The first stop of the visit was YCCECE. Professor Ha first toured The Pamela Peck Discovery Space (PPDS) to gain an in-depth understanding of the college’s educational philosophy and curriculum design in exploratory learning for young children, innovative education, and child development practice. As Hong Kong’s first interactive discovery space, PPDS also serves as a teaching and learning laboratory, providing students with a platform for hands-on practice and observation. It fully reflects the college’s distinctive strengths and achievements in learning resource allocation and the development of student support systems. Professor Ha highly commended PPDS for its accomplishments in fostering children’s independent exploration, supporting teacher professional development, and advancing innovative educational practice.

Subsequently, the two sides held a discussion session focusing on student internship collaboration projects under the framework of the National Excellence Teacher Training Plan. They engaged in in-depth discussions on such areas as optimizing future teacher training systems, developing educational practice platforms, and establishing cross-regional collaborative mechanisms for talent cultivation. Both sides agreed that, against the backdrop of promoting high-quality educational development, strengthening cooperation between universities and educational institutions and building an open and shared teacher training system would help deepen the integration of educational theory and practice, while also providing a stronger and broader platform for cultivating future education professionals with international vision and practical competence.

In the afternoon, Professor Ha visited YCIS Hong Kong, touring both the primary and secondary sections and making on-site visits to several signature learning spaces. This allowed him to directly observe how the school integrates its educational philosophy into the daily teaching environment. The school has developed a systematic and mature approach in cross-cultural education, diversified learning experiences, and the cultivation of global citizenship, with notable results already achieved. At the same time, it has been actively advancing the implementation and innovation of technology education, extending learning effectively beyond the classroom through deep collaboration with higher education institutions and industry organizations. By leveraging AI and other technology-enabled tools, the school provides students with more personalized learning support and is committed to cultivating the key skills students need for continuous development in a technology-driven future world, gradually building a future-oriented holistic education system.