Almost 100 teachers and students attended workshop for consume study award
Thirty-seven teams enter the second stage of the consumer study award (Year 2016/2017) held by Consumer Council. A workshop was held earlier by the Council to provide suggestions and encourage students to complete their research reports through practices and experiences. Thirty-two teams from senior high schools and five teams from junior high schools are qualified for the second stage of the consumer study award, participating students are required to collect data, inspect, and make research to complete their reports. Workshops are held by Consumer Council and individual sessions are offered to students to assist them during the course of their work. Almost one hundred teachers and students attended the workshop for the consumer study award (Year 2016/2017), which was hosted by an instructor with over twenty years of experience in conducting consumer study award. The workshop was held in a Q&A format to enhance students’ knowledge in topic research, individual sessions were also available for the instructor to know more about the ideas of the students so that suggestions could be given. The consumer study award is an educational activity using daily consumption behaviours as the research topic, it aims to encourage students to get involved in social affairs through practices and experiences, to discover the consumption phenomenon of Macao and to reflect on the meaning of values. Topics included in the proposal submitted include consumers’ choices, the quest of famous brands, trends, and environmental protection, etc., which all reflect the growth mindset of nowadays’ teenagers and help the Council to deepen its research and develop consumer education in schools. The research project is crucial in students’ experience learning and serves to build up healthy consumer values and civil responsibility in their minds. The number of participating teams of this year’s consumer study award has increased, which shows that local schools are now paying more attention to this project. The last stage of the project, which includes a session that allows winning students to gather together and turn their projects into video clips, brings students to another level of experiences. The Chinese Educators Association of Macau, Macau Catholic Schools Association, Macao New Chinese Youth Association, and Associate Professor of Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Vong Sou Kuan Ph.D. have been invited to form a jury together for the research project. The Council hopes that local schools and organizations will continue to support the consumer study award project.