ICAC stresses interaction in promoting moral education
2000-2-19
The ICAC will launch a new, interactive youth web page this April to foster positive values among young people and to listen to their views in the face of a fast growing cyber world.
The plan was revealed by the ICAC ' s Director of Community Relations, Mrs Rosanna Ure, today (Saturday) at a seminar organised by the Commission to study youth values and behaviour in the information age.
Speaking at the seminar, Mrs Ure said the Commission believed only through keeping a close tap on the pulse of young people could it be able to find a common language to communicate with them and to draw up moral education strategies that suit their needs .
She noted that Internet has now become part of young people's daily life.
Mrs Ure said there was a pressing need to study how to protect young people from undesirable online influence on their moral values and behaviour while allowing them to roam freely in the cyber space.
“ The dishonest and undisciplined behaviour of some young people on the Internet, such as lying, the use of foul language, reading indecent materials, dating strangers and spreading computer virus is cause for concern among youth workers, ” she said.
Mrs Ure said the seminar, which drew more than 300 school principals, teachers, parents and social workers, was indicative of the importance they attached to the subject.
She said teachers, parents and youth workers were faced with different challenges in the information age.
While teachers were concerned about their role in teaching information technology and instilling the right values in students, parents wanted to know how they could help their children use information in a proper manner. Youth workers, meanwhile, sought t o map out strategies to deal with the cultural influence brought about by information technology.
“ The seminar provides a precious opportunity for all concerned to exchange views and experiences and to study the effects brought by the development of information technology on youth values. The seminar also looks at the direction in which moral education should be promoted through information technology, ” Mrs Ure said.
The seminar featured a keynote speech delivered by the Pro-vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Cheng Kai-ming, while the Department of Psychology and the Department of Sociology of HKU as well as the Boys ' and Girls ' Clubs Association of Hong Kong respectively presented a study report on youth values and behaviour on the Net.
The plan was revealed by the ICAC ' s Director of Community Relations, Mrs Rosanna Ure, today (Saturday) at a seminar organised by the Commission to study youth values and behaviour in the information age.
Speaking at the seminar, Mrs Ure said the Commission believed only through keeping a close tap on the pulse of young people could it be able to find a common language to communicate with them and to draw up moral education strategies that suit their needs .
She noted that Internet has now become part of young people's daily life.
Mrs Ure said there was a pressing need to study how to protect young people from undesirable online influence on their moral values and behaviour while allowing them to roam freely in the cyber space.
“ The dishonest and undisciplined behaviour of some young people on the Internet, such as lying, the use of foul language, reading indecent materials, dating strangers and spreading computer virus is cause for concern among youth workers, ” she said.
Mrs Ure said the seminar, which drew more than 300 school principals, teachers, parents and social workers, was indicative of the importance they attached to the subject.
She said teachers, parents and youth workers were faced with different challenges in the information age.
While teachers were concerned about their role in teaching information technology and instilling the right values in students, parents wanted to know how they could help their children use information in a proper manner. Youth workers, meanwhile, sought t o map out strategies to deal with the cultural influence brought about by information technology.
“ The seminar provides a precious opportunity for all concerned to exchange views and experiences and to study the effects brought by the development of information technology on youth values. The seminar also looks at the direction in which moral education should be promoted through information technology, ” Mrs Ure said.
The seminar featured a keynote speech delivered by the Pro-vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Cheng Kai-ming, while the Department of Psychology and the Department of Sociology of HKU as well as the Boys ' and Girls ' Clubs Association of Hong Kong respectively presented a study report on youth values and behaviour on the Net.