Includes correspondence between the English Department and international schools in Hong Kong, about arranging participants of the 'Refresher Courses for Secondary School English Panel Chairpersons' to visit the latter. The visits had been part of the curriculum since the refresher course was launched in 1991.
English Department, Institute of Language in Education
This series comprises records documenting the cooperation and contact made by Northcote College of Education with other institutions and sections on the coordination and development of teacher education in Hong Kong. The subjects currently covered by the series include the establishment of the Institute of Language in Education in 1982, the possible futures of the Colleges of Education, the creation of the Teacher Education Consultative Committee with the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the proposed establishment of a fourth College of Education, and academic planning of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
The series currently consists of records relating to the planning of course visits for a full-time refresher course for English Panel Chairpersons from secondary schools between 1991 and 1994.
English Department, Institute of Language in Education
The series consists of minutes and/or discussion papers of the intra-college committees, study units and working groups of Northcote College of Education.
The college committees, study units and working groups were created to advise the Principal on the organisation and content of college courses and activities, on future planning and inter-college cooperation and on domestic matters within Northcote College of Education. Some of these committees were standing while others were set up as the need arises. In some of the committees, students were also represented.
The deposit includes minutes and/or discussion papers of three standing committees of Northcote College of Education, namely, the Student Staff Co-ordination Committee, the College Consultative Council, and the Academic Studies Board.
This deposit consists of records relating to the coordination and development of teacher education in Hong Kong. The subjects covered include the establishment of the Institute of Language in Education in 1982, the possible futures of the Colleges of Education, the creation of the Teacher Education Consultative Committee with the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the proposed establishment of a fourth College of Education, and academic planning of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Includes minutes of the Academic Development Working Group, one of the working groups of the Provisional Governing Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The Working Group was responsible for planning and setting up an academic organisational structure for the Institute.
Includes minutes of the Curriculum Review and Development Committee. Reporting to the Academic Development Working Group, the Committee's responsibility was to work closely with the Teacher's Certificate ("TC") Task Group of the Education Department in reviewing the teacher's certificate programmes to be offered by the Hong Kong Institute of Education in the 1994/95 academic year.