Congratulations to Ms Tsang Shuk Ting Amy, Year 5 Student of BEd(BAFS), for Winning Gold Award at “The 11th Hong Kong Outstanding Prospective Teachers Award”

Ms Tsang Shuk Ting Amy, currently a Year 5 student of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Business, Accounting and Financial Studies) programme, has been awarded the Gold Award at “The 11th Hong Kong Outstanding Prospective Teachers Award”. The Award is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Prospective Teachers Association and the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association.

Please join us in congratulating Amy on her accomplishment!

We are delighted to have Amy’s sharing on her education philosophy, as well as what she gained during the selection process of the competition. Let's hear her valuable words!

It is glad to be given a Gold Award at “The 11th Hong Kong Outstanding Prospective Teachers Award”.

I have the treasurable sharing opportunity in the ceremony, sharing my education philosophy.

I will take "people-oriented" as my educational philosophy. In curriculum design, I would advocate letting students take the lead in learning, applying Dewey’s experiential teaching that “the teacher’s role changes from a traditional provider of knowledge to a guide of children’s experience”, focusing on students' interests and freedom while emphasizing their autonomy.

I would like to be an Inspiration Co-constructors of knowledge, helping students to explore their potential. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to design and implement teaching strategies that suit the needs and abilities of my students to maximize their learning ability. In my previous teaching practice, I often divide students into strong and weak groups and try to use their different abilities to improve their learning efficiency. For example, I invite students with higher abilities to design some questions related to accounting topics in class, and let them serve as group leaders, answering classmates' questions. In the process, I try to let students take the lead in the class instead of just following the questions in the textbook. Under this kind of classroom design, students with high abilities can design questions and find answers on their own, allowing them to explore more and think deeply about the topic; while students with lower abilities can also have more space and opportunities to ask questions.

Nowadays, we face increasing changes and challenges. As a teacher, I should be proactive and willing to adapt to various situations. AI technology is currently popular, so I also tried to use AI technology to create interesting teaching videos. I tried to use the technology to make some virtual characters to explain some accounting problems that students may encounter. The video makes it easier for students to engage in class and understand the topics better.

During the competition, I had to do a teaching demonstration and be interviewed by the judges. The interview section was meaningful as the questions reminded me to think about what is teaching.

Those experiences becomes the cornerstone for me to be a BAFS teacher. I believe that life inspires life and I will keep improving my teaching ability in the future.