Social Sciences Education

This programme aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become effective programme planners, and trainers in adult and vocational education institutions, teachers of post-secondary education colleges, as well as human development personnel in corporations and businesses.

This programme is suitable for Trainers in commerce, industry and public sectors; Teachers in vocational, technical, professional, community and adult education; Personnel involved in programme management, administration and human resources development. The course is open to applicants without prior teaching or training experience.

爲具有一定普通話水平，已從事普通話教學工作或準備從事普通話教學工作的人士而設。 形成正確的普通話教學理念；瞭解語言學及教育學基礎知識；掌握普通話常用的教學方法和步驟；能獨立管控和有效實施普通話的課堂教學。

課程旨在提升學員的導賞綜合技能，包括導賞知識、導賞員態度和導賞技能等綜合技能。學員將通過多個導賞點的學習、資料處理及知識整合，進而認識香港的歷史文化、古蹟保育、地質生態、非遺與藝術，以及博物館導賞。課程設實地考察、導賞觀摩和實習交流，有助學員成為稱職的導賞員。  

教育局鼓勵學校通過不同校本活動，加強現時的生命教育，並鼓勵中小學及大專進行生命教育課。本課程旨在結合園藝治療與生命教育的理論知識與實務操作，讓學員瞭解園藝治療在生命教育的作用。完成課程後，學員能夠將園藝治療技巧應用在生命教育，掌握設計園藝治療和生命教育活動的策略、操作與應用之技能要求。

本課程屬「導賞員訓練證書」的進階課程，旨在鞏固及提升學員對歷史文化自然風俗與博物館導賞的知識、態度和技能。由自然生態、出土文物、考古歷史、文化風俗到博物館展示，導賞員需配合策展人及合作機構進行導賞。導賞員需掌握敍事探究及導賞技巧，提供多元化的導賞活動。課程設觀摩交流和實習活動。

教育局實施特殊教育政策的主要目標，是鼓勵有特殊教育需要的兒童盡量在普通學校接受教育。本學院特別為各級教師、學校行政人員、家長及相關人士（學校社工、教學助理）提供相關的支援及培訓，課程理論與實務並重。

本課程屬「導賞員訓練證書」的進階課程。課程目標除鞏固及提升學員的導賞知識、態度和技能外，還須進行規劃路線，進一步了解香港的多元導賞活動的特色，還需有系統地教授帶團知識和導賞技能。課程設考察、參觀、實習等導賞活動，有助學員成為稱職的導賞員導師。

課程旨在提昇學員的口才、表達技巧、演說能力，加上得體的社交禮儀，務求內外溝通處於優勢，令您給人留下美好的印象。課程讓學員掌握司儀主持和導賞員的禮儀技巧、溝通技巧、社交禮儀、活動編程、餐桌禮儀、導賞禮儀，有助增強學員的內在及外在的表達力，助您成為一位出色的司儀主持、導賞員及禮儀培訓師。適合教師、社工、領隊、導遊和欲提升演說能力的人士。

Psychology is the study of human’s behaviour, performance, and mental operations. It also refers to the application of the knowledge, which can be used to understand social phenomenon, treat mental health problems, and improve education, employment, and relationships, etc. The subject lies at the intersection of applied, educational, and theoretical science.
 
The objectives of this short course are (1) to introduce participants to the field of psychology; (2) to describe how various psychological approaches contribute to our understanding of everyday life settings; and (3) to apply the knowledge from these studies to our own personal and professional lives.

The course is designed for teachers, students, educational and social sciences professionals who intend to accomplish a research project or to study a course that requires research skills.  It aims to enable participants to acquire the knowledge and expertise required for conducting research and writing research proposals and reports. The participants will learn to identify the knowledge gap, define the research problem, frame the research question, review relevant literature, choose a suitable research design (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods), collect quantitative and qualitative data, analyse them and evaluate their validity and reliability. Finally, the  course will enable the participant to write the research proposal and also report the research findings in discipline-specific genres by using academic language in order that their research could contribute to knowledge creation and development.