Computer-based technology, a relatively recent innovation, has taken an important place in both teacher education and in school education. In music teacher education programs, since computer-based music technology has been included in Hong Kong, it is the concern of music teacher educators to know how well their student teachers are implementing what they have learnt, and whether what they have learnt are practical. This paper reports on an investigation of the perception of a class of music student teachers on the curriculum of a computer-based music technology course, the self evaluation of their standard after taking the course and how well they have applied the technology to their music teaching and learning. The data has been collected through a questionnaire administered to the students at the end of a music technology course and then a phone interview of these students when they were teaching in schools. The analysis of the data revealed situations encountered by these music teachers. Recommendations are made regarding further development of the computer-based music technology curriculum in the music teacher education programs.
[Copyright © 2003 The Hong Kong Institute of Education.]

Teachers may be one major agent in shaping students’ gender identities construction through schooling. This paper reports the rationale, development and evaluation of a “women studies modules” at the Hong Kong Institute of Education which uses teachers’ subjectivities and lived gender experiences in its conceptualization. Post-structural theory of fluid gender identity is used as conceptual framework. Evaluation of the module draws particularly on two cohorts (the 2004 and 2004 year groups). Data were obtained from student teachers’ personal reflections in their end-of-term paper as well as end-of-module open ended evaluation questions. Student teachers reported awareness of gender lived gender practices. Implications of this module to teaching education and gender equity education are discussed.
[Copyright © 2008 Nova Science Publishers.]

In many parts of the world, dance and arts education are now recognized as school subjects. In fact, primary and secondary physical education curricula in Hong Kong include dance education. Furthermore, education reform urges teacher education programs to promote innovative teaching approaches which will enhance lifelong learning skills. Despite the wishes of Education Reform, traditional teacher-centered pedagogy continues to dominate dance education teacher preparation. A radical change must be initiated in order to redress this philosophical dilemma. The purpose of this research was to investigate a teacher education model that would implement the shift from teacher-centered to student-centered pedagogy, thus from replication learning to learning by critical thinking. This presentation highlights critical thinking theory (Ennis, 1991) as an alternative teacher education perspective and how it can be utilized to promote higher-order thinking skills in dance education. The model includes three components: content (what is taught), method (how it is taught), and outcome (what is learned). The proposed dance education content emphasizes the three essential arts appreciation elements of performance, choreography, and assessment. The method stresses a dynamic learning environment which capitalizes on critical thinking via creative and collaborative problem-solving learning tasks. It is argued that the model's content and method result in the learning of not only motor skills, but also higher-order thinking strategies that will be used across the life span. In addition to revalidating dance education, this dynamic model offers future teachers a tool to provide all learners with meaningful lifelong holistic experiences. Finally, three recommendations are made for teacher training institutions to successfully apply the dynamic teacher education model to foster higher-order thinking skills in dance education.

This chapter presents the Unified Professional Development Project for Teachers and Student Teachers (UPDP), an educational initiative at the Department of Curriculum Studies, the University of Hong Kong. UPDP attempted to link teacher education with school improvement and was committed to enhancing the professional development of teachers from teacher preparation throughout their entire teaching careers by means of collaboration between Hong Kong schools and the University of Hong Kong in partnership. This chapter describes the major components of UPDP – the School-University Partnership Scheme, the Unified Professional Development Fellowship, and the School-based Development Consultancy. It also examines the project’s impact on schools, particularly student teachers and school mentoring teachers, and how UPDP interacted with the culture of the schools to contribute to teachers’ learning and professional development. It also explores the possible contributions of the development of a mentoring force in schools to improving the quality of education in Hong Kong.
[Copyright © 2004 The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research.]

Many music teachers in Hong Kong secondary schools have ignored creative music making. In order to encourage creativity and imagination in music education, the Hong Kong Education Department is undertaking an education reform in which creative music making is advocated. However, recent studies reveal that many music teachers do not have relevant and sufficient training in these activities. This paper reports a study of designing and implementing a new teacher education module, which aims to equip in-service music teachers to undertake creative activities in school teaching. Results indicated that the trainees preferred learning more existing teaching packages to learning theories in creativity. Owing to the poor discipline and other contextual constraints, some of the trainees expressed a negative attitude towards creative activities. However, the lack of discipline-based knowledge and composition skills of the trainees was one of the major reasons leading to the negative attitude. These results imply that theory and practice should be closely related when preparing teachers to understand why and how creative projects should be delivered, with a number of teaching strategies derived from the study. The discipline-based knowledge should be more emphasized, which should be well integrated with pedagogical skills in teacher education programmes.
[Copyright © 2004 International Society for Music Education.]

中、小學體育教師在全面實施素質教育，培養具有創新精神和實踐能力的新型人材中扮演著重要的角色。高等師範院校體育教育專業則是培養和訓練這支跨世紀新型體育師資隊伍的搖籃。如何在體育教育專業的教學大綱和課程設置中體現實踐的重要性，創造機會讓學生走出課堂，通過觀摩、交流和實踐的手段來提高其教學能力，是關係到能否培養出適應未來挑戰的中小學體育師資的關鍵。本文介紹了香港教育學院體育及運動科學系舉辦的首次體育沉浸課程 (Immersion Program)(中國─江蘇) 2002 交流活動，並就該課程的目標、內容、效果進行了分析，及在對香港中、小學體育教學的現狀與內地體育教學進行了比較後，作者探討了香港體育教育專業教學改革的方向，並提出了一些可行的建議，以供香港體育工作者參考。
[Copyright © 2003 Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University.]

《比比和朋友》是一個為期 24週的校本課程，旨在促進兒童的社交發展及情緒健康，增強兒童的抗逆能力。本文闡述在香港進行的《比比和朋友》培訓計劃，並說明兒童和老師在計劃中的得益。
[Copyright © 2007 The Hong Kong Institute of Education.]

本文主要探討小學普通話教師培訓課程應該具備哪些理論重點的問題。由於目前相當多小學普通話教師同時任教中國語文科，而兩個科目在某程度上有相似的地方，因此有必要了解教師對本科教學的已有概念，才能在有限的時間裏針對所需進行培訓。本研究通過在職教師對五個教材的取捨，分析他們對本科教學的看法。據資料顯示，教師普遍認同會話教材適合用來培養學生的聽說能力，但他們當未掌握辨別會話好壞的能力，作者據此嘗試提出培訓課程中應有的教學理論重點。
[Copyright © 2000 The Hong Kong Institute of Education.]

回首百多年的香港歷史，政府對幼兒教育由昔日的漠視態度，到今天既提供資助，又訂定師資培訓的指標和時間表，務使下一代能從優質學校獲取優質教育。優質教育須配合幼教主管與前線幼師的培訓、課程發展、評估制度及一套完善的素質保證方案才能奏效。惟優質幼兒教育與幼教工作者的素質是息息相關的，因為優質的學校課程、評估及質素保證方案實有賴校內每一位幼教工作者共同承擔及推動。有鑑於此，本文旨在探討在教育改革的洪流下，香港特別行政區政府如何藉專業培訓以建立優質幼兒教育。
[Copyright © 2007 國立敎育資料館.]