Experiential Learning Project Profile
GH01-003
Creative Reflective
Dialogue with (Other) Parents
Parenting & Youngsters
Parents can be so close and yet so far away from us.
Intimate and frank conversations with our own parents are desired but not
easy, especially for youngsters. Creative experiential learning activities are proposed
to engage HKU students to interact and talk to other parents through interview,
life story exchange and/or buddy activities etc. It will be a mutually rewarding
experience to understand themselves and each other better.
Possible Experiential Learning Activities
Proposed below are some reflective, indepth and theme-based dialogue and social
activities for consideration.
• HKU students may conduct formal interviews with parents on topics such as
challenges parent and family face in contemporary society, joy and tear of
parenting, parent-child, parenthood-childhood relationship and etc.
• Problem solving can be arranged as follow up activities. Students may analyse
the interview, research and apply their knowledge from respective disciplines on
particularly pertient issues and challenges, conduct comparative analysis and/or
suggest possible solutions to the parents, community partners, policy makers and
etc.
• HKU students may pair up with parents to exchange life stories through direct
conversation, or other means such as writing, drawing, video and/or voice. The
exact mean for story telling and exchange can be agreed by both parent and
student. The writing approach can be like letter writing, diary exchange, private
blogging and etc.
• They may use information and communication technologies (ICT) to reflect and
present their life experiences, expectations and interested topics creatively.
Possible forms of deliverables including audio or video clips, digital photo album,
can be used for themselves or other audience according to prior agreement.
• Students may also be guided to develop a repository of oral history of Hong Kong
parents.
Possible Themes for Experiential Learning
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Parent-child Relationship
Generation and Expectation Gap
Reflection, Expression and Development
Challenges Facing Families Today
Untold Stories of Parents and Children
Oral History of Parenting in Hong Kong
Parenting, Parental Perception and Parents’ Childchood
Students will work closely with parents through various
conversational activities to appreciate and understand better
each other’s perspectives and interests so as to propose
solutions to enhance parent and child relationship to the society.
PROJECT LOCATION
Various Indoor
locations of
Hong Kong
COMMUNITY PARTNER
The Hong Kong
Parent Education
Association (HKPEA)
KEY AREAS
Developmental Psychology,
Childhood, Parenthood, Parent
Education, Parenting, Family,
Government Policy, Youngster,
Reflection, Expression, Story
Telling, Oral History, Dialogue,
Interview, Generation Gap, ICT
Interested faculty members are
welcome to contact Amia Cheung,
Lecturer of GHELC
Phone: 2219 4877
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ghelc.hku.hk