List of specialist courses offered as electives (2023-24)

Specialist courses are offered as Electives (with limited quota)

Chinese Language Education (CLE) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD8853 The Chinese Language Curriculum and its School-based Application
    [Conducted in Cantonese]
    [Note: Students should be major in Chinese Language or Chinese Literature and have experience in teaching Chinese language]
    MEDD8854 Assessment in Chinese Language Education
    [Conducted in Cantonese]
    [Note: Students should be major in Chinese Language or Chinese Literature and have experience in teaching Chinese language]
    MEDD8855 Psycholinguistic and the Chinese Language Learning Process
    [Conducted in Cantonese and Putonghua]
    [Note: Students should be major in Chinese Language or Chinese Literature and have experience in teaching Chinese language]
    MEDD8856 Chinese Reading Comprehension Instruction: Theories and Practices
    [Conducted in Cantonese]
    [Note: Students should be major in Chinese Language or Chinese Literature and have experience in teaching Chinese language]

    Comparative and Global Studies in Education and Development (CGSED) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6095 Addressing the Global-local Nexus in Education
    MEDD6097 Themes and Approaches in the Field of Comparative Education
    MEDD6098 Critical Issues in Educational Reform
    MEDD6099 Education for Sustainable Development

    Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD8843 Textual Analysis I: Academic Literacies in Science and Mathematics
    MEDD8844 Textual Analysis II: Academic Literacies in the Social Sciences and Humanities
    MEDD8845 Principles and Practice: Bridging Pedagogy in Content and Language Integrated Learning
    MEDD8846 Principles and Practice: Course Design in Content and Language Integrated Learning

    Curriculum and Pedagogy (CP) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD8820 Curriculum Implementation: Issues and Challenges

    Early Childhood Education (ECE) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6141 Promoting Child Development in Early Childhood Education
    MEDD6142 Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood Education
    MEDD6143 Planning, Management, Evaluation and Leadership in Early Childhood Education
    MEDD6144 Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education

    Educational Administration and Management (EAM) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6192 Educational Leadership and School Management
    MEDD6193 Concepts and Issues in School Based Management
    MEDD6195 Administrative and Organizational Theory for Educational Institutions
    MEDD7100 Legal Aspects of Educational Administration

    English Language Education ELE +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6311 English Language Curriculum and Assessment
    MEDD6702 Language Awareness: Grammar and Lexis
    MEDD6703 Second Language Acquisition
    MEDD6709 An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    Gifted Education and Talent Development (GT) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD7038 Counselling, Career Education and Talent Development in Schools
    [Impermissible: MEDD8884 Career Counselling and Talent Development in Schools]

    Guidance and Counselling (GC) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6248 Theories and Practices in Counselling and Group Guidance
    MEDD8601 Comprehensive Guidance and Positive Youth Development: A Whole-School Approach
    MEDD8678 Counselling Process, Ethics and Skills
    MEDD8884 Career Counselling and Talent Development in Schools
    [Impermissible: MEDD7038 Counselling Career Education and Talent Development in Schools]

    Higher Education (HE) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6344

    Aims of Higher Education

    [Impermissible: MEDD6348 Higher Education Leadership]

    MEDD8917 Instructional Design in Higher Education
    MEDD8918

    Contemporary Issues in Higher Education

    [Impermissible: MEDD6347 Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies]

    MEDD8919 Science and Higher Education Systems and Policy

    Mathematics Education (ME) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6387 Research into the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
    MEDD6388 Curriculum Research and Development in Mathematics
    MEDD6389 The Philosophical, Social and Cultural Aspects of Mathematics Education
    MEDD6390 Innovation and Development of Instructional Design in Mathematics

    STEM Education (STEM) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD8859 Learning, Teaching and Assessment in STEM Education
    MEDD8860 Emerging Technologies in STEM Education
    MEDD8894 Design Thinking and Education
    MEDD8895 STEM Across the Curriculum and the Society
    MEDD8896 Computational Thinking and Education

    Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL) +

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD6051 Teaching Chinese Language in International Contexts
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD8851 Chinese L2 Pedagogy]
    MEDD6052 Chinese (L2) Assessment and Reporting
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD8852 Chinese L2 Curriculum Design and Assessment]
    MEDD6054 Chinese (L2) school-based Curriculum Design
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD8852 Chinese L2 Curriculum Design and Assessment]
    MEDD7104 Integrating IB Philosophy into Chinese Language Teaching
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD8841 Integrating the IB Philosophy into Chinese Language and Literature Teaching]

    Teaching Chinese Language and Literature in International Education (TCLL)+

    Course code Course Name
    MEDD8837 World Literature and New Textualities in International Chinese Education
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD6691 Translation Literature and MEDD8834 World Literature and New Textualities in the IB Chinese A Curriculum]
    MEDD8838 Teaching Language and Literature in International Chinese Education
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD8833 Teaching Chinese language and literature in IB language A curriculum]
    MEDD8839 Literature and the Art of Performance
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Note: Students should be major in Chinese Language and Literature and have experience in teaching Chinese literature]
    MEDD8841 Integrating the IB Philosophy into Chinese Language and Literature Teaching
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD7104 Integrating the IB Philosophy into Chinese Language Teaching]
    MEDD8851 Chinese L2 Pedagogy
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible: MEDD6051 Teaching Chinese Language in International Contexts]
    MEDD8852 Chinese L2 Curriculum Design and Assessment
    [Conducted in Putonghua]
    [Impermissible:  MEDD6052 Chinese (L2) Assessment and Reporting and MEDD6054 Chinese (L2) School-based Curriculum Design]