Promoting home-school relations is one of the aims of education reforms in Hong Kong. This paper contains research data collected through qualitative methods aiming at capturing the thoughts and perceptions of twelve parents in three primary schools in Hong Kong so as to explore whether they are psychologically prepared for being involved in their children's education. Findings indicate that parents demonstrated low degree of cognitive and affective readiness for participating in school. To promote parent-school collaboration, it is important to consider the influence of Chinese culture on parent involvement. The paper also serves to provide scholars with academic insights for further investigation and policy makers with practical knowledge in developing appropriate strategies to promote homeschool relations.
促進家庭與學校的關係是香港教育改革的其中一項目的，鼓勵家長參與學校教育更可提升家校合作。本文引用定質研究方法去探討家長十二位家長是否有心理準備去參與他們子女的教育；研究結果顯示家長在認知和情感上有不足的準備。在建立策略去促進家校關係的同時，我們須考慮中國文化對家長參與的影響。
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香港在2000 年推行「校本管理」，並實施由家長參與校政決策。新政策之精神能否落實，與學校-家庭合作之關係，息息相關。本文報導一個「校本管理」推行前家長與學校接觸的投訴個案，作為家庭與學校關係討論的根據。個案顯示: 在校本管理推行之前，家長參與學校事務的情況，只停留在較低的層次，而學校和家長之間，仍沒有建立高層次校政決策參與文化的基礎。故此，面對此教育管理新潮流，學校有需要作好準備，並建立開明的機制，以提升家長參與的層次。
Hong Kong has started implementing "School-Based management" in 2000. Apart from other factors, the success of the innovation rests largely upon the home-school relationship and the attitudes of both schools and parents towards parent participation. This paper reports a complaint case before the practice of School-Based Management as the basis for discussion in this respect. It is found that parent participation still maintained at a relatively low level and both parties were not well prepared for the change. To keep pace with the new trend of development, it is suggested that schools should take the initiative role for enhancement of parent participation.
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踏進廿一世紀，當世界各地(包括香港)正進行教育改革之際，基督教學校當作何反思？本文的目的在於引發基督教教育工作者探討以下問題：為何要建立基督教學校文化？建立怎樣的基督教學校文化？如何建立基督教學校文化？此外，本文亦提供一些具體可行的參考資料，藉以推廣基督教學校文化，使基督教學校能提升學校效能，更好地培育下一代(學生)。
In the beginning of the 21st Century, many countries (including Hong Kong) are undertaking education reform. What reflection should Christian schools have? The purpose of this paper is to initiate Christian school workers to investigate the following questions: Why do we need to develop Christian school culture? What kind of Christian school culture should we develop? How should we develop Christian school culture? Furthermore, this paper also provides some practical references for Christian schools, so that Christian school culture can be promoted, school effectiveness can be improved, and our next generations (students) can be better educated.
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全球化下的教育改革深入到了幼兒教育領域，"終身學習、全人發展"觀念下幼兒教育面臨了新的機遇和挑戰。本文立足於美國和香港兩地在幼兒教育機構質量和幼稚園質素保證、以及兩地學前教育課程改革的比較，探討兩地幼兒教育的異同，以及兩地在「全球化」影響下的「在地化」發展特點，以此深入探討，尋求香港幼兒教育發展的未來路向。
Globalization of education reform into the field of early childhood education, under the concept of Lifelong learning and All-round development, the early childhood education is facing some new opportunities and challenges. This article based on the comparison of early childhood education reform of two places that is the United States and Hong Kong, it focus on the early childhood education quality assurance and pre-school curriculum reform. Through discuss the similarities and differences, and the localization character in the globalization influence in the two places, we want to gain more useful experiences and find a better way to develop the future early childhood education.
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隨著中小學學位數目供應漸趨穩定，政府在上世紀九十年代提出推行教育質素保證程序。本文回顧了教育質素保證的發展經過，由分科視學到目前的學校發展與問責架構。內文亦從前線教育人員的角度討論質素保證程序的影響和提出一些發展期望。
Following the stable supply of the places for school education, Hong Kong government proposed quality assurance for the education system in the 1990s of the last century. This paper reviews the process of implementing the quality assurance procedures, from subject inspection to the school development and accountability framework. Discussion on the influence of quality assurance and expectation on future development is given, from the point of view of a frontline teacher.
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香港推行母語教學已有十年，在這十年中，它始終是香港教育界備受爭議的話題。本文概述了十年來香港母語教學改革政策的變化，各方的意見以及其成效。同時本文反思了香港母語教學政策的推行所出現的問題以及其原因。
The adoption of native language as a medium of instruction has been implemented in the past decade. However, the policy remained to be controversial. In this article, the author attempts to reflect the change of the policy and its effects.
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