Background: The Education Commission (EC) of Hong Kong, the advisory body set up by the government on the overall development of education in Hong Kong, began developing a policy of education reform in 1998 and published its blueprint in 2000. In 2006, the EC published its fourth official report on the progress of the reform -- Progress Report on the Education Reform (4).
Discussion Focus:The policy document developed in 2000 contains a paragraph that summarises the 14,000 public submissions received by the EC at that time. The EC has adopted this summary as its reform priority. It contains four sociopsychological elements -- joy in learning, effectiveness of communication, creativity, and sense of commitment -- and points out that education for lifelong learning should emphasise more on the inner qualities of a person than personal skills. The policy also recognises for the first time that human knowledge is constructed.
This paper analyses the texts of the 2006 progress report and the 2000 policy document and discovered that the progress reported has essentially neglected the priority stated in the policy.
In parallel with the textual analysis, the paper explores the meanings of the four socio - psychological elements from the perspective of personal inner qualities.
Suggestions: The paper is a reminder that the priority stated in the policy is what the public want and what the EC has promised to act on. It would be undemocratic and negligent for the EC to bypass it quietly. The paper suggests that the deep meanings of the four socio-psychological elements should be explored, to be followed by modification of the strategies of the reform so as to fulfil what the public want. The paper also suggests supplementary empirical studies involving educational professionals to validate the results.
背景：教育統籌委員會（教統會）是政府成立的咨詢團體，以提供教育整體發展的意見。它從1998年開始制訂教育改革的政策，並於2000年公佈了藍圖。2006年，教統會公佈了教育改革進展的第四份正式報告。
討論焦點：2000年的政策文件中有一段，總結了教統會當時從公眾所收到的14,000

背景：香港教育改革著意鼓勵學校引用校本課程發展模式推行融合教育。
目的：本研究探討教師在發展校本融合課程所遇到的挑戰。
研究對象：參與香港教育學院舉辦的融合教育培訓課程的教師。
研究方法：包括訪問和問卷調查。
研究結果：本研究發現教師是與同級教師進行共同備課或通過校內課程發展組調適現行的課程；在設計和實施校本融合課程時，教師遇到的挑戰主要有：班內融合生的數量過多、教師缺乏相關的專業知識與能力、實施課程時因要配合課堂時間的編排而產生混亂、評估上的公平問題與及學校資源的不足。
總結：要面對校本融合課程發展的挑戰，參與的教師必須先行接受有關課程發展的培訓；學校也須委任融合教育的統籌教師，負責領導校本融合課程的發展；學校之間也須建立融合教育的網絡，讓教師互相支持和解難，從而有效地提升融合學生的學習。
Background: Education reform in Hong Kong emphasizes the use of school-based curriculum development mode to implement inclusive education.
Aims: To explore the challenges teachers had in developing school-based inclusive curriculum materials.
Sample: Those teachers who had been involved in the inclusive education programmes organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Methods: Interview and questionnaire survey.
Results: The results indicated that teachers prepared their lessons with those colleagues who were teaching at the same class levels or used the teaching materials already adapted by the School Curriculum Committees. The challenges teachers met in developing and implementing school-based inclusive curriculum materials mainly included: there were too many special need students in a class, teachers possessed inadequate relevant professional knowledge and skills, confusions caused by insufficient time arrangement in class in implementing the curriculum materials, the problem of unfairness in the use of assessment methods, and lack of resource support.
Conclusion: To face with these challenges, teachers should have prior training before they are involved in inclusive education. An inclusive education coordinator is needed. He/She should undertake the work of leading the development of inclusive education and monitoring the quality of inclusive curriculum in the school. Additionally, schools should develop inclusive education network through which teachers could support one another. The purpose is to ensure the effectiveness of inclusive education that

背景：近年教育改革成為世界各地廣泛關注的公共政策議題，而各地教育改革的經驗更是值得詳加比較與研究，以作為相互參照之用。
目的或討論焦點：本文把分析及討論之重心聚焦在教育改革過去20 年在香港的發展經過、主要改革措施，以及教改的矛盾和影響之上。
論點/評論/建議：全文共分四部分。第一部分概括地回顧香港教育改革自20 世紀80 年代的發展背景與演變狀況；第二部分則集中探討教育改革的主要內容，特別關注學制、學校管理、質素評鑑、教師專業及辦學模式等方面的轉變；第三部分分析及討論該等改革措施的影響及啟示；最後為總結部分。
總結：本文著重指出，近年香港教育改革明顯受到其他地區所進行之改革所影響，與海外地區相似的是教育質素指標化、權力下放與集權同時出現，以及商業化或市場化等。這些因素都深刻地影響著教育工作者的工作。
Background: Recently, education reform has been a focus of public policy discussion. It is valuable to compare the education reforms in different places in order to reach a deeper understanding of the reform in a particular place.
Aims or focus of discussion: The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the process, major measures and changes over time in relation to education reform in Hong Kong. It also examines the problems and impacts involved.
Arguments / comments / suggestions: The paper is divided into 4 parts: (1) a review of education reforms since the 1980s; (2) the major measures adopted, particularly those related to the education system, school management, quality assessment, teacher professionalism and the school system; (3) a discussion on the impacts of these reform measures; and (4) conclusion.
Conclusion: This paper points out that the Hong Kong education reforms, being affected by experience elsewhere, are dominated with several features, such as the stress on quantifying education quality, the simultaneity of evolution and centralization, and the education marketization, which are all important factors that affect the teaching life of ordinary Hong Kong teachers.
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