Professional Support

• Supported Programme on Fostering Communities of Practice to Enhance Small Class Teaching

To optimise the benefits of a small class context for schools so as to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching, we invite tertiary education institutions to help schools establish communities of practice on the basis of schools’ chosen subjects (Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics or General Studies) by providing at least 30 hours of supporting service to participating schools, via various modes of support including workshop, on-site support, class observation and experience sharing session, etc.  Meanwhile, by supporting the schools’ middle management team to optimise the planning, practice and evaluation of school-based curriculum, and establishing communities of practice within or across schools, the participating schools are able to exchange ideas to enhance learning and teaching.

2021/22 to 2023/24 s.y. :  The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chinese version only)      
                                               The Education University Hong Kong  
2019/20 to 2020/21 s.y. : The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chinese version only)
  

• Workshops on Effective Strategies to Enhance Learning and Teaching in a Small Class Environment

In order to help teachers practise the six broad principles of Small Class Teaching in the four core subjects of Chinese, English, Mathematics and General Studies, we invite tertiary education institutions to provide teachers with 15-hour workshops (3 hours per session, 5 sessions in total). The workshops are run for the four subjects separately, with both emphasis on content theory and practice. Through the application of lesson design and strategies, teachers’ understanding and reflection on Small Class Teaching has been strengthened.

2020/21 to 2022/23 s.y. : The Education University of Hong Kong

• Provision of On-site workshops on Small Class Teaching

In order to assist all teachers of schools that have just implemented/ newly implemented Small Class Teaching to adopt appropriate teaching strategies for a smooth transition to Small Class Teaching, we invite tertiary education institutions to provide two half-day (total 6 hours) on-site workshops for the schools concerned.  The workshops would focus on the principles of Small Class Teaching selected by the school to design learning tasks, analyze the school’s lesson observation videos as well as learning and teaching resources, and share the learning design and Small Class Teaching strategies of other schools.

• Seminars and Experience Sharing Sessions

We organize thematic seminars and experience sharing sessions to facilitate teachers in maximizing the small class environment to further enhance classroom teaching and learning effectiveness.

• 「善用小班教學環境」經驗分享會 -  善用小班契機，從課程及班級經營提升學習效能 (15 Nov 2022) (Chinese version only)
• 「善用小班教學環境」經驗分享會 -  有效發揮小班教學兩大原則 （學生參與及評估）的作用  (15 Nov 2022) (Chinese version only)

• 「如何邁向小班教學」經驗分享會 - 小班教學六大原則及如何藉小班教學機遇建設學習社群(11 Jun 2021) (Chinese version only)

• 「如何邁向小班教學」經驗分享會 - 從學校行政管理角度談如何促進小班教學的開展 (11 Jun 2021) (Chinese version only)

• 「如何邁向小班教學」經驗分享會 - 如何在小班教學的環境實踐正向教育 (11 Jun 2021) (Chinese version only)

• 「善用小班教學環境」經驗分享會 - 全校推行班級經營經驗分享 (28 Mar 2019 and 2 Apr 2019) (Chinese version only)

• 「善用小班教學環境」經驗分享會 - 利用互動提升英文科教學效能 (28 Mar 2019 and 2 Apr 2019) 

• 「善用小班教學環境」經驗分享會 - 課外活動及校隊發展 (28 Mar 2019 and 2 Apr 2019) (Chinese version only) 

• Seminar on Self-regulated Learning in the Context of Small Class Teaching – The Way Forward (13 May 2015)

• Enhancing Learning and Teaching Effectiveness upon Optimising the Small Class Environment - Review and Way Forward by Professor Galton (13 Jul 2011)

• Using a Framework of 6 Key Principles to Increase the Effectiveness of Smaller Classes (14 Jul 2010) - Some slides are hidden and can only be viewed through relevant hyperlinks in this PowerPoint.

• Supporting, challenging and embedding small class pedagogy (14 Jun 2010)

• The Hong Kong Small Class Teaching (SCT) Study by Professor Galton (23 Feb 2010)