Two Hong Kong students secured championship titles on Saturday in the first storytelling competition for global youth, delivering impassioned speeches on education and AI before an audience of about 100 people. Vanessa Jane Wong, a Form Four pupil from the Independent Schools Foundation Academy, won the top award in the senior category, while Wan Ruixi,…
As he named a new schools chancellor Wednesday, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reversed course on a key but controversial campaign promise: to end mayoral control of the New York City public schools. “I will be asking the Legislature for a continuation of mayoral control,” Mamdani said during a news conference in northern Central Park to formally…
When schools shut down in 2020, the disruption was universal, but its effects were anything but equal. The grade a child was in when classrooms closed has become one of the strongest predictors of the academic and developmental gaps families and educators are seeing today. Educators say the impact is still reverberating, not because students…
When she is busy, Lu Qijun places her phone on her son’s desk before he starts his homework. The camera is on — and it stays on. When Ms Lu’s son slouches, a calm voice on the phone reminds him to sit up. When he fidgets with his pen, the voice tells him to stop….
A nine-year-old boy from northwestern China who bravely confronted bullies during a class meeting has received praise online and apologies from his tormentors. According to the mainland media outlet, Shanshi News, the boy, Mao Shilin, is from Xian in Shaanxi province and is a primary school class monitor. His mother, surnamed Zhang, described him as…
One of Asia’s largest philanthropic organisations, the Shaw Foundation, has pledged to continue supporting small charities in Hong Kong and urged the public to do the same, after making a generous donation to victims of last month’s catastrophic fire in Tai Po. The foundation made a HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) contribution to help victims of…
Hong Kong education authorities will offer HK$500,000 (US$64,246) to each public primary and secondary school that applies for funding to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms over the next three years, with about HK$500 million allocated for the initiative. Schools receiving the funding can subscribe to AI-powered software and hardware, but must implement AI-assisted teaching…
發佈日期: 2025-12-15 21:09 TVB News 粵 已複製連結 The person of interest detained in connection with Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University has been released. The person of interest was taken into custody at a Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, about 20 miles from Providence, where police officers and FBI agents remained Sunday, blocking…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers. The work by John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis,…
姊妹校學生齊聚來臺 學習收穫滿滿 高雄大學舉辦「夏日學校」 深化國際交流與永續關注。〈圖／記者翻攝.下同〉 【焦點時報／記者蔡宗憲報導】 國立高雄大學為期10天的「夏日學校」（Summer School）日前圓滿落幕。來自日本、韓國、越南與泰國等國際姊妹校的學生，透過專題講座、互動中文課程、文化體驗與永續參訪，累積了跨文化交流與議題探討的寶貴經驗。參與者不僅提升語言能力，更深入認識臺灣文化與南臺灣的永續行動。此活動於7月31日至8月9日由國際處主辦。 國際長林倖如表示，「夏日學校」兼具語言學習與國際議題討論，讓青年世代在多元互動中培養跨文化理解力與全球視野。課程結合永續發展與創業挑戰，並融入在地特色，未來將持續深化與姊妹校合作，擴大學生國際移動與交流機會。 林倖如除主持開幕式外，也主持了結業典禮，表達對學員的重視與祝福，並一一頒發結業證書，肯定學員在課堂、文化體驗與參訪中的積極參與與學習成果。典禮播放的回顧影片呈現活動亮點，學員們以中文互道感謝、交換手寫卡片，象徵跨文化交流的真摯情誼。 活動期間，國際處安排多名校內學生擔任小隊輔，全程陪同夏日學校學員適應校園與生活環境。語言課程採遊戲化互動模式，涵蓋自我介紹、日常用語與餐飲點餐等情境，促進雙向交流與學習氛圍。 專題講座邀請了高雄大學副校長吳行浩、南非普馬蘭加大學（University of Mpumalanga, UMP）發展研究學院教授Mazanai Musara、印尼國家研究與創新署（BRIN）法律研究中心博士Laely Nurhidayah，以及銘傳大學國際學院助理教授董珮如。他們從創業策略、氣候治理、國際法制與新創生態等面向，帶領學員比較不同國家的政策與實務，啟發多角度思考。 文化體驗課程包括DIY中藥草包活動，讓學員認識臺灣藥草種類與生活應用，並透過分組合作建立跨國情誼。為呼應「永續」主題，校外參訪安排至國立科學工藝博物館探討能源轉型與氣候變遷；走訪美濃體驗油紙傘彩繪與擂茶，理解傳統工藝在永續觀光中的價值；前往墾丁國家公園認識海洋與陸域生態，討論觀光與環境保育間的平衡。 #高雄大學夏日學校,國際交流,永續發展,跨文化學習,林倖如 Source link