The Professional Training Plan for Teaching Personnel of Humanities and Social Science (2022)

The Plan to Cultivate the Masters of Humanities & Social Science Education co-organized by Macao Education and Youth Development Bureau, Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences and Centre of Chinese and Culture of University of Macau ended successfully on May 2022 in UM and E.S.L.C.L.G.G..

There are five courses have been carried out, including ‘Quick, Easy and Accurate Cantonese Pronunciation Map’ and ‘The Culture of Chinese Eight Scenery and Macau Eight Scenery’ by Prof. TANG Keng Pan, ‘Festival activities in Macao: Feast of Drunken Dragon and Feast of the God Tou Tei ── On the possibility of preserving multiculturalism’ and ‘Deolinda da Conceição and Ling Ling’s local female group images and the unique feelings of traditional Macau’ by Prof. TAM Mei Leng, and ‘Creative Pottery Workshop-Exploring and Experiencing I & II’ by Prod. ZHANG Zexun. Hundreds of HSS teachers in Macao primary and secondary schools are attracted to attend. The purpose of all courses above is to enhance the professional knowledge of teachers in the fields of literature, history and art.

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TANG Keng Pan

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TAM Mei Leng

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TAM Mei Leng

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TANG Keng Pan

Group photo of teachers and Prof. ZHANG Zexun

The Plan has been completed successfully once again in E.S.L.C.L.G.G., Centre of Educational Resources, Centre of Languages and Centre of Moral Education from October to November in 2022.

Ten subjects were offered in total and mainly presented in-person lessons, attracting hundreds of HSS teachers in Macao primary and secondary schools to attend. There were various programmes offered by professors of UM including ‘The View of the World and Interpretation of Later Generations in the Analects of Confucius’ by Prof. YEUNG Siu Kwai, ‘Using Native Language to Distinguish Flat and Oblique Tones in Poetry and Understand the Phonetic Symbols in the Dictionary’ by Prof. LO In Fat, ‘Quick, Easy and Accurate Cantonese Pronunciation Map’ and ‘The Culture of Chinese Eight Scenery and Macau Eight Scenery’ by Prof. TANG Keng Pan, ‘Cantonese Opera’s Sources and Cultural Connotations of its Singing and Performing’ and ‘Macao Cantonese Pinyin System’ by Prof. TAM Mei Leng, and also an online course ‘The role of grammar in a task-based approach’ by Prof. Sara Gonçalves dos SANTOS. The purpose of all courses above is to enhance the professional knowledge of teachers in the fields of literature, history and Portuguese, so as to enhance the comprehensive teaching ability of teachers.

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TANG Keng Pan

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TANG Keng Pan

Group photo of teachers and Prof. TAM Mei Leng

Group photo of teachers and Prof. YEUNG Siu Kwai

Group photo of teachers and Prof. LO In Fat