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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This paper investigates the concerns of teachers and the work of small class teaching (SCT) for integrated learning in Liberal Studies (LS) in the current New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum implemented beginning in 2009 in Hong Kong. The interconnectedness of learning in the NSS LS has been highlighted, with emphasis on linkages in learning within and beyond the subject. Relevant literature on the debate of class size reduction generally reveals the benefits of SCT. Several studies further indicate that students benefit from integrated learning in a small class setting. Other studies on group work format have recommended various approaches to integrated learning in a small class setting. Therefore, facilitating students with quality integrated learning in a small class setting for LS is crucial for its successful implementation in Hong Kong. An international study reported that the Hong Kong school system is regarded as ‘sustained improver’ and ‘good to great’ performance stage. Therefore the findings of this study in Hong Kong could provide valuable implications for school teachers, teacher educators and policy makers all over the world.
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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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近年香港社會急劇轉型，學童問題日趨嚴重，自殺、霸凌、濫藥等情況日熾。不少社會賢達以為問題源於學童缺乏對生命的關愛及省思。故此，不少辦學團體、學校和教育工作者嘗試透過生命教育方式，開展德育及公民教育專項，強健學童心志，藉此回應知識型社會及資訊科技時代對學童成長的挑戰。本文並非學術研究，旨在分享生命教育專業經驗：透過六所香港學校推行的孝親教學單元，嘗試疏理校本生命教育課程的現況，討論其良好經驗，並提供改善建議。
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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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