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Individual Award
(General Faculty Member)

Professor Kenneth SIN Kuen-fung
冼權鋒教授
Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling

Professor Kenneth Sin is the Director of the Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education, and a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Counselling.

Prof Sin has nearly 30 years of experience in teacher education. He launched the Quality Education Fund (QEF) project “Making Integration Successful” in 1998. His training methods and resources development benefited the Bachelor of Education (BEd) courses, which led to his receiving the Distinguished Teacher Award in 2001 and the Certificate of Merit in the QEF Outstanding Project Award in 2008. To meet the great training demand, he has created professional development courses since 2005. The mode of delivery and content coverage solidified inclusion training under the three-tier support model in Hong Kong.

Special Education is a professional career that requires great commitment and heavy responsibility. Special education teachers are well-respected in the community. The belief that all students are educable, a tolerant and accepting attitude towards all students, and techniques for teaching special education students all constitute essential attributes of successful special education teachers.

When planning courses, Professor Sin adopts the service learning model to empower BEd students, which he has applied in projects funded by the Lee Hysan Foundation and the UGC Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals. His learner-centred approach supports the development and cultivates the commitment of EdUHK students to serve society through authentic exposure, committed service, interactive dialogue, in-depth study and reflective thinking. For course delivery, Professor Sin adopts the “BAT” model (Belief, Attitude and Technique) for his core thought on professionalism in special needs, in which outcome-based learning of awareness, knowledge, judgment, expression and application are embedded solidly in the conceptual framework. This approach is crucial for creating a learning culture, encouraging critical inquiry, facilitating change, and putting theory into practice. The students are expected to be caring, competent and concerned about special needs and to become responsible members of the profession.

Professor Sin’s achievements are the result of his efforts to promote the quality of learning and teaching in inclusion, and demonstrate the far-reaching impact of special education on the teaching profession, schools and the community.