Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2019 - ‘Supporting Multicultural Dreamers and their Dreamkeepers in Culturally Relevant Chinese Language Learning for Social Inclusion’
Multicultural students meeting the authors (local teachers) of their tailor-made picture book which combines theory and pedagogy
Teachers showcasing their school-based picture books in the territory-wide conference to promote Chinese reading with pleasure
With the success of transferring of ideas and knowledge about the relationship between educational theory and practice, the awards and merits are explicit recognitions on our KE achievements. Dr. WM Cheung and Dr. SY Hui received the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2019 of the Faculty of Education for the project ‘Supporting Multicultural Dreamers and their Dreamkeepers in Culturally Relevant Chinese Language Learning for Social Inclusion’. Referring to the KE Newsletter (Issue #18), it stated that: ‘The impact on students’ learning has been remarkable. Across 17 partner schools that benefitted from intensive on-site support and 22 schools with flexible support, participating students’ total CCAA scores for Chinese character learning rose to 144.05, an increase of 62.24 points. Scores for teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-efficacy also rose. The project directly benefitted more than 1,500 students, 183 teachers and 39 schools. Schools’ response to the two-tiered model has been overwhelmingly positive with an appreciation score of 87.2 percent.’
Please refer to KE website for more details:
https://www.ke.hku.hk/story/making-dreams-come-true-for-multicultural-language-learners
https://www.ke.hku.hk/assets/doc/KEAward/2019/Education_PPT.pdf
This is the third KE Award received by our project investigators. The previous two KE awards were received in 2011 and 2014.
· Dr Dorothy F P Ng received the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2011 of the Faculty of Education for the "HKU Cantonese Opera Education Research and Promotion Project" (https://www.ke.hku.hk/story/breathing-new-life-into-an-art-form-at-risk-cantonese-opera).
· Professor Tse Shek Kam and team members comprising Dr Mark Shum, Dr Ki Wing Wah, Dr Cheung Wai Ming, Dr Joseph Lam and Dr Elizabeth Loh won the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2014 Faculty for "A Meaningful Journey of Teaching and Learning of Chinese for Non-Chinese Speaking Students: towards Local, Regional and International Advancement" (https://www.ke.hku.hk/story/language-help-for-ethnic-minorities)