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New
environmental education teaching kits produced
A more
comprehensive and up-to-date environmental teaching kit has
been produced by the Environmental Protection Department to
help teachers and students better understand Hong Kong's environmental
problems.
Entitled "Environmental Explorer", the new teaching
kit will also enable students to help promote environmental
awareness in the community, the Director of Environmental
Protection, Mr Rob Law said today (Wednesday).
"Through
using this information pack, I am sure that all teachers and
students will understand more about our environmental problems
and will be better equipped to influence others in the community
to commit themselves to helping to improve Hong Kong's environment,"
Mr Law said.
A total
of 1,000 sets of the new kits have been produced and will
be distributed to all secondary schools, international schools,
English Schools Foundation Schools, special schools, public
libraries, green groups and tertiary institutes.
"Environmental
Explorer" contains information about environmental conditions
in Hong Kong and the Government's programmes to deal with
our various environmental problems. The pack also contains
information about global environmental issues.
The information
is provided in an interesting and lively way and makes use
of a teacher's guide in two volumes, sample activities, slides,
photographs, transparencies and an interactive CD-ROM with
over 170 images and bilingual commentaries.
In order
to encourage more teachers to use the pack, the EPD will organise
sessions for demonstrating how to use the packs, in April
and June 1999. All principals of secondary schools, international
schools, English Schools Foundation Schools and special schools
will be invited to send their representatives to attend the
sessions. The production of the new pack was strongly supported
and assisted by the Education Department.
The need
to produce a new teaching kit was identified in a survey conducted
in May 1997, which indicated that most of the surveyed schools
perceived the existing kits as being inadequate to increase
students' environmental knowledge and awareness.
"I
would like to thank the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
for the generous donation of $1.65 million for the production
of the 'Environmental Explorer' teaching kit," Mr Law
said.
End/Wednesday,
March 24, 1999
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