EDB organises AI Leadership Training to drive school-based digital education development
The Education Bureau (EDB) organised the AI Leadership Training for school leaders and middle management of primary and secondary schools for two consecutive days (August 24 and 25) to help them gain a deeper understanding of the development direction and promotion strategies of digital education, and explore how to effectively plan and continuously implement AI education in accordance with school-based circumstances.
Delivering the welcome address, the Under Secretary for Education, Dr Sze Chun-fai, said that to implement the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools announced earlier, the EDB has launched a series of tiered teacher professional development activities. This training focuses on strengthening school leaders and middle management's competence to lead and strategically plan technology-empowered education. He expressed the hope that, through policy interpretation and sharing of practical examples, the sustained advancement and optimisation of digital education in schools can be promoted.
Dr Sze emphasised that the key to effectively promoting school-based AI education lies in whether school leaders can translate policy directions into school-based action plans that cater for school contexts and students' needs. This empowers the teaching force to innovate and embrace change, thereby fostering a more inspiring, inclusive, and future-oriented learning environment for students.
Divided into primary and secondary (including special schools) sessions, the training was conducted simultaneously in face-to-face and online modes, attracting about 1 400 school heads, deputy heads, and relevant middle management. The EDB representatives provided a detailed introduction to the AI Literacy Learning Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools and explored how to guide students to learn AI well, use AI effectively and use AI responsibly, progressively cultivating their AI literacy. They also illustrated key points of the Guide to Using AI in Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools through practical examples, including considerations for applying AI in learning, teaching, and assessment. Furthermore, school heads and deputy heads from several schools shared their experiences in strategically implementing AI + Subjects in schools to enhance learning and teaching effectiveness through practical examples.
Looking ahead, in line with the implementation of the Blueprint, the EDB will continue to provide teachers with diversified professional development activities. Through tiered professional development activities across themes such as AI Leadership, AI + Subjects and AI Literacy, the EDB aims to holistically enhance the AI literacy and pedagogical capacity of teachers and school leaders, guiding the education sector to embrace the opportunities and challenges of the digital era.
The Education Bureau (EDB) organised the AI Leadership Training for school leaders and middle management of primary and secondary schools for two consecutive days (August 24 and 25) to help them gain a deeper understanding of the development direction and promotion strategies of digital education, and explore how to effectively plan and continuously implement AI education in accordance with school-based circumstances. Photo shows the Under Secretary for Education, Dr Sze Chun-fai, delivering the welcome address at the training today (August 25). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan
The Working Group on Patriotic Education (WGPE) under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee organised a three-day study tour on aerospace technology to Wenchang and Haikou in Hainan from August 23 to 25. Led by the Convenor of the WGPE, Dr Eliza Chan, the delegation comprised members of the Media Publicity Sub-group of the WGPE Ms Cally Kwong, Mr Lee Luen-fai and Dr James Li, the Director of Information Services, Mr John Tse, more than 20 representatives from various local media organisations, and post-secondary journalism students. The delegation visited various aerospace sites to learn about the country's robust aerospace development, and toured a patriotic education base in Haikou to deepen their understanding of the country's revolutionary history.
The delegation visited the Hainan Chang Guang Satellite Information Technology Company Limited on August 23 to learn about developments in the satellite industry, and to enhance their awareness of the key strategies to develop a modernised industrial system and expedite the development of the country into an aerospace power.
The delegation yesterday (August 24) visited the Hainan Aerospace Shenzhou Science and Technology Museum. Through interactive exhibits and aerospace models at the museum, they further strengthened their understanding of the national aerospace technology's latest development.
The delegation then visited the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site to learn more about the advancement of the commercial space industry. In the afternoon, they proceeded to the Wenchang Aerospace Supercomputing Center to explore space computing and meteorite science.
As this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the delegation this morning (August 25) specifically visited a patriotic education base in Hainan Province - the former site of the First Qiongya Congress of the CPC. The visit enabled the delegation to gain a better understanding of the historical background and the profound significance of the Qiongya Revolution.
Dr Chan remarked that the study tour visited various aerospace enterprises and sites, provided valuable opportunities to the delegates to learn deeply about the country's strategic planning for advanced aerospace science from multiple perspectives, and aimed to boost the society's national pride and patriotic sentiment through reports from media.The WGPE will continue to collaborate closely with frontline media sectors and organise various activities to jointly promote patriotic education, facilitating the dissemination of information on the country's development from different perspectives. The WGPE also hopes that media practitioners will continue to uphold professionalism and produce in-depth and impactful reports to tell the public the good stories of the country and Hong Kong.
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Working Group on Patriotic Education organises study tour on aerospace technology in Hainan Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
