Science is no longer taught as a separate primary subject in Hong Kong after the implementation of General Studies (GS), which integrated three disciplines, viz., Primary Science, Social Studies and Health Education. Science achievements of 333 fourth-grade pupils were compared with results of past Hong Kong pupils participating in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The findings revealed that the GS Curriculum did not produce better or worse overall results of pupils' science knowledge than the previous Primary Science Curriculum in Hong Kong.
現行香港的小學常識科課程把科學科、社會科及健康教育科綜合起來。常識科推行後，在香港的小學課程中再沒有獨立的科學科科目。本文將333 位小四學生的科學成績和『第三屆國際數學與科學研究』(TIMSS)的結果作比較，發現以常識科模式學習科學，學生的科學成績與從前以獨立科學科學習科學之整體成績相若
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作者於論文指出其研究從課程社會學的觀點出發，探討香港、台灣的小學課本是否擔負再生產的功能，研究選取兩地正規課程中最通行的教科書版本，以國語、社會科為主，倫理／宗教科為輔，進行內容分析。