教育統籌委員會在一九九七年發表的第七號報告書，目的是提高學校教育的質素。本文從情緒商數（EQ）和健康自我形象兩個概念帶出情緒健康、自尊、自重和自信在人生的重要性。再透過學校教育和學校輔導目標的討論，作者肯定了發展性輔導才是學校輔導的正確方向和模式，亦從而引伸出全人發展，包括在體能、智力、社群、情緒、職業和事業各方面的整體發展信念。最後，作者重申應試教育的限制，說明了EQ與學校輔導的相通相同處。繼而在此基礎上，提供了六項具體建議，以期可以增強學校教育的效能，培育質素優良的學生。
Report No. 7 published by the Education Commission in 1997 aimed to raise the quality of education in Hong Kong schools. The present article attempts to bring out, through the two concepts of emotional quotient (EQ) and healthy self-concept, the importance of emotional health, self-esteem, self-respect and confidence. In addition, through a discussion of the aims and goals of school education and school counselling, the author affirms that school counselling should take developmental counselling as its direction and mode. Also, a holistic personal growth should include physical, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational and career development. Basing on this foundation, 6 suggestions have been put forward in the hope of raising school effectiveness as well as to educated students to ensure that they are of high quality.

香港性教育在中學推行及發展雖然已有十多年，但由於欠缺系統的教師培訓及其他複雜原因，實踐的果效仍未見理想。本文目的在綜觀有關香港性教育主要文獻及調查、整理已有資料，務求讓讀者更清晰了解香港青少年學生對性教育的需要，反思性教育定義、目標及其範疇，從而察看性教育在香港中學的實況。最後作者提出多項建議，期盼各方面能攜手合作，為中學生提供更完備及整全的性教育。
Sex education was first officially introduced to the secondary schools of Hong Kong in 1986 when the Sex Education guideline was issued by the Education Department. Over the past thirteen years, even though more sex education programmes were implemented in schools, the overall result cannot be considered as satisfactory. There are many causes and one of them was due to the lack of systematic training for sex educators. This paper attempts to present a more systematic literature review of major local studies and surveys on sex education issues in Hong Kong, with a view that a better picture of sexuality needs of young people be emerged. The paper also tries to look at the definitions, goals, framework of sex education and the practical issues of sex education implementation in Hong Kong secondary schools. The paper concludes with recommendations for future sex education movement to gear at in order to best serve the multiple needs of secondary students from a holistic perspective.
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課程改革是教育改革的要項，而成長課則是學校輔導中全方位輔導系統的重點。本文探討課程改革與學校輔導在香港教育革中的位置，以及它們與教育改革的關係。文章首先討論教育改革和輔導的基本精神，然後討論課程改革與成長課的關係及互相重疊之處，並建議一個融合以上系統的理念架構。最後，本文提出在跨越界限（border crossing）時，教育工作者和輔導人員要留意的地方。
One of the important aspects of education reform is curriculum reform, in which the personal growth curriculum is a vital part of the comprehensive guidance system. This article first discusses the role of curriculum reform and school guidance within the overall framework of education reform in Hong Kong. The discussion then focuses on the relationship and overlaps between curriculum reform and personal growth curriculum, and recommends a conceptual framework that incorporates the above systems. The article concludes with some essential points that educators and counseling professionals should take note of when crossing borders.
[Copyright of Asian Journal of Counselling is the property of The Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association at http://www.hkpca.org.hk/]