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Professional Development – Inquiry-based Field Experiences
English Language and Literature in Geography

Alumni and Faculty of the College were invited
to share their insights and expertise on the teaching
and learning of English Language and Literature. On
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23 November 2016, Theodore Tam Tsz Hang (Class of
2014) delivered an hour-long writing seminar for The
New York Times. At the invitation of Pearson (Hong Kong), Data collection in
representatives from the English Department delivered field investigation Field trip to
a public lecture on the key reading and writing skills for in TST Tai San Wai
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HKDSE English Language on 10 June 2017.
To align the curricula in the College and Preparatory
School, professional development workshops were held
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internally on 14 October 2016, 6 December 2016 and 27
March 2017.

Professional sharing Group photo of field trip to Tai San Wai
by the English This year, Geography Department continues to
Department offer field trips and fieldwork investigations as capstone

experience in the curriculum. Different field trips are for
Theodore Tam (2014) with the
NYT event organizers different learning targets; all of them help to stimulate
students’ curiosity, enable them to formulate ideas and
organise responses to questions. One of the recent field
investigations was initiated and conducted successfully
by S4 Geography students in May. They tried to
analyze the relationship between land use pattern and
microclimate in Tsim Sha Tsui. Not only did the students
acquire practical techniques in preparation, on-site
data collection and observation, they also had their
cooperation, organization and leadership skills in a team
strengthened. The experience helped students visualize,
comprehend and extend geographic concepts and skills
learnt in the classroom.
Lesson observation at SSCPS with Chinese Department
Hong Kong Model United Nations 2017
HK Student Science Project The annual Hong Kong Model United Nations
Competition 2017 (HKMUN) was held in Science Park from 19 to 21
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March 2017. A team of nine delegates from our College
joined over three hundred representatives from thirty-
two schools in the three-day conference. They had the
simulated experiences as diplomats to explore world
issues through debating, lobbying and caucusing. In total,
Team St. Stephen’s joined a total of six conferences in
seven committees.

At Hong Kong Student
Science Project Competition
2017, 4 gr oups of S3
students participated and
presented their designs and
models to the judges and
visitors in project exhibition.
Team St. Stephen’s at HKMUN 2017

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