The Department of Education Studies organised a Fulbright Scholar Public Lecture on 17 December with Professor Lily Chen-Hafteck, Professor of Music Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Chair of the Faculty of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Her lecture entitled “Designing and Implementing an Early Childhood Curriculum Integrated Music Curriculum” attracted 150 child educators and members of the public.

Professor Chen-Hafteck reported on an action research project supported by the Fulbright Fellowship research award on the design and implementation of childhood music curriculum in Hong Kong kindergartens. The study was conducted in three local kindergartens. Professor Chen-Hafteck and teachers who participated in the research shared their experiences of various ways of integrating music in early childhood curriculum. Professor Chen-Hafteck highlighted that an arts-based interdisciplinary curriculum in preschool classroom can motivate children’s learning and enhances the teaching and learning processes as well as nurturing children into well-rounded and creative individuals.

Professor Chen-Hafteck is currently a Visiting Fulbright Scholar of the Department of Education Studies of HKBU. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and has held leading positions in the International Society for Music Education as a member of its Board of Directors, Chair of its Young Professionals Focus Group, and Early Childhood Commission.

教育學系於12月17日舉辦富布萊特訪問學人公開講座,由富布萊特學者、美國加州大學洛杉磯分校音樂教育教授、赫伯•埃爾博特音樂學院首席教員陳莉莉教授主講「設計及實踐幼兒音樂教育綜合課程」,吸引了逾150位幼兒教育工作者和公眾人士出席。

陳教授於講座上分享了一項由富布萊特學術研究獎贊助的行動研究計劃,於香港三間本地幼稚園設計及實踐幼兒音樂教育綜合課程。陳教授及參與該研究計劃的10位幼稚園教師分享了設計及實踐幼兒音樂教育綜合課程的成功經驗。陳教授指出這綜合藝術課程既可提升兒童對學習的興趣,又可全面培養兒童成為富有創意的人。

陳莉莉教授現為香港浸會大學教育學系的富布萊特訪問學人,出版的論文和著作繁多。她亦擔任國際音樂教育學會的董事會成員、青年音樂家聚焦小組及幼兒音樂教育委員會的主席。

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