Many universities have integrated community engagement in their undergraduate programs. At The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, it is compulsory for all students to take at least one 3-credit subject on service-learning (SL). In each SL subject, there are purpose-designed academic teaching, rigorous service and structured assessment components. At full implementation, roughly 4,500 undergraduate students would enroll in around 70 subjects offered by a wide range of departments and faculties across the university. The subjects cover a diverse range of topics, such as digital divide, learning difficulties, engineering design, healthy living environments, orthotics, and ecotourism. The target beneficiaries are equally diverse, including slum dwellers, disabled people, children with HIV, villagers without water nor electricity, new immigrants, mentally ill patients, ethnic minorities, and children of migrant workers. To date, students have served different groups of clients in Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Rwanda. This chapter outlines the pedagogical design of the program, challenges and strategies for implementation, and the experiences gained so far.
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本行動研究就香港紅十字會甘迺中心的貫通專業團隊於課堂時段的兩種協作模式───「貫通專業團隊主題式協作」(下稱「社適課」)和「治療師與科任老師合作」，探討二者對學生學習及專業交流的不同效果，藉以找出一個比較有效的貫通專業團隊合作摸式。研究分上、下學期兩個時段進行，上學期試行「治療師與科任老師合作」的方式，下學期試行「社適課」的方式，以學生於兩個時期各方面的表現，作出比較。研究對象為12名5-8歲就讀小一的身體弱能兒童。參與的職員設計及填寫兩份表格︰「社適課」行動研究學生評估表及「引導式教育」行動研究職員記錄表，並進行前測及後測，收集數據。研究結果顯示兩種模式各有優勝；「治療師與科任老師合作」模式較能照顧個別學生在學科技能上的發展，而「社適課」模式則優於促進學生成長的全面發展。 This action research aims at comparing two modes of trans-disciplinary approach under the notion of Conductive Education currently being adopted in the Hong Kong Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre, i.e "Theme-based Collaboration" (or "Social Competence lessons) and "Subject-based Collaboration" (which involved co-teaching by therapists and class teachers) The objective is to find out which mode of collaboration is more effective for student learning and professional collaboration. The research was carried out in two phases during the same school year, one in each term. In the first school term, theapists and subject teachers collaborated on subject basis in designated Chinese Language, Physical Education and Visual Arts lessons. In the second term, therapists and the class teacher collaborated on theme basis. Twelve students from the same class of primary one, aged from 5 to 8, were chosen to be the subjects of the research. Participating staff members designed corresponding "Action Research Students Performance Assessment Forms" and "Staff Evaluation Forms". Data was collected by recording their own observation during the observed periods. The results showed that both modes have their respective merits. Skills of individual students could be better trained on subject matters when therapists and subject teachers collaborated, whereas students' personal development could be better facilitated when therapists worked with class teacher on "theme-based collaboration".
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作為一所服務嚴重智障學生的特殊學校，教育與治療取向相輔相成，引導式教育正正結合了該兩個元素，讓身體弱能學生納入一個整全的發展和學習當中。過往引導式教育配合校本課程施行，學生在訓練和學習上均見成效，但由於校本課程採用單元式教學，未能兼顧學習領域的廣度和深度，是故學校在去年引入「融通」課程(英文縮寫S.A.M.E)。引導式教育與融通課程的共存成為了新的組合，兩者都需按情況進行調適，而參與的學生、家長及同工亦須面對不同的轉變和挑戰。 Education and therapy are complementary and equally important for the education of students with severe intellectual disabilities. Conductive education integrates these two important elements and brings in a holistic learning and developmental process for these students. In the past conductive education activities in the writers' school were matched with the school-based curriculum and there were some positive effects on training and learning. However as these were implemented in the Thematic Unit Teaching System of the school-based curriculum, some of the elements that provided breadth and depth of the key learning areas might have been missed out. This drove the school to introduce the SAME approach last year to replace the Thematic Unit Approach. The co-existence of the SAME and conductive education approach calls for mutual adaptation and poses a new challenge to students, parents and teachers.
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