Hong Kong is facing economic, social and cultural challenges as ageing population looms. It is projected that Hong Kong’s aging population will significantly increase to 30% by 2041 according to the Census and Statistics Department.
Reminiscence Share Site through Art, an experimental life education program was curated in response to the above tended situation. The project aims to promote productive ageing. It also encourages inter-generational harmony while participating students develop life-long learning capabilities through creative process and interactions with the senior generation.
The project is an art interdisciplinary cross subjects: including Visual Arts and liberal studies programs based on the life-span experiences of lives. The project was led by 13 teachers ( 5 of them are recipient of the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence) with the aid of artist in residence. The assessment of life learning and self-evaluation were led by the 5 pilot schools’ teachers. Participating students are encouraged to acquire better understanding and analyses of authentic life experience of the elderlies from 5 perspectives including psychological, cultural, critical, emotional and creative ways.
The programme's design provides opportunities for students to understand filial piety and life value by direct interactions and cooperative opportunities with the senior generation, and to apply knowledges of liberal studies, Moral and Civic education on a more in-depth scale. Taking cultivation of positive values and attitudes as the direction, the project aims to provide model sample for interdisciplinary education and to explore possibilities in future education development. Learnings and experimental results including artworks, education process by 5 pilot secondary schools with over 50 elderlies will be on show from 23 April to 16 June 2017 at 1a space. An opening ceremony will be held on 22 April at 3 pm. We sincerely invite you to join this grand event.
** The project is supported by Elder Academy and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
A publication will be produced and distributed to education institutes and related organizations with the results of researches on education, life satisfaction of elderly, self-esteem of students and life inheritance through art.
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