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The ESF Asia- Pacific Applied Learning Conference 2014 - Creativity, Enterprise and Ethics
Hosted by the English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong - Supported by Pearson [Edexcel/BTEC], SCAD and the
Hong Kong Design Institute.
This conference will:
 develop a Pan-Asia Pacific Conference on effective practices in the sphere of applied learning;
 develop a network of schools and individuals who are using BTEC qualifications as the centrepiece of their
applied learning pathways; and
 raise the profile of applied learning students and the opportunities they have for progression to higher
education.
Rationale
Pre-university applied learning is a concept in its infancy in many International Schools across the world. ESF
schools have been effectively teaching applied learning alternatives to complement the International Baccalaureate
Diploma for several years, supporting students in accessing university places through applied learning pathways.
This conference will support schools in understanding this approach and network with a series of like-minded
educators who believe in inclusivity.
The conference will include professional development opportunities for teachers and leaders in international
schools and organisations globally. It will provide an opportunity to witness ‘live school’ in this field and enable us to
learn about effective practice in other parts of the world as well as meet qualifications experts from
Edexcel/Pearson.
Who is this event aimed at?
All ESF Secondary Schools will be represented.
ESF welcomes representatives from schools:
 offering BTEC programmes;
 offering other international applied learning schools/centres in the Asia Pacific region; and
 considering extending their provision or who are new to applied learning.
You will meet universities, colleges and qualifications representatives
The conference has as one centerpiece, the ESF Applied Learning Fair for Universities and Colleges and the
conference will be enriched by the presence of those universities and colleges who are interested in providing
courses for applied learners. Our co-sponsors SCAD-HK and HKDI will host events and Pearson will have
representatives to answer your questions. We hope you will find this event exciting, enriching, and enabling.
Chris Durbin
School Development Adviser
English Schools Foundation
Outline Programme – the detail could be subject to variation
Day Zero
September 2014
Pre-conference
Please arrive the night before
Monday 22nd
Tuesday 23rd
Opportunity for school/HE
visits for participants
Please send in your requests to
[email protected]
Locations
ESF Centre
Address
25/F, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 37622510
E-mail:[email protected]
Website: www.esf.edu.hk
West Island School
250 Victoria Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2819 1962
Fax: (852) 2816 7257
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.wis.edu.hk
South Island School
50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2555 9313
Fax: (852) 2553 8811
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sis.edu.hk
Savannah College of Art and Design [SCAD]
Hong Kong
292 Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2253 8000
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scad.edu/locations/hong-kong
Hong Kong Design Institute
3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories,
H.K.
Tel: (852) 3928 2700
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.hkdi.edu.hk
Key Note Speakers
Douglas Young
CEO & Co-Founder, Goods of Desire (G.O.D.
Limited)
Founded in 1996, G.O.D. is one of very few brands
from Hong Kong that is proud to show its origins. Its
founder Douglas Young, a native Hong Konger, was
trained as an architect in the UK and returned in the
1990’s to a place that he feels is losing its unique
character and cultural identity. G.O.D. is his personal
quest to rekindle that lost identity. It is also an
exploration on how traditions can be saved and
passed on to future generations.
All G.O.D. products are designed in-house by a multidisciplinary design team led by Douglas and are
inspired by the vibrant culture of Hong Kong where
east meets west, and age-old traditions meet
cutting-edge technology. Using humour and
creativity, they turn everyday subjects into truly
extraordinary objects. Through his work, Douglas
would like to inspire future generations of designers
to seek inspiration from Hong Kong and foster pride
in our community.
Peter Nixon
Peter Nixon, CA, FCPA, MSc. specialises in helping
organisations (and individuals) fulfil their potential
by ensuring the right people talk about the right
issues in the right way and at the right time and
place. Peter specialises in the facilitation, negotiation
and implementation of change through dialogue. His
international success arises from his belief that "The
Solution is in the Dialogue" and his rare combination
of financial skills (honed as an auditor for many
years with one of the worlds' largest accounting
firms) and communication skills (honed as a trainer
and consultant with people from over 55 countries).
Peter's dialogue solutions fall into three main areas:
1) get focused (facilitation), 2) get it right
(negotiation) and 3) get it done (implementation).
Peter was also a parent of West Island School and
had a son who took the applied learning pathway.
He believes that all students will benefit from
improving their communication and has run
workshops in schools.
Day 1a
Experience Applied Learning 1
Wednesday
24th
Opening and Morning Session 8.45 - 12:00
For ESF year 12 students and participants of the
conference.
08.15
Arrival and Registration
08.45
Welcome from ESF Applied Learning Students and
the CEO ESF Belinda Greer and the Principal of WIS,
Jane Foxcroft
WIS@The Auditorium
09.00 – 9.45
Opening Keynote - Douglas Young, Entrepreneur
and Design CEO from Goods of Desire [G.O.D.]
Creativity,and Enterprise
www.god.com.hk/info/about-us.html
WIS@The Auditorium
9.50 – 11.20
Lead Workshop Peter Nixon,
Author of the Dialogue Gap
Experience a session in improving your
communication skills with author and expert
www.potentialdialogue.com/public/en/home.php
WIS@The Auditorium
@West Island School,
Victoria Road,
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Experience Applied Learning in Schools
Participants will engage in a series of live applied learning lessons led by ESF teachers for students
will take place and participants will join them.
11.30 – 12.30
12.30
@WIS – various venues
around the school
1. BTEC Engineering – Paul Cooper - WIS
2. BTEC Sport – Laura Williams Scott Hooper - KGV
3. BTEC Art and Design – Kate Hodgson and Roger
Stanley KGV and WIS
4. BTEC Performing Arts – Kerry Rochester - WIS
5. BTEC Fashion Design – Viv Benson - SIS
6. BTEC Business – Matt Rappel - IS
7. BTEC Public Policy – Gwillym Cornes - SIS
B608@WIS
Arena@WIS
D6@WIS
Lunch
on the run!
D4@WIS
Textiles@WIS
D1001@WIS
TBC
Day 1b
Experience Applied Learning 2
Wednesday 24th
Afternoon Session 13.30 – 18.30
For ESF year 12 students and participants of the
conference.
@Kowloon
- various venues
Experience Applied Learning In HE
Students and participants will travel together to experience a workshop in two HE institutions in
Hong Kong Design Institute an, Savannah College of Art and Design.
14.00 – 16.00
Interactive Design and Game Development
Fashionwww.scad.edu/locations/hong-kong
@SCAD-HK
14.00 – 16.00
Sequential Art (Comic Illustration)
www.scad.edu/locations/hong-kong
@SCAD-HK
14.00 – 16.00
Fashion
www.scad.edu/locations/hong-kong
@SCAD-HK
14.00 – 16.00
Social Innovation with interactive media and
robotics
www.hkdi.edu.hk/hkdi_gallery/index.php?p=1&m=g&
l=e
@HKDI
14.00 – 16.00
Sports Science - Institute of Sport
www.hksi.org.hk
Students will be introduced to sophisticated science
@HKSI
and technology to enhance performance of elite
athletes
14.00 – 16.00
Hotel Icon – School of Hotel Management, Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
@Hotel Icon
14.00 – 16.00
Business School HKPU
@HKPU
16.00 – 17.00
Transfer to SCAD-Hong Kong
Various buses from
locations
From 16.30 –
19.00
BTEC Student Exhibition and reception and tour
of SCAD-HK
A sample of student portfolios and outcomes will be
available in the innovative setting of the old
courtrooms of Hong Kong and there will be a chance
to meet professors, students and teachers
@SCAD-HK
Day 2a
Plan for Applied Learning
Thursday 25th
Morning Session 9.00 -12.00
For participants of the conference.
@ESF Centre,
25F, 1063 Kings Road
Quarry Bay
9.00 – 9.45
Curriculum design in ESF schools – an inclusive
philosophy, an inclusive design
A workshop for decision makers
Chris Durbin, School Development Adviser, ESF
Seminar 1@ESF
9.50 – 10.45
Reflections on applied learning
Panel discussion – reflections from parent, teacher,
school leader and students
Seminar 1@ESF
10-45 – 11.15
Morning Coffee and networking
11.15 – 12.00
The IBCC – with a difference
an innovative new approach from an four
programme IB World School and a globally
recoginised College of Art and Design
Stewart Redden, Renaissance College
Virginia Adair SCAD-Hong Kong
Seminar 1@ESF
12.00 – 13.30
Lunch followed by transfer to WIS
@ESF
Day 2b
Progression through Applied Learning
Thursday 25th
Afternoon session –
For ESF year 12 and 13 students and participants
of the conference.
14.00
Arrival and Registration
14.30 – 15-15
Progression to Higher Education Workshop
Generic workshop for all applied learning students Roger Wilkinson, Chair of ESF Higher Education
Counsellors Group and Applied Learning
Coordinator, Island School
15-15 – 15.30
Transition and break
15.30 – 16.30
2. Specialist workshops in the domains led by HE
Counsellors and University Admissions colleagues
 Hospitality
 Sports Science
 Performing arts
 Engineering
 Business
 Film & Digital Media
 Fashion and Textiles
 Art and Design
16-30 – 18.45
Higher Education Applied Learning Fair
All participants will have 70 – 80 institutions available
to discuss applied learning progression routes, from
the UK, Australia, North America and Asia.
@West Island School,
Victoria Road,
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
The Auditorium@WIS
Food Tech Rooms@WIS
Arena Gym@WIS
Drama Rooms@WIS
B6@WIS
D10 rooms or G&A area@WIS
Film Rooms@WIS
Textiles Room@WIS
TBC
Sports Hall
The Auditorium
The Multi-purpose Hall
This will also be an opportunity to meet
representatives from Edexcel/Pearson about the
BTEC qualifications and their recognition.
Laurent Lemaitre– Head of Progression and
Recognition
Jacky Gao, Managing Director for Greater China
17-15 – 18.00
BTEC recognition worldwide
Workshop for non UK HE representatives and
participants
Laurent Lemaitre Pearson/EDExcel
Head of Progression and Recognition
TBC
19.30
Dinner
@Chinese Culinary Institute,
VTC Pok Fu Lam Hong Kong
Day 3
Effective Pedagogical Approaches and BTEC
courses
Friday 26th
Morning Session – 8.30 to 12.30
@South Island School,
Nam Fung Road, Hong Kong
8.30
Welcome from Graham Silverthorne, Principal of
South Island School, Matt Rappel, Chair of the
Applied Learning Coordinators Group, and Jacky
Gao, Regional Director for Greater China, Pearson.
The Space@SIS
9.00 -10.30
Effective Applied Learning
In this workshop we will attempt to define what
applied learning means and how to model effective
teaching and learning strategies in this field.
Lead Facilitator – Matt Rappel
Guest speaker Mr Chris McLean Deputy Principal - North
Hertfordshire College
Mr Paul Gough - Strategy Leader Business Growth & Employer
Engagement- Gateshead College
Models of pedagogical practice will be presented
from a range of subject areas within the Applied
Learning field. There will be a panel of teachers,
students and leaders of industry offering their
insight into what makes effective applied learning.
1.Defining applied learning
2. Panel discussion
3. Guest speaker delivery on pedagogy in
benchmark centre
4. Sharing of good practice across disciplines - what
have you done and why was it effective
10.30
Morning Coffee and networking
11.00 – 12.30
Building Successful Applied Learning Pathways
In this workshop we will be reviewing different
models of applied learning pathways. It will examine
the breadth of experience and range of courses that
could be offered to applied learning students. This
will consider how to build pathways that prepare
students for life at university and beyond.
It will cover progression routes to university
highlighting what opportunities are available to
applied learners. It will also cover how to help
students build their application profiles within the
applied learning pathway.
12.30
Lunch
Lead Facilitator – Gwillym Cornes,
Head of Applied Learning, SIS
External Contributor Laurent Lemaitre
Head of Progression and
Recognition, Pearson/Edexcel
ESF Contributors
David Kirby, Student Attainment
Manager, ESF
Ellie Tang, Higher Education
Counsellor, WIS
Friday 26th
Afternoon Session – 13.30 to 16.00
13.30 – 15.30
This will be an opportunity to work alongside small
groups of ESF educators in subject groups – their purpose
will be to update their current programmes.
Facilitator
1. BTEC Engineering
Paul Cooper, WIS
2. BTEC Sports Sciences
Neil Picknell, SIS
3. BTEC Art and Design
Kate Hodgson, KGV
4. BTEC Performing Arts
Ian Baker, KGV
5. BTEC Fashion Design
Viv Benson, SIS
6. BTEC Business
Natalie Berry, WIS
7. BTEC Travel and Tourism
Roger Wilkinson, IS
8. BTEC Media
Larissa Curran, SIS
15.30 – 15.50
Thank you and future actions and possibilities
Chris Durbin, School Development Advisers.
16.10
Bus transfer to Admiralty MTR
@South Island School,
Nam Fung Road, Hong Kong
ESF wishes to thank our colleagues and partners to bring this event together in particular:
Catherine Kwan – Senior Regional Development Manager (Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan)
Pearson/Edexcel, Hong Kong
Virginia Adair, SCAD Hong Kong
Pinky Choi - HKDI
Jane Foxcroft/Rob Stitch - Principal and ex-Vice Principal, West Island School
Graham Silverthorne - Principal of South Island School
Matt Rappel - Chair of the ESF Applied Learning Group and Island School
Katherine Hodgson - Applied Learning Coordinator, King George V School
Paul Cooper - Applied Learning Coordinator, West Island School
Gwillym Cornes- Applied Learning Coordinator, South Island School
Roger Wilkinson - Chair of the ESF Careers andHigher Education Group
Ellie Tang - Higher Education Counsellor, West Island School
Samantha Rodgers - Teaching and Learning Advisor, ESF
Mark Poulsum - Vice Principal, KGV School
Palmy Tong, Events Coordinator
Chris Durbin School Development Advisor, ESF

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