In the era of education reform in Hong Kong, on various government documents, different concepts and functions of assessment were introduced to the community. The importance of formative assessment was emphasized. This paper aims to study the student teachers' implementation of formative assessment in General Studies lessons during their teaching practise. Commonly used assessment methods, alignment of learning and assessment activities, student teachers' intervention after receiving feedback from pupils, difficulties encountered, perception of the student teachers on formative assessment and pupils' feedback are reported in this study. It is hoped that the study will provide insight into the practice of formative assessment in primary General Studies classrooms as one aspect of the professional development of General Studies Teachers.
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《香港教育制度改革建議》指出，教育需要培養學生終身學習和建構知識的能力。為提供這些學習經歷，課程發展議會建議在「個人、社會及人文教育」學習領域推行專題研習。這種強調學生主動及建構知識的理念，與建構學習理論相符。本文先簡介建構主義教學的理念及教學策略，然後以中文大學社會學系所舉辦的「社會專題研究比賽」為例，示範建構主義教學的實施策略，以及如何利用電腦網絡進行互動學習，加強專題研習的成效。
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這篇文章探討香港年青人在新的傳播科技環境下受到甚麼衝擊及應該如何在資訊泛濫的大海中乘浪而行。本文倡議在香港推行「媒體資訊素養」的訓練，以協助年青人迎接廿一世紀在學習和生活上的挑戰。「媒體資訊素養」是指分析和使用新興媒體資訊科技的知識和能力。
This article examines the impact of the new infomedia technologies on young people in Hong Kong and discusses how young people can maintain critical autonomy in such an information over-loaded society. This article argues that when information technology is merged with communication technology, there is a need for "Infomedia literacy" It is necessary to introduce "Infomedia literacy training" in schools to supplement IT education in order to help young people cope with the new technological environment.
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Since September 2000, schools in Hong Kong have begun implementing the system of school-based management (SBM), and physical education (PE) has been established as one of the eight Key Learning Areas under the current education reform. Schools are now expending greater efforts on training athletes and deploying greater resources to help student-athletes realise their potential. Jockey Club Ti-I College is a pioneer of SBM in PE and other subjects and has accumulated invaluable experience in nurturing athletes. Many of its graduates have become top athletes in Hong Kong, and budding athletes are being nurtured every year. This paper attempts to briefly describe the uniqueness and special features of Jockey Club Ti-I College and what the school has done to nurture student-athletes under SBM in Hong Kong.
香港的學校已於2000年實施校本管理，而體育科更成為八個學習領域的其中一環，學校亦在訓練方面投放更多資源。賽馬會體藝中學是校本管理的先鋒，在體育及其他方面累積了不少經驗，學校每年不斷培育運動員，不少體藝畢業生更成為精英運動員。本文將介紹賽馬會體藝中學的特色，以及分享培育體育人才的經驗。
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在全球一體化下，各地人民要重新思考怎樣建構當地的公民教育，而在處理這課題時，了解本土青少年的看法是十分重要的。本文藉一個過千個中學生的調查結果，勾劃香港中學生在全球化環境下怎樣看待世界公民的特性、對環境課題的關注和香港的社會價值等三方面的取態。
In a globalized society, there is a need to reconstruct local civic education. But what is the youth's perception o fcivic values? This paper examines more than 1,000 secondary school pupils' perceptions of civic education in Hong Kong. The following areas are investigated: civic characteristics, environmental concerns, and the value of our society.
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多年以來，香港社會主要透過學校非正規課程來推行性教育。近年，教育當局積極在綜合學科中引入性教育的素材，然而，性教育仍有加強的必要。本文嘗試就教育政策、課程發展、師資培訓等方面提出策略建議，並提出性教育論述必須進步，以回應年青人的需要；期望能突破性教育在香港發展的困境。
For many years sexuality education in Hong Kong has been implemented via the informal school curriculum. Despite the fact that school authorities have advocated integrating elements of sex education into the formal curriculum in recent years, sexuality education in schools still needs to be enhanced in order to be effective. This paper attempts to propose relevant strategies related to education policy, curriculum development and training. It also discusses the importance of improving discourse on sex education in Hong Kong in order to be able to respond to the needs of young people, and hence to move out of the current predicament.
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近年，創意不但成為了熱門話題，培養學生的創意更是香港教育改革的重點。「美術教師互聯」在教育統籌局「地區教師專業交流計劃」的支持下，推行了一個名為「發明．生活」創意教育發展計劃，發展出一套以發明為主題的創意教育活動。活動的重點在於培養學生創見（開創見識及視野）、創新（在創見上尋求新的突破）及創造（把創新實踐出來的過程）等創意精神及態度，讓學生從觀察生活出發，發掘創作的主題，從生活中發展創意。
Creativity has become a hot topic recently. Similarly, cultivating and exploring training students' creativity has become an important part of the Education Reform in Hong Kong. With the support of the "District Teacher Network Scheme" of the Education and Manpower Bureau, the Art Teachers' Links promotes a project called "Invention & Living", which is a Creativity Art Education Development Project. The project has developed a system of creativity education activities on the topic of invention. The major points of the activities are training students' creative humanity including, creative vision and reference, creative insight and creative realization. The Activities also encourage students to look at their daily lives in detail and to develop their creation and creativity from living.
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