CNews Issue 3, 2009

19 HKU & Community We Learn Training, Service, Reflection It is not only academic colleagues who are leading various projects in Sichuan, students are also involved through HKU service learning programmes. Service learning is a pedagogical method in which students learn through active participation in structured community service programmes, which consist of training, service and reflection. New Opportunity to Serve Gallant Ho Service Learning Scheme – Family Values 何耀棣服 務學習計劃 - 家庭價值 was established in September 2009 with a HK$5 million donation from Dr Gallant Ho 何耀棣 (BA 1965). This five-year scheme aims to provide service learning opportunities for 500 HKU students to serve the community and their experiences will be part of the new four-year undergraduate curriculum. Students will experience and reflect on the family values embedded in the Chinese culture while, at the same time, contributing to the well-being of the community. HKU students built a Solar-Powered Multimedia Satellite E-learning System for a reconstructed school in Deyang 德陽. Dr Gallant Ho (front row, middle) sets up a new service learning scheme at HKU. A dialogue on Service Learning for the Promotion of Family Values was conducted after the Launch Ceremony with distinguished speakers (back row, from left): Pro-Vice-Chancellor Amy Tsui 徐碧美 (BA 1971, CertEd 1972; MA 1979); Dr Sandra Tsang 曾潔雯 (BSocSc 1978, MSocSc 1983, PhD 1996), Head of HKU Department of Social Work and Social Administration; Dr the Hon Edward Leong Che-hung 梁智鴻 (MBBS 1962; Hon DSc 2006), Chairman of HKU Council, Chairman of Elderly Commission and Member of the Family Council; Ms Christine Fang 方敏生 (BSocSc 1980), Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service; and Ms Lilian Law 羅淑君 (BSocSc 1980, MSocSc 1985), Executive Director of The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong. Incorporation of experiential learning into the curriculum is increasingly being formalised in programmes at HKU.