隨著二零一五年《施政報告》發佈，香港教育業界開始關注STEM（科學、科技、工程及數學）教育﹔然而，業界的討論主要聚焦於中小學教育，尚未觸及幼稚園處境。事實上，數學與自然科學是本地幼兒教育不可或缺的學習範疇，個別辦學團體及幼稚園已試行STEM教育活動，以培育幼兒的探索與科學精神。為了探討STEM在香港學前教育的出路，本文將運用質性研究方式，以五位幼兒教育工作者的個案訪談為基礎，透視在本地幼稚園推行STEM教育活動時的挑戰，並探討當中給予業界的啟示。 Copyright © 2018 香港教師中心.

This article compares and discusses three prevailing approaches used to understand the concept of school culture and school culture phenomena. The approaches are typology-functionalist approach, process approach, and improvement-effectiveness approach. Compared with the other two, improvement-effectiveness approach is identified as more appropriate to conceptualize school culture when the concept is applied to promote school improvement and effectiveness. Moreover, the School Improvement Model of School Culture developed by Cavanagh and Dellar is introduced with the implications of the model to Hong Kong school leaders, policy-makers and educational researchers are being discussed. Copyright © 2009 Hong Kong Teachers’ Centre.

自教改以來，學校都建立了同儕備課及觀課的專業發展文化，期望教師互相學習、共同成長，然而，研究員發現當備課和觀課恆常化之後，往往流於形式和技術性討論，對於提升學與教質量的效能不彰。研究員嘗試在一所小學的中文科引入課堂學習研究的模式進行備課和觀課，從學習困難難點出發，分析學習內容及設計教學，並進行有系統的觀課、交流和反思，探討課堂學習研究對備課和觀課成效的影響，並認為提升教學滿足感和發展校本教研模式可以成為未來持續發展的關鍵。Since the reform of education, schools have formed a mode of professional development in collaborative lesson preparation and peer lesson observation with the expectation for creating the atmosphere of mutual learning and professional development. However, researchers have found that when lesson preparation and lesson observation become a usual practice in schools, it may hinder the effectiveness of professional development. Researchers attempt to incorporate the lesson study method in Chinese Language lessons to enforce collaborative lesson preparation and peer lesson observation. Based on the perspective of learning difficulties, the research team analyzed the teaching content and lesson plans, and conducted systematic lesson observation, communication and reflection in order to explore the effectiveness of using learning study model in lesson preparation and lesson observation. The team found that enhancing teaching satisfaction and developing a school-based learning study model could be a key to future sustainable development. Copyright © 2020 香港教師中心.

在一國兩制之下，香港這個中國特別行政區定位為一個亞洲國際都會，是全球的金融、商貿和航運中心。培育具國際競爭力的人才營運這國際都會，香港教育要有適度的國際化。香港特區政府一直推動教育國際化，其中一個策略是為中小學生提供學習英文的機會。為了分析香港教育國際化的近年發展情況，此文對香港的高等教育國際化、境外研究生、國際學校、國際文憑課程及學生交流等五方面作出論述，從而探討香港教育國際化特色及其面對的挑戰。Under “one country, two systems”, Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region in PRC is positioned as an Asian cosmopolitan city and a global financial, commercial and maritime center. Fostering international competitiveness of personnel operating this international city, Hong Kong should have education internationalization modest. The HKSAR Government has been promoting the internationalization of education, one strategy is to provide an opportunity for the students to learn English. In order to analyze the development of the internationalization of education in Hong Kong, this article discusses the five aspects, i.e. internationalization of higher education, overseas graduate students, international schools, international diploma courses and student exchanges, so as to analyze the characteristics of Hong Kong's education internationalization and the challenges it faces. Copyright © 2020 香港教師中心.

本文以一個教研項目的經驗為基礎，討論價值觀教育課程的設計原則與教學實踐技巧。內容主要以一初中系列的視像教材設計及相關課研經驗為例子，先綜合出四項課程設計原則。之後，藉著過程中所蒐集的課堂數據解釋相關的教學實踐技巧。最後，本文以建議教師在設計及實踐價值觀教育課程的角色作為往後值得關注的課題作結。With reference to an experience drawn from a teaching study, this paper discusses the design principles and teaching practice skills for values education curriculum. It first summarizes four design principles by using the series of video resource and the teaching study from a junior secondary school. Then, it explains the related teaching practice skills based on the empirical data collected in lessons. At last, it ends with suggesting that the role of teachers in designing and teaching values education curriculum would be a topic for further study. Copyright © 2020 香港教師中心.

為了推動香港小學管理的優化，教育局 2019 年接納教師專業發展專責小組意見，調整香港小學副校長的薪級，這令小學副校長的進修受更多的關注。2010 年已有本地研究發現人力管理是小學副校長擔當的職責，為了進一步了解小學副校長在這方面的進修需要，香港初等教育研究學會於 2013 年進行一個相關調查。此文將結合該調查數據和新近文獻，分析香港小學副校長在人事管理的發展需要，並就其在職培訓作出適切的建議。In order to promote the optimization of primary school management in Hong Kong, the Education Bureau accepted the advice of the Teacher Professional Development Task Force in 2019 to adjust the salary scale of vice-principal in Hong Kong Primary Schools. This has made the vice principal's training more concerned. In 2010, local research found that personnel management was the responsibility of vice-principal in primary school. In order to further understand the needs of the primary school vice-principal in this area, the Hong Kong Primary Education Research Association conducted a related survey in 2013. This article will combine this survey data with recent literature to analyze the development needs of Hong Kong primary school vice-principal in personnel management and make appropriate recommendations for their on-the-job training. Copyright © 2019 香港教師中心.

香港政府倡導融合教育，照顧學生多樣化，亦鼓勵學生達致全人發展，但教師工作繁忙，如何同時達成二者目標實屬挑戰。本文旨在為初高中和專上教育教師提供能夠糅合二者的教學方法，文章介紹了「服務學習」概念，強調教學時需「服務」和「學習」並重，給予學生機會設計和帶領活動，學習理解不同群體的需要，深入反思社會現況。研究團隊有系統地建立了一套「服務學習」框架，並以香港教育大學和香港浸會大學的合作計劃為參考示範。The advocate of inclusive education and whole person development has been one of the major missions of Hong Kong government, but to fulfill the goal of such mission in the classroom poses a great challenge to teachers. The present paper aims to provide a pedagogy for teachers of secondary and tertiary educations that achieves both the purposes of inclusive education and whole person development. The concept “Service-Learning” which emphasizes the importance of “service” and “learning” in teaching is introduced. Teacher following such pedagogy offers student chances to organize and undertake activity, to learn to understand the needs of different people and to have a deep reflection about the society. Our team, based on the concept, has developed a structural framework to operationalize the concept in teaching and a project co-organized by The Education University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University is provided as case demonstration for reference. Copyright © 2019 香港教師中心.

In the 2014 policy address, the Hong Kong SAR government decided to offer a grant for expanding the support of life planning education in secondary schools. It aimed to help students be better prepared for the transition from education to work. However, globalization and innovation of technology have increased future uncertainties. Students are suggested to have better preparation for different stages of life. Moreover, the expectations toward schools and education have changed. It is not limited to knowledge transfer but also whole-person development. Therefore, they were urged to provide life-based education to help students cope with various challenges in their life. This article discusses Life Planning Education promoted by the Education Bureau in terms of a Lifelong Learning perspective. It suggests expanding the current Life Planning Education to Life Education for covering all aspects of life and for achieving the goals of Lifelong Learning and whole-person development. It helps the student to be prepared for 21st century challenges.自 2014 年起，特區政府透過增加對學校的撥款用於推廣生涯規劃，協助學生訂立目標和計劃，從而面對畢業後在工作上所帶來的挑戰。然而時代的轉變，社會對教育和學校的期望亦有所提升和不應止於傳授知識。本文以終身學習的角度去討論現行生涯規劃教育，並帶出教育應該以生命為本。作者建議在現行教育局所提倡的生涯規劃教育加入生命教育元素，這不單有助培育學生發展終身學習的態度，亦能協助他們達至全人發展去面對 21 世紀所帶來的挑戰。 Copyright © 2019 Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal.

1990年代之後，香港因應主權回歸中國，教育局當局推動一系列的課程改革，其中最為受到矚目與關注點之一就是「價值教育」。首先，本文將從課程歷史文件中彙整香港價值教育的發展沿革，並討論價值教育在課程改革中的定位與角色；其次，本文也將檢視新一波課程改革如何重新修正價值教育理念與實施方向，討論價值教育改革的蛻變；最後，結合價值教育回顧後，從「課程設計理念」、「教學實踐」、「學習回饋」與「反思與批判」四個面向提出對於香港價值教育的反思。 Since the 1990s, because the sovereignty of Hong Kong has returned to China in 1997, the education authorities have promoted a series of curriculum reforms. One of the most particular attention was "values education". The primary purpose of this article is to reexamine the development of values education in Hong Kong based upon the context of curriculum reform. First of all, this article will shed light on the development of value education in Hong Kong on the basis of the analysis of curriculum documents, and also discuss the position and role of values education in curriculum reform. Secondly, this article will examine how the new curriculum reform will revise the concept and implementation direction of the values education, and discuss the transformation of values education. Finally, aligning with the reviews of values education, the reflection of the Hong Kong values education will focus on four aspects, including “the idea of curriculum design", "teaching practice", "learning feedback" and "reflection and criticism”. Copyright © 2018 香港教師中心.

生命教育及其相關領域，近年在香港中小學界，日益受到重視；另一方面，因各種原因，這兩三年學童自殺的個案有所上升，亦引起大家關注。我們喜見有學校嘗試探討生命教育一個比較困難的範疇：生死教育的課題。本文透過兩位學者與四位佛教小學老師的合作，闡述這所佛教小學推行生死教育的概念、起動、課程設計、同工對校本生死教育課程的反思，並作出相關的分析與討論。Life education and its related fields have been paid more and more attention in Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools in recent years. On the other hand, the number of suicide cases in these years has also increased due to various reasons. We are pleased to see some schools trying to explore a more difficult area of life education: life and death education. Through the cooperation of two scholars and four Buddhist primary school teachers, this paper expounds the concepts, launching, curriculum design and co-workers' reflection of school life and death education curriculum in this Buddhist primary school, and makes relevant analysis and discussion. Copyright © 2018 香港教師中心.