The paper presents some major concerns in the field of statistics education and highlights the importance of active investigation and hands-on experience in data　handling. This emphasis, contrasted with the precedence teachers usually give to　instructions of graph-construction and computation procedures, is considered as crucial in rendering one’s statistical ability. With the changes in the data handling dimension brought about by the new 2001 secondary mathematics syllabus, we anticipate a better position to enhance the teaching and learning of statistics. While information technology is gaining much attention nowadays, this paper also reports the development of a web-based teaching resource package, called Stat.Net, which is designed for use in statistics classrooms. Despite certain features of this resource package, as discussed in this paper, which are deemed supportive of students’ active statistical investigations, the discussion also reveals some important issues pertinent to the use of information technology in conjunction with new mathematics syllabus.

本文嘗試以 Elmore 的教學與學校組織觀念為藍本，以佛教茂峰法師紀念中學的學生為觀察主體，並以「往後勒察」(backward mapping)的方法，探究學校去年的跨學科主題教學「鴉片戰爭」的學習經驗。首先，本文從學生的角度，分析該計劃的安排及對學生學習的影響；同時，反思教師在計劃中的多元角色。最後，本文反思教師、學生與大學在推行跨學科主題教學中的角色及互動關係。在這基礎上，本文亦指出在進一步推行主題教學時，應注意的地方及發展方向。