教育統籌局於2005年決定於2009年9月推行新高中學制，規定通識教育科將會成為新高中課程的核心科目，估計當新高中通識教育科全面推行時，約有三千名高中教師要轉型任教或兼教新高中通識教育科。為了了解現職中學對實踐通識教育科的看法，香港教師中心教育研究小組於05年11月展開「通識教育科的實踐與挑戰」問卷調查，一共收到207所中學1033位教師的回應；隨後研究小組成員並到4所中學與負責教師作深入訪談。此文將引用這個研究量性和質性資料，來探討在進行通識教育科時，教師在教學內容、教學法、學科評估和學校行政等四方面的挑戰。
The 334 Report (EMB, 2005) stipulated that Liberal Studies will be a core subject and assessed like other subjects in the three-year senior secondary curriculum. There will be around 3000 teachers need to change as subject teacher of Liberal Studies in 2009. In order to understand the opinion of secondary school teacher on the implementation of Liberal Studies, the Research Team of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre delivered a survey on this issue in November 2005. Base on the qualitative and quantitative data, this paper aims to discuss the challenge on the implementation of Liberal Studies in the following aspect teaching content, teaching method, assessment and school administration.
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