Title: The implementation of voluntary teaching services at backward mountain regions in China by pre-service teacher education students of Hong Kong The education in the backward mountain regions of China is long lagging behind due to the lack of educational resources. Since the implementation of the "Xiwang Project" (Hope Project), large amount of mainland and foreign donations have poured into schools located at the mountain areas, tremendously improving the facilities of these schools. Chinese university graduates have also played a very important role in the "Xiwang Project". In recent years the Chinese government encourages the graduates to go to these schools and aid teaching there, with the objective of easing the problem of teacher shortage.
This essay focuses on the background and experiences of Hong Kong and mainland China student's teaching programme in the schools of backward mountain regions. Besides, it will also place emphasis on the arrangement, curriculum-design and teaching reflections of the voluntary teaching services in these schools organized by Hong Kong university students with education majors.
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