本研究以香港神託會培敦中學二零零二至二零零三年度的專題研習課程為研究對象，探討學校實行專題研習的原因，然後以本校實際經驗為基礎，了解下列三個因素：（一）、「家庭的社經地位」；（二）、不同的「研習範疇」——「人文學科組」及「理科組」及（三）、學生的「學能表現」——「高能力組」與「能力稍遜組」等，對學生「專題研習的表現」及「態度」有何影響。結果發現大部份學生都認同透過專題研習能學習不同的共通能力，以下本文將會對專題研習提出一些建議。
This research aims at studying the factors affecting the effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) scheme, a new culture propose in education reform, in a secondary school. Based on the experience in Stewards Pooi Tun Secondary School, we first investigated the merits of launching PBL. Then we focused our study on how the three factors, namely (i) parents' socioeconomic (SES), (ii) choice of project domain (humanities vs. science) and (iii) academic performance, would affect the students' performance and attitudes towards PBL.
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本文以行動研究為研究方法，目的是證明能否透過閱讀報章令學生關心社會和政府事務，同時亦解決研究員常識課所遇到的問題。本研究為期六個月，對象是一班小學六年學生。這班學生大部份都是兩、三前年才從國內遷到香港居住，對香港的事物和政府都認識不深也不感興趣。在本研究中，研究員透過多項活動去增加同學對閱讀報章的興趣，從而認識香港時事和關心政府事務。
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按照常識，小班級當然比大班級好。因此在2002年7月19日，當被問及應否把中小學每班人數減至25人一班時，候任教統局局長李國章回應說「應該20人一班」（《明報》2002年7月20日報導），社會人士多表歡迎。不過有關小班制的問題，西方學術界過去是意見紛紜的，並不如一般人想得那麼簡單。理性的政策制訂過程中，決策者和市民都應該問：何謂「小班」？小班制真的有成效嗎？跟所需要的高昂成本比較，小班制又值得嗎？因此，本文將就近年的國際大趨勢、最新的研究成果以及香港出生人口下降所帶來的機遇三方面，嘗試協助回答上述問題。
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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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2004年10月，教育統籌局發表了《改革高中及高等教育學制—對未來的投資》文件，提出「334學制」建議，香港社會上對此非關心，引起了廣泛的討論。本文從世界和香港學制的變化，談到今天「334學制」的變革問題。文章就學制擬訂的原則、世界學制的主流與特點、近期歐洲大學學制的新動向、中國近百年學制的演變等方面，提供了一些歷史發展資料，從而結合今天香港的實際環境，分析新世紀「334學制」的好處和挑戰。
October, 2004, the Education and Manpower Bureau published a report titled "Reforming the Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education --Actions for Investing in the Future", suggesting a new academic structure of "334" for Hong Kong, which immediately aroused great social concern and extensive public discussion on the on the issue. Based upon changes in the academic structures of Hong Kong and other parts of the world, the writer attempts to discuss the issues arising from the adoption of the new "334" academic structure. This article supplies valuable historical reference materials on the underlying principles of an academic structure, the main characteristics of various academic structures in other parts of the world, the recent trends of academic structures in universities in Europe, and the changes and reforms on the academic structures in China since the last century. It also analyses the advantages and challenges brought by the new structure for Hong Kong.
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「時段編課方式」近年開始在美國確認為主流教育制度。剛巧香港有個別中、小學在過去一、兩年開始實踐這種授課方式。本文的作用，在於檢視美國在這方面的爭論，和介紹一間學校在這方面的嘗試。全文大致分為下面幾部份。第一部份介紹「時段編課方式」在美國的源起、理念和在這方面有關的研究和爭論。第二部份介紹本港四間學校在這方面的經驗。第三部份討論如何把有關經驗引進香港。
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教育統籌局於2005年決定於2009年9月推行新高中學制，規定通識教育科將會成為新高中課程的核心科目，估計當新高中通識教育科全面推行時，約有三千名高中教師要轉型任教或兼教新高中通識教育科。為了了解現職中學對實踐通識教育科的看法，香港教師中心教育研究小組於05年11月展開「通識教育科的實踐與挑戰」問卷調查，一共收到207所中學1033位教師的回應；隨後研究小組成員並到4所中學與負責教師作深入訪談。此文將引用這個研究量性和質性資料，來探討在進行通識教育科時，教師在教學內容、教學法、學科評估和學校行政等四方面的挑戰。
The 334 Report (EMB, 2005) stipulated that Liberal Studies will be a core subject and assessed like other subjects in the three-year senior secondary curriculum. There will be around 3000 teachers need to change as subject teacher of Liberal Studies in 2009. In order to understand the opinion of secondary school teacher on the implementation of Liberal Studies, the Research Team of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre delivered a survey on this issue in November 2005. Base on the qualitative and quantitative data, this paper aims to discuss the challenge on the implementation of Liberal Studies in the following aspect teaching content, teaching method, assessment and school administration.
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香港和深圳教育界越來越關注生命教育，為了剖析港深兩地小學在推行生命教育的情況，兩位研究員開展了一項比較港深小學生看生命教育的問卷調查。本文根據問卷調查中千多位兩地高小學生的量性和質性資料，結合相關文獻，比較兩地學校對理解推行生命教育的異同。
Educators in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen become more and more interested in life education. In order to analyze the implementation of life education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, the two authors used survey to compare the views on life education of Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s primary school students. Based on both quantitative and qualitative information obtained from the survey, as well as related literatures, the article reported the differences and commonalities in the understanding of the implementation of life education.
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本文是一篇教學經驗分享的篇章，以作者任教的學校為例，分享參加教育局推行「普教中」計劃後的成效內容首先談計劃本身的目標要非常明確，因為明確才能邀請駐校專家協助完成目標；其次談成功的關鍵不是隨意改變科組本來己有的穩健課程或教學法，計劃只是在原有的建設上錦上添花，並要根據科組實際情況，循序漸進逐步推展；然後談在駐校專家離開後，如何銜接語文支援組到校的協助；最後分享實踐「普教中 」一年多來，科組老師的整體發展和寄語同行繼續努力。
The author, taking his school as an example, shares the effectiveness of using Putonghua to teach Chinese Language Subjects under the EDB Support Scheme. Joining the Scheme, the school has set clear targets and gained ample support from educational experts which contribute to the achievement of the programme. On a school-based approach, teaching content and strategies are tailor-made according to the needs of the school. After one year of supervision, the author and her colleagues were able to further develop the scheme on their own, utilizing the assistance from the language support unit of EDB in the following year. Apart from students’ learning, the scheme benefi ts the school in the sense that collaboration among different subjects greatly increase and teaching becomes more effective. Participation in the scheme, is therefore a valuable experience for them.
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新高中通識科與社會科學有著相似的特質，可培養學生社會科學的想像力和透視力，及應讓學生在學習社會科學中發展多角度和批判思考的能力。同時，本文也指出新高中通識科在培養學生的思考能力時可能遇到的挑戰，並提出相關的建議。
Liberal Studies in New Senior Secondary Curriculum and the disciplines of social sciences share similar attributes. Therefore, fostering students’ social scientific imagination and perspective, and teaching students the knowledge and theories of social sciences will contribute to develop students’ multi-dimensional and critical thinking. Furthermore, this article also offers suggestions to overcome the challenges of developing students’ multi-dimensional and critical thinking.
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