Resource Teachers - Catering for Learner Diversity
Teacher: Mr Andrew Law
Information about expertise: Mr Law, English Panel Chairperson of Islamic Dharwood Pau Memorial Primary School, is a dedicated teacher who excels in embracing student diversity, particularly in terms of their ethnic and cultural backgrounds, in the English classroom. His expertise also lies in promoting values education through diversified strategies, including organically integrating the priority values into suitable teaching modules, seamlessly weaving elements of Chinese culture into English Language learning and teaching, and employing interactive teaching strategies to enhance student engagement in value-related activities. His teacher team has been fostering different proper values in students while at the same time helping them develop their English proficiency.
Year becoming a resource teacher: 2023/24
Good practices: Promoting values education through embracing student diversity: From respect for others to respect for Chinese and other cultures
School: Islamic Dharwood Pau Memorial Primary School
School telephone number: 2320 1300
Teacher: Ms Eva Yau
Information about expertise: Ms Eva Yau, Vice-Principal of Fanling Public School, possesses expertise in holistic curriculum planning, Reading across the Curriculum (RaC) and catering for learner diversity. She has led her team to conduct systematic curriculum planning across levels based on the Learning Progression Framework. She has also employed a variety of strategies such as setting differentiated learning goals and expected outcomes, and using flipped learning, e-learning, experiential learning and multimodal texts in task-based units and RaC projects at different levels to cater for students’ diverse needs, interests and language abilities. Through collaborating with teachers of other content subjects including General Studies, Mathematics and Visual Arts teachers to promote RaC, she has created an array of engaging and meaningful English learning activities for students to achieve whole-person development.
Year becoming a resource teacher: 2021/22
School: Fanling Public School
School telephone number: 2670 2297