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STMC’s Recent Development & Improvement measures on Curriculum & Teaching & Learning issues
By Wong Hui Chui Hung ESR 2009
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I. Curriculum issues
Background- Objectives
• Innovative curriculum for Whole-person development and High-order thinking (ESR 2004)
• 21st Century: Educational needs of students
• Challenges of NSS (e.g.LS as CORE; OLE)
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Strategies & Implementation Plans
More School based curriculum from 2004 (see 25th anniversary publications)
• LS & Thinking curriculum (F.1 LS; F.2 Science Project ; F.3 Museum studies)
• School based Gifted Education• School-based English curriculum from 2008
(Language Arts & Phonetics class)• Subject combination of NSS (Electives from at least 2
streams)• OLE: Formal Aesthetic Curriculum (Music & Drama)
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F.1基本
思考方法
訓練訓練
通識教育
F.2從事研究
技巧
應用應用
專題研習
F.3後設認知
提升提升
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Evaluation
1. Positive feedback from different stakeholders
2. PDS–Museum studies 2004 onwards
3. LS Secondments from 2002 onwards
4. QEF NLS project 2008-2011
5. PDS- Liberal studies 2009 onwards
6. Knowledge Fair (2003), 2008
7. Visit of the Chief Executive on the LS lessons 2009
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II. Teaching & Learning issues- Background
1. Help students aim high & stretch students’ potential (ESR 2004, Science KLA QAI 2007)
2. Enhance students’ confidence in using EMI (Science KLA 2007, various meetings at school)
3. Address the diversity of learning (Change of Banding policy, Analysis of students’ performance in public exams and attainment tests 2004 onwards, various meetings & Planning conference 2008)
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Objectives from 2005 onwards
• A. Foster a stimulating English environment
• B. Establish proactive learning & thinking habits
• C. Cater for students’ diversity
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A1. Strategies for fostering a stimulating English environment • Create a physically English-rich
environment
• Increase English activities
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A2. Implementation Plans• English Musical 2008 & embedded in the English and
Moral & civic Education curriculum• English ambassadors to be announcers of morning
assemblies; English Room, English day once a week with a lot of activities
• English Self-Enhancement Scheme• Visual printed materials; Handbook & websites in
English• Some formal ceremonies & Prize Presentation Day in
English• SDD: English Phonetics Class for all colleagues
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A3. Evaluation
Good feedback as seen in
• Increasing confidence of students in using English in a number of occasions
• Able to stretch students with English talent, e.g. Singapore Exchange programs, SCMUN 2008; Global Young Leaders to US 2009
• Better performance in English subject HKCE, HKASL
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B1. Strategies to establish proactive learning & thinking
habits• Create a positive learning atmosphere at
class and at school
• Develop students’ skills and nurture proactive learning habits
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B2. Implementation Plans • Increase participation in different interschool
events and competitions (see Students’ achievements in school web)
• Set up a new Homework scheme & academic prefects
• Organize Study skills workshops for all forms• Assemblies, lunch talks to students of different
forms • Organize Staff Development Days and discussion
opportunities for teachers
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B2. Implementation Plans• Teach specific or general study skills by
different subjects from junior forms onwards
• Improve IT facilities and encourage use of e-class
• Fix Mondays and Tuesdays for academic activities
• Change the grading system of report card and increase quota of repeaters
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B3. Evaluation
• Positive feedback from teachers about students’ learning attitude and class atmosphere
• Students have greater sense of responsibility; higher expectation and clearer goals of academic performance
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C1. Strategies to cater for students’ diversity
• Organize small-class teaching of the 3 core subjects in different forms, in particular in exam classes
• Develop new and suitable teaching pedagogies
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C2. Implementation• Set up small class teaching in F.4 & F.5 English or
al and writing lessons• Set up a remedial class in F.4; F.5 Chinese subject • Set up an Express class in F.2• Set up Chinese and Maths. remedial class in F.1-3• Set up after-school gifted class• Set up SEN group• Organize Staff Development Days (Different strat
egies; SEN features and concerns)
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C3. Evaluation
• Positive Feedback in internal assessment
• More attention has been given to students of different learning needs and consolidate the academic foundation in junior forms
• Improvement of students’ performance in public examination esp. in English