Owing to the connection with Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, I have the opportunity to join the Global Talent Mentoring to serve as the mentor of some talents from overseas. Thanks to the advancement of information and communication technology, … Continue reading Global Talent Mentoring
Owing to COVID-19, Science Interview organized by the Faculty of Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was suspended in 2020. This year, we resumed the interview online instead of face-to-face. It is my honour to serve as an … Continue reading Science Interview 2021
Since my teaching career has begun in 2009, I realized that there was some progress: initially, I was a scientist in the field of biomedical science. … Continue reading Neuroscience, education, and psychology
In Spring of 2021, we gradually resumed more and more face-to-face classes, for example, the Tier 2 Classes of ‘Scientific Training and Mentoring for STEM Talents‘ in Life Sciences, which were scheduled on 27 March, 10, 17, 24 April and … Continue reading Scientific Training and Mentoring for STEM talents Tier 2
In Hong Kong, there have been some worries about another outbreak of COVID-19 due to a recent case, which was confirmed to be imported from India. … Continue reading From B.1.1.7. to B.1.617
According to a news report titled ‘Nearly 60 per cent of Hong Kong youth looking to leave city, new study says, with Covid-19 and economic uncertainty believed to be behind rise‘, close to 60% of people aged between 15 and 30 in Hong Kong wanted to leave if possible. Their optimism in the city rated 2.95 out of 10. As an educationist in Hong Kong, I absolutely know the frustrations of the youth there (refer to my previous post); one of the major difficulties is career development. As described by the same report, the pessimism was believed to be linked … Continue reading Courseware Development Grant Scheme 2019-22
I had the pleasure to serve as a judge for the 54th Joint School Science Exhibition Proposal Competition in 2021 again on 20 March. In my … Continue reading The 54th Joint School Science Exhibition Proposal Competition
My STEM courses for Secondary School students have not been affected by COVID-19. Early in 2021, we completed another PGT Winter Program 2020 course titled ‘Applied Biochemistry I‘; and this course series was first offered five years ago in 2017. In 2021, the courses were held online on 23 and 30 January and 6 February. Eighteen brilliant students completed the course successfully. Owing to the challenge of COVID-19 and although my PGT courses were conducted online for up to one year, I still wish my students to gain some relevant knowledge of biochemistry from the courses. By this, they can … Continue reading PGT Winter Program 2020
I am feeling a good start of 2021; after receiving a certificate from International Center for Supplemental Instruction in America last month, I can have another opportunity to serve as a reviewer again for Athens Institute for Education & Research … Continue reading Reviewer continued
In my previous post, I listed some questions about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 recently confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK). Here, let us follow up … Continue reading B.1.1.7 follow up
