Curriculum Review Report丨Liang Meifen, a compulsory course in general education: extremely disappointed to approve "Change soup, not medicine

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Author: Zheng Rongdi

2020-09-22 18:09

Last update date: 2020-09-22 18:09

The school curriculum review task force conducted a three-month public consultation from the end of June to mid-October last year and submitted a review report to the Education Bureau today (22nd).

The task force recommends that general education should be maintained as a compulsory examination, and subject inquiry should be changed to elective. It also supports the inclusion of general education textbooks in the current textbook review mechanism.

Leung Mei Fen, a member of the Pakatan Harapan Legislative Council and the convener of the Joint Conference Concerning General Education, said that he would like to see the task force absorb his opinions, including reducing the scope of study and compulsory submission of textbooks for review.

Regarding the group's proposal to maintain the compulsory examinations of the general education subjects and to convert the subject research into elective subjects, Leung Mei-fen expressed extreme disappointment and criticized this reform for "changing soup without changing medicine."

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Leung Mei-fen called on the Education Bureau to abolish general education as a compulsory subject and allow students to conduct open discussions in thematic inquiry classes to achieve the effect of "happy learning". However, the group believes that this approach makes teachers' workload too heavy and retains the scrambling education-like assessment scope , Believes that the decision does not meet the expectations of the general public for the reform of general education.

She criticized this reform of "changing the soup without changing the medicine", and also pointed out that the development of general education has become a highly controversial subject, because its achievements are contrary to the original aspirations, the qualifications of teachers are not guaranteed, and there are teachers who are highly involved in political campaigns to provoke hatred. Education teachers and school management.

Liang Meifen asked the Education Bureau to consult the public, parents and future employers on the reform of the liberal arts subject, and explain how to ensure the qualifications of teachers.

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