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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2020-11-27 00:54
Last update date: 2020-11-27 00:54
When Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor took office three years ago, he proposed "professional navigation" in the education policy and set up eight task forces for in-depth research and review. Among them, a special task force for school curriculum review was set up to review the curriculum of primary and secondary schools.
After more than two and a half years, the group submitted a report to the Education Bureau in late September, suggesting to maintain the "Required Compulsory Examination" for Liberal Studies, to use seven ratings, and to transfer Independent Special Subject Research (IES) to electives. However, the Education Bureau announced today Many of the "reform" recommendations are different from the report recommendations.
The chairman of the group, Chen Huang Lijuan, accepted an interview with "Hong Kong 01" and believed that the bureau's proposal was roughly in line with the group's direction, but admitted that some of it was inconsistent with the report, and the change was "go further."
She is concerned about how to determine the qualified boundary after the rating becomes "passed/failed", whether the grade continues to use "2", and the university's acceptance of the subject.
She did not comment on the bureau's decision whether politics overrides professionalism. She only said that "each has its own responsibilities" and "understands that the director has a perspective (angle) that he has to face."
The chairperson of the School Curriculum Review Task Force, Chen Huang Lijuan, accepted an interview with "Hong Kong 01" and believed that the bureau’s recommendations were generally in line with the group’s direction, but admitted that some of them were inconsistent with the report. The change was "go further." (Hong Kong Principal Center)
The school curriculum review task force was established in November 2017 to review the curriculum of primary and secondary schools as a whole. A three-month public consultation was launched from the end of June to mid-October last year, and more than 100,000 submissions were received. It also met with principals and teachers of primary and secondary schools , And finally submitted a review report to the Education Bureau in late September this year.
Regarding the general subjects, the report recommends maintaining the "compulsory compulsory exam" for general subjects, retaining seven ratings from 1 to 5**, reducing the content of the curriculum, making IES an optional part, and clarifying the scope of the curriculum.
The chairman of the group and the former principal of St. Paul’s Co-educational High School, Chen Huang Lijuan, said in an interview with "Hong Kong 01" that he learned from the news today that the bureau’s proposed changes to the Liberal Studies subject, and believed that the recommendations were generally consistent with the group’s direction, and hoped to reduce the weight of the new high school curriculum. "To free up teaching space.
However, she also admitted that there were discrepancies between the bureau's many recommendations and the report, including "halving" the class hours and content of Liberal Studies, completely abolishing IES, and changing the rating to "pass/fail".
Nearly 90% of the general education pass rate reflects that retention of ratings does not hinder student learning
She pointed out that in the past, the pass rate of the General Studies in the HKDSE was high, reaching nearly 90%, reflecting that students are not under pressure to pass the paper. Keeping the 1 to 5** rating does not affect student learning and even helps to determine the ability of candidates Therefore, the team did not specifically consider changing the division’s rating.
She also pointed out that the group's recommendation to convert IES to elective courses is to respect the diversity of students so that they can choose subjects based on their personal interests and further studies.
Chen Huang Lijuan described that the bureau’s current change is "going farther", respecting the bureau's decision, and that the bureau respects the team, and has not interfered in the operation in the past.
She does not comment on whether the general education reform is politically superior to professional, but she does not think that the bureau will "put the team on stage", "each has its own responsibilities", "understand that the bureau has its own perspectives and needs to be considered." wide."
She also does not agree that the liberal arts subject will become a "national education subject." As for how the curriculum will be deleted in the future, if we retain the development of Hong Kong, environmental health and other world issues, I believe the problem is not big.
However, she is concerned about how to determine the qualified boundary after the rating becomes "Passed/Failed". "Will the eligibility standard be lower than that of Yijia?" She is also concerned about whether the corresponding grades continue to use "2" and the university's recognition of the subject. Acceptability and so on.
The Secretary for Education, Yeung Yun-hsiung, stated today that he hopes to implement the new reformed liberal arts subjects as soon as September next year.
(Photo by Gao Zhongming)
If the new curriculum is launched in September next year, the industry doubts how to prepare to question the implementation content of the Education Bureau
The report once stated that the revised curriculum of the Liberal Studies subject may take three to four years to be implemented in Secondary Four, and the Select Committee under the Curriculum Development Council is discussing it.
However, Secretary Yang Runxiong stated today that he hopes to implement the new reformed liberal arts subjects as soon as September next year.
Chen Huang Lijuan said that she did not know whether the execution time was sufficient, but she believed that the council would speed up the progress.
Some educators have analyzed that the Curriculum Development Council has been following up and discussing general education in accordance with the report of the group, but today the bureau has proposed a number of changes to the general education curriculum, which are very different from the report. In a disguised manner, the Council has "hard food" to follow up.
The person pointed out that it takes more than one year to review the past courses. If a new course is launched in September next year, the council will only have about 8 months to discuss at most, questioning how to explore the implementation details and how schools can actually prepare, for example, after the cancellation of IES The teaching content, the training of teachers and assessors, and how the university can change the admission criteria within three years, "unless the Education Bureau has already cooked the main course."
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