在上個世紀，香港在職教師培訓有五星期覆修和十六星期的語文教師在職進修課程，除了這些系統培訓外，各校也會舉辦一些校本教師講座及由民間教育團體舉辦新教師入職課程。回顧香港在職教師在過去十年的發展，政府首先對在職教師的學歷資格及專業發展日益重視；及後在課程改革的環境下，不少學校近年以共同備課和同儕觀課來促進教師專業的提高。近年，教育當局又大力推動教學啟導培訓和在職教師專業交流活動；同時，又有專業團體為在職教師提供較重實踐性的培訓課程。從這些不同的教師在職培訓項目的特色，可見香港在職教師專業培訓在過往十年有長足的發展。
In last century, there are three types of professional development of in-service teachers in Hong Kong. The most systemic type is the five-week refreshment training programme and sixteen-week language teacher enhancement programme, while some professional organizations run on induction programme for new teachers in every summer and many schools run school-based seminar for their teachers. In last decade, government pays more attention in the qualification and professional development of in-service teachers in the beginning. Later in the context of curriculum reform, many schools upgrade teacher professional performance by co-planning and peer-observation. Recently, EDB implement mentorship courses to support new teachers and promote professional exchange activities for inservice teachers. Meanwhile, Some professional organizations provide training programme which have more focus on action learning for teachers. This paper describes the situation of professional development of in-service teachers in last decade and discusses the special features of these in-service teacher training programmes.
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