Current curriculum reform in Hong Kong has highlighted the importance of leadership at the school level. It is reflected in the allocation of special funding by the Government to develop a scheme for creating a curriculum leadership position entitled "Primary Senior Masters/ Mistresses - Curriculum Development (PSMCDs)" in primary schools. To be effective curriculum leaders in leading school-based curriculum reforms, the PSMCDs need to build up working relationship with their colleagues at different levels. Thus this study aims to explore, from a micro-political perspective, the strategic role of PSMCDs in leading curriculum development in primary schools. The research questions are: - What strategies have the PSMCDs used to build up their working relationship with colleagues so as to perform their role of curriculum leaders? - What support have the PSMCDs received in schools for performing their role of curriculum leaders? - What problems and difficulties have they encountered in performing their role? By interviewing three PSMCDs who have just completed their first year of service in schools, it is found that one of them used authoritarian approach while the other two used interpersonal tactics to build up working relationship with their colleagues. Both strategies appeared to be effective in helping these PSMCDs to perform their role as curriculum leaders in their schools. The outcomes of this study are significant in helping school principals, curriculum leaders, serving teachers and other educators to have an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of PSMCDs in performing their change agent role in schools.

每一所學校創立目的各異。有的學校負有單一教育下一代，為國家培育年幼一代，或是具有示範、輔導及研究發展之功能與任務等。每一所學校都需要涵孕出以自己特有的校風，同時需要在各項教育設施和經營上作出配合，才可以成功發展，成為具有與眾不同符特色。本文是作者在參與籌辦學校過程中，針對學校課程組織和設計，設計者所應作的準備、校舍設立及校園布局等工作的反思文章。文章目標一把從美國、內地和台灣等地搜集所得的實驗、附實學校等，所採用課程及學校布局等等相關文獻進行分析，並作綜合報告；目標二是探討學校在發展過程中，預期遇上的挑戰，我們可以如何運用學校文化範式為對策；目標三是從教育教育機構中的一員的身分和角度，與參與者分享及收集教育同工對具有實驗小學的學校課程，所引發的期望和意見。

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