「小學統整課程示例計劃」是由香港教育學院資助進行的特殊計劃，旨在推動香港小學統整課程的發展。該計劃由專家評閱、課程實施、成果探討、分享交流及成果發表五個部分組成，並透過參與計劃的六所學校於2004年間推行小一至小六共六套的統整課程，獲取寶貴的實踐經驗以作交流及推廣。六套統整課程的主題包括：自然世界──生物放大鏡 (一年級)、熱與生活 (二年級)、購物樂 (三年級)、精明的消費者 (四年級)、傳染病 (五年代) 和中國偉人與我(六年級)。課程內容包括設計理念、概念圖、課程規劃和教學安排，旨在提供一個可行方案的初稿，供香港的學校和教師按照本身的校本條件，參考課程內容作出修訂、調動或增潤，並自行發展合適的校本課程。該計劃期望學校和教師能夠從實踐中獲取寶貴的經驗，進行檢討及改進，從而引導學生學會學習並作全人發展。 該計劃邀請來自六所參與學校的課程發展小組或課程發展主任，就統整課程的實施撰文分享經驗。本文透過下列三個重點，根據來自六所學校的課程領導者的見解作出討論、分析和建議：(一) 統整課程的設計：理念和特色、(二) 統整課程的實施：挑戰和成果、(三) 統整課程的檢討：總結和展望。

自1986年設科以來，香港的普通話科一直獨立於中文科以外，至97年重訂《課程綱要》，始被列為中小學的桃心課程。踏入新世紀，教育當局又重組課程架構，把中國語文、普通話、中國文學及中國語文及文化四科納入中國語文教育領域，並訂定十年內三個階段的發展策略，以「普通話教中文」(Putonghua as a medium of instruction – PMI) 為遠程目標。要推行PMI，在現有的教學條件下，教師能力、教材支援等，固然需要充分的配應和準備；在課程統整方面，也必須周詳部署，中普兩科的學習內容才能合理調適，有效推展。本文以介紹中、普課程現況為起點，概括學校推行PMI的不同階段經驗，分析目前學校面對的難題；並從課程發展的角度，探討普通話與中文兩科的整合模式，提出可行的方案，為落實新課程的遠程目標擬出具體的策略和進程。

在2001年，香港公佈了《中國語文課程指引(初中及高中)》及《中學中國語文建議學習重點(試用本)》。而在2004年，上海則公佈了《上海市中小學‧語文‧課程標準 (試行稿)》。 本研究的目的包括：1.探討兩地小學至初中中國語文科課程在世紀之交的發展情況。2.比較兩地初中中國語文科課程內容的異同。3.為教育當局日後修訂語文科課程提供意見。研究方法採用文獻分析法。比較的架構為課程、教材、教法與評估的內容。理論依據有系統論、學科論、課程論。兩地初中語文課程簡介及比較，包括以下四方面：(一) 課程：1. 語文課程的結構；2. 語文科性質；3. 課程取向；4. 教學目標。(二) 教材：1. 學習材料；2. 教材編寫 (選)。(三) 教法：1. 教學的原則；2. 教學內容與要求。(四) 評估。研究結果有以下數方面：關於課程：兩地的語文課程定位、課程結構、學科性質、課程取向、學習目標等都有不同程度的差異。基本是隨實際需要而變化的，希望體現義務教育的規劃；把握語文育的功能；強調思想品德與人文素質的培養；致力於語文素養的整體提高。 關於教材：兩地在教材的觀點和選編原則方面，相同的地方比較多。 關於教法：對各項語文能力訓練元素的內容和要求，都有不同程度的差異：語文能力的元素；能力訓練的方法；情意的培養等。而相同的地方：轉變教育觀念，改革教學方法。以學生發展為本。收集和處理信息的能力。重視形象思維、審美思維以至批判、創意的訓練。 關於評估：評估是兩地語文課程新增的項目。觀點相同的地方比較多，不同的地方有發展學生多方面的潛能；創新精神和實踐能力；教與學雙向評估。

In the context of the educational reforms that began at the turn of the century, Hong Kong's New Senior Secondary (NSS) English language curriculum was launched in 2009. An important aim of the curriculum reforms is to make teaching and learning more relevant to students' everyday lives through more studentcentred approaches to pedagogy. In the context of English language teaching and learning, the reforms also involve an emphasis on 'cultural enrichment' and 'personal involvement', in addition to 'language enrichment'. The main feature that supports these aims is an innovative emphasis on language arts and the introduction of four language arts electives, including one entitled Learning English through Popular Culture . Based on analysis of curriculum documents and resources and student surveys conducted before and after the first round of implementation of the 3-year curriculum, this chapter discusses the role that popular culture now plays in senior secondary English language teaching (ELT). While arguing that the inclusion of popular culture in the NSS English curriculum is largely a positive move, it identifies significant unresolved issues in the implementation of the curriculum, which may limit the degree to which it succeeds in achieving its goals of cultural enrichment and making English language teaching more relevant to students' lives.
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本研究主要以香港的六位通識教育科科主任的訪問內容，加上政府出版的通識教育科課程指引和其它相關研究，析評高中通識教育科的課程設計和決定。結果發現，通識教育科在許多方面的特徵，例如：目標、內容、教學法、組織、評估、教育知識規範、專業化形式等，均與「傳統科目」有所不同。這些特徵令師生之間的教學關係形成弱架構的特色，增加了師生的權力。師生在知識習得和傳遞方面，擁有一定程度的權力。其次，科主任作為課程的領導者，在該科的各項課程要素中，擁有一定程度的自主權，在科組的「學與教」方面繼續扮演街頭官僚的角色。
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香港教育局課程發展處在2010年發表了《新高中課程‧中國語文》，新課程博大精深，加入了校本評估。課程特別重視培育學生的語文素質，教師要設計多元化的教材和創設寬廣的學習空間，提升學生的自主學習和獨立思考的能力。新課程對教師的要求提高了，因此，切實提高語文教師的專業素養是成功實施新高中課改的重要保障。中國語文教師須具備本科學養、教育理論、語文教學的專業和個人涵養，才能達到課改的目的。本文在最後的部分提出一些教師培訓方面的建議。
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The use of resources always forms an integral part in the teaching, learning and assessment process in schools. Teachers are expected to select, adopt, adapt and create appropriate resource materials in order to achieve their learning targets, conduct task-based activities and devise assessment schemes to measure students' progress. In the implementation of the TOC initiative, the Hong Kong schools are offered greater autonomy and a more active role in support of the principles and essence of this curriculum change. However, the lack of creativity and flexibility in many teachers to develop and utilize resources in their teaching has hindered such innovations. The objectives of this research study are four-fold: To explore what resources are currently provided for TOC; to investigate how schools are utilizing them; to determine what gaps and deficiencies there seem to be; and to recommend how resourcing support might be improved to foster the TOC initiative in the near future. The type of resources indicated in this research study are limited to the scope of printed materials, AV materials, teaching packages, information technology, equipment and facilities, learning environment, time, space and manpower support. The research methodology and procedures used in this study involved the following: (1) a compiled list of TOC resources produced by the Education Department, other institutions and commercial publishers made available to all primary schools, (2) preliminary interviews to find out the areas of concern regarding resources support for TOC, (3) questionnaire survey sent to over 100 primary schools with approx. 1,800 TOC teachers and other school staff respondents, (4) in-depth interviews with a sample of school heads, teachers, panel heads, TOC coordinators, teacher educators from ED and tertiary institutions, ED officers in the TOC unit, curriculum developers and commercial publishers. After the analysis of data on resources was completed, two case studies of schools

In 2007, the Hong Kong government announced that tertiary institutions receiving central funding would be required to incorporate outcomes-based learning in their curricula. The policy was presented as part of a raft of measures to introduce creativity and innovation into the traditional approaches to teaching and learning, that have been described as producing “a somewhat sterile curriculum that emphasized propositional knowledge and avoided awkward questions”(Adamson & Li, 2004, p.59). The Hong Kong government wishes the education system to be in line with what it perceives to be state-of-the-art practices internationally. However, the history and culture of Hong Kong has endowed the local system with its own distinctive characteristics that, as previous efforts to graft foreign curricular initiatives on to the Hong Kong education system have shown, need to be taken into account. The move to require institutions to incorporate outcomes-based was greeted by concerns that the outcomes-based approach was too "Western" (i.e. progressive) for educational values systems prevalent in Hong Kong and, at best, institutions would only pay lip-service to the reform. (Interestingly, a contrasting concern was that outcomes-based learning—which is already falling out of favour in Australia, where it originated, and in other Western systems--would actually have the opposite effect to the intended goal of rejuvenating the curriculum, as it would tend to reinforce rigidity in curriculum design, reducing student choice and flexibility to design their own learning pathways.) At the heart of the matter is the issue of effective international knowledge transfer. This paper reviews Hong Kong’s very mixed experiences of international knowledge transfer in education, and proposes a pragmatic framework for curriculum design that takes into account and negotiates political, social and pedagogical forces at the local and international level. It illustrates how this pragmatic approach to curriculum