print page
< Back
Menu > About EDB >
Forms & Circulars
-
Forms
-
Circulars
< Back
Menu > Curriculum Development and Support >
Major Levels of Education
-
Kindergarten Education
-
Primary Education
-
Secondary Education
< Back
Menu > Curriculum Development and Support >
Assessment
-
Basic Competency Assessment (BCA)
< Back
Menu > Students and Parents Related >
Life Planning Education and Career Guidance
-
Life Planning Education
-
Business-School Partnership Programme
< Back
Menu > Students and Parents Related >
Safety Matters
-
Safety of Students
-
School Bus Services
< Back
Menu > Students and Parents Related >
Non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students
-
Education services for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students
-
What's new
-
Overview
< Back
Menu > Students and Parents Related >
Programs and Services
-
Programs
-
Services
< Back
Menu > Teachers Related >
Qualifications, Training and Development
-
Qualification
-
Training
-
Development
< Back
Menu > School Administration and Management >
Financial Management
-
About Financial Management
-
Information on Subsidy
-
Notes to School Finance
< Back
Menu > School Administration and Management >
School Premises Related Information
-
Allocation of a School
-
Furniture and Equipment List for New Schools
-
School Premises Maintenance
< Back
Menu > Public and Administration Related >
Public Forms and Documents
-
Public Forms
-
Efficiency Office - Guide to Corporate Governance for Subvented Organisations
< Back
Menu > Public and Administration Related >
Tender Notices
-
Tender Notices
-
Works Tender Notice
Main content start

Collaborative Research and Development ("Seed") Projects

  • Rationales and Purposes

 

Curriculum development is an ongoing process to continuously enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. Collaborative Research and Development ("Seed") Projects, initiated in 2001, aim to provide schools and teachers with the support which enables them to put relevant theories and principles with regard to the curriculum reform into practice, and also provide practical experiences and reference for refining the curriculum. The purposes of the "Seed" Projects are as follows:

 

  1. (a) To provide useful knowledge, experiences and viable recommendations as reference for schools, teachers and the community;

  2. (b) To develop teachers as curriculum change agents and curriculum leaders, who constantly reflect on and improve in their teaching so as to strengthen the synergy to promote the curriculum reform; and

  3. (c) To provide impetus for school-based curriculum development.

 

 

  • Focuses

 

In line with the curriculum reform, the Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) has implemented a series of "Seed" Projects in schools since the 2001/02 school year. The focuses of the projects are as follows:

 

  • Curriculum planning, learning and teaching strategies in different Key Learning Areas;
  • Development of generic skills in an integrative approach through learning activities;
  • Assessment literacy (assessment of/for/as learning to improve learning and teaching);
  • Four key tasks (moral and civic education, reading to learn, project learning and information technology for interactive learning); and
  • Other areas (e.g. catering for learner diversity, STEM education, e-learning, information literacy, life-wide learning and experiential learning, reading/language across the curriculum, values education, self-directed learning, curriculum interfaces, etc.).

 

  • Mode of Collaboration

 


Each "Seed" Project comprises two major components, namely development and collaborative research. For the development component, the Education Bureau and schools join hands to plan the curriculum and develop necessary resources and strategies so that the teaching practices can be more aligned with the focuses of curriculum development. For the collaborative research component, it is mainly about collecting data of the processes of the curriculum reform as well as the evidence on the impacts on student learning in order to provide reference for refining the curriculum.

 

Schools, based on their school contexts and needs, can work closely together with the CDI and expert consultants through participating in "Seed" Projects. The CDI will disseminate the invaluable experiences gained and outcomes to the public via effective channels (e.g. seminars, workshops and professional development programmes). Such experiences will also be developed into exemplars, learning and teaching materials, reports, etc. for other teachers’ reference. In the process of participating in the projects, schools find their effectiveness and teachers’ professional capacities being enhanced. School heads and teachers become not only curriculum leaders and instructors, but also life-long learners. Furthermore, cross-fertilisation of ideas among frontline educators, curriculum developers and other experts in the education field also facilitates the building up of a professional community which sustainably enhances curriculum development to strive for excellence.

 

During the implementation of "Seed" Projects, individual teachers may be seconded to the CDI and supply teachers will be provided for the schools concerned so that the seconded teachers can be relieved to assist in developing innovative learning and teaching strategies.



Contact Us

General Enquiries (Tel: 2892 5983)

Administrative Arrangements (Tel: 2892 5846)