Document Type: Journal Articles
Year published: 1986
City published: Hong Kong
Publisher: Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research
This article first states that the common school curriculum in Hong Kong caters to the academically gifted. Then, it advocates a broad and balanced science curriculum, differentiated to a range of abilities and aptitudes, to be followed by all students throughout their five years of secondary schooling. Finally, it presents four purposes for science education and describes curriculum revisions needed to achieve these purposes in the local context.
