Ongoing Renewal of the School Curriculum
Professional Development Training Programmes What's New
School Experience Sharing on Whole-school Curriculum Planning Series (1): Effective Leadership in Curriculum Change for Students' Whole-person Development
Date: 7th May 2024 Time: 2.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue: Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Sharing schools: Fanling Kau Yan College Since 2012, the school has been effectively addressing critical aspects related to curriculum changes in order to implement Self-regulated Learning at the whole-school level. With the overarching goal of fostering students' whole-person development, the school demonstrates a relentless pursuit of improvement, embracing new ideas, which paves the way for sustainable transformations in the school curriculum. Salesians of Don Bosco Ng Siu Mui Secondary School The school introduced changes in its curriculum by enhancing the campus facilities, subject curricula, and teacher-student relationship and interaction to create a “Future School”, “Community School”, and “Well-being School”, with the aim of reshaping students’ total learning experiences within school to better cater for their learning needs, as well as address their physical, mental and spiritual development.
Enrollment: EDB Training Calendar System School Experience Sharing Sessions
2023/24 school year
School Experience Sharing on Whole-school Curriculum Planning Series (1): Effective Leadership in Curriculum Change for Students' Whole-person Development
Date: 7th May 2024 Times: 2.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue: Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Sharing schools: Fanling Kau Yan College Since 2012, the school has been effectively addressing critical aspects related to curriculum changes in order to implement Self-regulated Learning at the whole-school level. With the overarching goal of fostering students' whole-person development, the school demonstrates a relentless pursuit of improvement, embracing new ideas, which paves the way for sustainable transformations in the school curriculum. Salesians of Don Bosco Ng Siu Mui Secondary School The school introduced changes in its curriculum by enhancing the campus facilities, subject curricula, and teacher-student relationship and interaction to create a “Future School”, “Community School”, and “Well-being School”, with the aim of reshaping students’ total learning experiences within school to better cater for their learning needs, as well as address their physical, mental and spiritual development.
Enrollment: EDB Training Calendar System 2022/23 school year
School Experience Sharing on Whole-school Curriculum Planning Series (1): Effective Curriculum Leadership – From Optimising the Four Senior Secondary Core Subjects to Enriching Students’ Learning Experiences
Sharing schools:
Pui Ching Middle School “Journey for Knowledge” covers three areas, namely “Humanities and Society”, “Mathematics, Science and Technology” and “Self-directed learning”. Through taking different subjects chosen from the three areas at Secondary 4 and 5, students become self-directed learners, broaden their knowledge and horizons, and equip themselves better for the ever-changing world.
La Salle College
“Service Learning” enables all Secondary 4 and 5 students to serve particular target groups under specific themes, thereby enriching students’ academic knowledge and allowing them to learn to implement service plans. The students can deepen and internalise proper values as well as develop empathy and positive attitudes towards life through authentic service experiences.School Experience Sharing on Whole-school Curriculum Planning Series (2): Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Student Learning: From Vision to Curriculum Design
Sharing schools:
Carmel Secondary School Taking into consideration the school vision and mission, the direction for promoting values education as well as the learning and developmental needs of students, the school has planned and offers the Life and Values Education subject to Secondary 4 and 5 students. With due emphasis on experiential learning which revolves around cross-curricular domains, such as media and information literacy, social innovation as well as life planning education, the subject develops students’ generic skills and proper values, and helps students connect learning with daily life.
Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School The school endeavours to provide diversified learning programmes for students to explore their interests, strengths and aspirations in different realms in the belief that all students have untapped potential and could excel and shine. Due consideration is given to the school vision and students’ learning and developmental needs in planning the school curriculum so that values education, life planning education and life-wide learning are systematically incorporated to better equip students for the future.
Workshops
Taking Forward Whole-school Curriculum Planning through the Design Thinking Framework (2022/23 school year)
Objectives
To enrich participants' knowledge on the place of Design Thinking in whole-school curriculum planning To provide hands-on activities for participants to identify the needs of students and devise actionable plans along the principles of Design Thinking To enable participants to reflect on their school plans Targets
Curriculum leaders / middle managers with experience in whole-school curriculum planning, such as prinicpals, vice-principals and prefects of studies School Leaders' Workshop on Whole-school Curriculum Planning (Secondary Schools) (2018/19 - 2021/22 School Years)
Objectives
To deepen schools’ understanding of the major emphases of the ongoing curriculum renewal set out in the Secondary Education Curriculum Guide (2017) and the Supplementary Notes to the Secondary Education Curriculum Guide (2017) To encourage schools to reflect on the curriculum intent in creating space and opportunities for students’ whole-person development and lifelong learning To facilitate their strategic planning of the school curriculum with due consideration given to factors such as the school contexts and societal expectations of students To follow up on the recommendation made by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum on enhancing the curriculum planning capacity of school leaders Targets
Principals and other school leaders, for example, vice-principals, prefects of studies and co-ordinators of values education from government, aided (including special schools), Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) secondary schools and caput schools Related Documents