaningful events.  To view the workshop video, please click here.

Below are the 11 BEd&BSc students who took part in the two workshops:

Ms Leung has been collaborating with student-teachers to upscale their innovative tech-infused assignments to Inquiry-based Physics Teaching Packages (PhyTP) since 2018.  For this workshop, six PhyTP were produced to support Physics/STEM school teachers, which are suitable for both face-to-face and online teaching. These materials cover research-evident misconceptions or concepts that students often find difficult to understand.  Each set of the materials contains a video with bilingual subtitles and a teacher’s manual for easy explanation to students (Fig 1). In addition, bilingual worksheets or handouts for students are included in most of the sets.

Fig 1 Teaching videos and user manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The workshops have adopted the “Students as Partners” (SaP) approach, which empowered the student-teachers and Faculty staff as active collaborators in planning, decision-making, and implementation that contribute to the workshops equally. During the workshops, student-teachers worked in groups to devise their teaching plans and adopt e-learning pedagogies to disseminate their original and innovative PhyTP. They also adopted different e-learning tools to facilitate professional dialogues and the exchange of ideas between pre-service and in-service teachers.  Since the teaching package may involve 3D-printed DIY models, tangible teaching parts and instruction sheets (Fig 2) were mailed to participants’ schools in advance for real-time engagement.

Fig 2 Tangible teaching parts and instruction sheets

 

Crucial elements of the SaP workshop’s success included a firm belief that what both the Faculty of Education staff and student-teachers were doing would be meaningful and worthwhile for school pupils; their works were solidly grounded in the subject content. Having “Students as Partners” has clearly demonstrated that an effective partnership is a respectful, mutually beneficial learning journey and educational endeavours, despite the restrictions of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong (e.g., school suspension, social distance and so on).

 

 

This promising collaboration with student-teachers could significantly contribute to the improvement of higher education teaching and successful student learning. Although the process of partnering with students is complex and the impact of the successful partnership on teaching and learning was difficult to measure in general, tremendous benefits of student partnership have been observed from the student-teachers’ sharing such as the development of future skills (4Cs: collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking skills), positive mindsets and commitment to the teaching profession (e.g., teaching efficacy and teacher identity formation ).  

We are proud of our students for their wonderful efforts and contribution to the community, especially during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope that both teachers and students will benefit from utilising the teaching packages.

Students Sharing

Chan Iat Cheong (Year 5) Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science	Leung Cheuk Wang (Year 5) Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science	Lo Chun Yip, Michael (Year 5) Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science	Tang Sik Ming, Madison (Year 5) Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science

 

PGDE School Forum 2021-22

 

Forum 1 (8 Sep 2021) Session 1 Topic: Becoming a teacher in a VUCA 2.0 world Speaker: Dr Gary Harfitt, Principal, Good Hope School (Secondary Section)   Session 2a (Kindergarten stream) Topic: 幼師入職你要知暨長洲幼稚園校本特色分享會 Speaker: Mr Cheng Kai Yin, Principal, Kwok Man Vernacular Normal Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten   Session 2b (Primary stream) Topic: How do schools accommodate students from different backgrounds? Speaker: Mr Chim Hon Ming, Principal, Chiu Sheung School, Hong Kong   Session 2c (Secondary stream) Group 1 Topic: Becoming a Professional Teacher - Aims of Education, Curriculum and Schools Speaker: Dr Raymond Yip, Principal, Munsang College   Group 2 Topic: Becoming Professional Speaker: Mr Sheridan Lee, Former Principal Assistant Secretary (Curriculum Development), EDB

Forum 2 (15 Sep 2021) Session 1 Topic: Nurturing diverse learners by understanding how they think and learn: some insights from our experience and practice Speaker: Mr Franky Poon, Principal, Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School   Session 2 - Parallel Interactive Group Discussion Topic: My journey: Learning to be a Caring Cultivators of All-round Growth and Inspirational Co-constructors of Knowledge   Speakers (Awardees of The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence [CEATE]): Ms Wong Pui Sze, Baptist (STW) Lui Ming Choi Primary School Ms Wong Wing Sze, YCH Choi Hin To Primary School Mr Lee Ho Yin, SKH St Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College Mr Shum Chun Yip, Heung To Middle School (Tin Shui Wai) Ms Tse Pik Wan, Grace, Fanling Kau Yan College

Forum 3 (23 Sep 2021)   Session 1 Topic: Motivating Students to Learn Speaker: Ms Veronica Yau, Principal and delegates, Fanling Kau Yan College   Session 2 - Panel discussion Topic: How to prepare yourself as a life-long holistic professional teacher? Panellists: Ms Veronica Yau, Principal of Fanling Kau Yan College Mr Marco Wong, Vice Principal of Fanling Kau Yan College Prof A. Lin Goodwin, Dean of Faculty of Education, HKU Dr Yuen Yi Lo, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) of Faculty of Education HKU PGDE Student-teacher representatives:   •    Mr Lam Sze Nam, Andrew   •    Mr Kwong Chung Man   •    Miss YIP Wing Tung Pieonnie   •    Miss Kam Yan Ki Kelly

 

Partnerships Collaboration (2020-21)

 

Co-Creating Online English Radio Drama for Secondary School Students

 

Under COVID-19 pandemic, interactive activities have been suspended. Our Faculty not only focused on our students’ development but we would also like to give back to the community. The School-University Partnerships Workshop - Co-Creating Online English Radio Drama for Secondary School Students aimed to enhance Secondary School students learning motivation and further explored their interests in radio drama. On the other hand, participants of the workshop were able to:

1. learn how participation in online radio drama activities would enable their students to use and sharpen their English language skills as well as their creative and collaborative abilities;  
2. participate in a ‘walk-through’ of the process of creating and performing radio drama via an online platform
3. reflect on how this process may be adapted and fine-tuned so as to develop a school-based online radio drama in their own professional setting.

This online workshop was held on 4 Aug 2021 for 30 in-service English teachers which lead by workshop leader, Ms Tanya Kempton, TELL Unit, Faculty of Education, HKU. If you are interested in this programme, please visit the website via link below for more information.

 

 

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School-University Partnerships Workshop (Science): Collaborative learning of Science teachers through School-University Partnerships

 

The workshop was held online on 15 May 2021. The workshop aimed to facilitate professional learning opportunities for both the mentor teachers and the mentees. Forty participants (including in-service Science teachers and students) attended the workshop online.

 

IB Chinese Language Teaching Professional Forum 2020-21

Science/Physics Teaching Enrichment Workshop held to facilitate professional dialogue

 

To promote professional dialogue of Science/Physics teaching and learning, an interactive workshop was co-organised by the Faculty’s School-University Partnership Office and Ms. Promail Leung, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty’s Academic Unit of Teacher Education and Learning Leadership, on 24 Oct 2020. The workshop aimed at broadening and deepening our relationships with schools and teachers through teachers’ professional development activities. A total of 30 participants, including both in- and pre-service teachers and officials from the Education Bureau took part in the workshop.

The workshop was hosted by Ms Leung with two in-service teachers as guest speakers, who shared their vivid teaching experiences in Science and STEM Education. Mr Roy Sin from Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School demonstrated his interest in promoting techniques and exemplars in Integrated Science and Physics subjects, whereas Ms Emily Cheung from Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School shared her 40-year teaching philosophy in promoting science education.

Participants were inspired by the speakers’ student-centred lesson design. Professional dialogue among teaching and learning was also promoted during the workshop.