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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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培育資優生三種共通能力

創造力創造力高層次高層次思維能力思維能力

個人及個人及社交能力社交能力

Renzuli’s Model

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校本資優課程

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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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KNOWLEDGE FAIR 2009

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Chief Executive visit to school 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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Musical 2008

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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

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The End

Thank You.