公民的積極參與是現代公民發展的基本元素。九七回歸後的香港，公民發展出現新的路向，社會朝向政治整合、經濟朝向知識轉型和全球化的發展。當中，學校的民主公民教育扮演一定的角色。學校公民教育的非正規課程，能夠提供實踐性的公民參與學習。文章透過對學校學生會選舉參與活動的探討，嘗試了解學生公民學習的情況。參與性的公民學習能夠提高學生的民主參與意識和能力。但是，學校的民主公民教育需要進行革新以配合社會的未來發展。
Participatory citizenship is a recent development trend of modern citizenship. Democratic Citizenship Education (DCE) in school has an important part to play in post-1997 Hong Kong society, facing important developments of political integration, of knowledge-based economic restructuring and of globalization. The informal curriculum of school civic education helps provide practice-based learning in citizenship for students through students' association activities, which help raise their democratic awareness and related civic competencies. In addition, the DEC programme needs to be reformed to cope with future changes of the society.
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本研究是以問卷，配合有目的的抽樣個案訪談，對本港中學負責初中公民教育的教師作出調查，探討自九九年公民教育建議成為獨立科目後，初中推行公民教育的組織、目標、模式、課題、途徑和困難。結果顯示很多負責公民教育的教師未接受或接受少於十小時的培訓；很多學校未設有獨立科而以周會或講座形式推行公民教育；學校和教師的價值取向會影響校本公民的設計和內容；及不清晰的教育政策使學校在推行方面無所適從。研究建議教育統籌局和大專院校可以在培訓和課程目標和設計方面加以支援，使公民教育教師能運用多元的教學方法，以爭議性的事件和政治概念去充實公民教育課堂，藉此提升學校的批判思考能力。
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This study explores how adapted action research could act as a catalyst for change in curriculum development and be used as an instructional strategy in a music teacher education programme to enhance the reflective practice of student-teachers. Two cases of in-service, part-time student-teachers of a music teacher programme who conducted an individually adapted action research project are documented. Qualitative data was collected. Triangulation and discussion with participants were used to verify the findings. The findings indicate that teachers valued the enhanced opportunity for them not only to reflect and improve professional practice in teaching, but also to help their students to learn better. Teachers experienced positive classroom changes and developed ownership of their professional growth. Constraints noted include the lack of experience in action research at the beginning, and the lack of time for teachers to prepare curriculum materials, given their heavy workload of teaching.
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The curriculum for journalism is being forced to change because the traditional print-based and broadcast modes are being challenged by wide and easy access to online mass communication. Primarily, students need to develop proficiency in writing, editing and publishing. However, they are also expected to be skilled in the Web medium as they venture into their careers, and weblogs offer a dynamic platform to develop these skills. Based on a statistical summary of student comments on the performance criteria for a blog project, a focus group interview and survey results, this paper will discuss the findings from the introduction of a course-based blog to an undergraduate course in Hong Kong, including: (1) the technical challenge of making Web features; (2) the perception of proficiency in online publishing; (3) the evaluative skills developed through a peer-review process; and (4) the development of a learning community through writing in blogs.
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