[Suspension] The current system is outdated? Self-study at home heralds a new school model for the future｜01 Weekly

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Written by: Dong Xiusheng

2021-05-14 14:45

Last update date: 2021-05-14 14:45

Even after the suspension of classes in Hong Kong, self-study of students at home has caused problems for some teachers, students and parents, but Cheng Jieming told "Hong Kong 01" that there is no need to take the problem too negatively. "This is actually an opportunity for the education sector to seek teaching ideas. Breakthroughs in the future can have a benign long-term impact.” This opportunity is actually an opportunity to practice self-directed learning.

To undertake the above:

[Classes are suspended.

上] Teachers and parents are struggling to please why self-study at home under the epidemic is not effective?

Cheng Jieming believes that the modern school system is actually a product of the "Education Act" (Education Act) enacted in 1870 after the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom. It achieves the goal of shaping human resources with uniform learning content and standards.

He described that in such a society, people can be said to be "one paper diploma, one skill, once and for all, smooth sailing, and one end." By obtaining skills and diplomas under the school system, they can have a stable career prospect. .

However, this kind of life has been difficult to maintain.

The suspension of classes under the epidemic is an opportunity to practice self-directed learning.

In today's generation, commodity production is oversupply, and the purpose of production has changed from satisfying demand to creating desire. It emphasizes personalization and tailor-made. Therefore, mass production is reduced, pyramid-shaped institutions are becoming fewer and fewer, and one-stop services are moving toward one-stop service.

Small organizations are more flexible, more varied, less stable, and they have no previous expectations and protections for employees. Therefore, employees do not have expectations and loyalty to the organization.

In a rapidly changing society, it is increasingly difficult for college graduates to match what they learn in school with their future jobs.

Take the University of Hong Kong as an example. Except for medical school graduates who are better able to hold on to their majors, graduates of other majors such as law and engineering, after entering the society, often share the same job with what they have learned, and frequently change jobs. It is not surprising that more than a dozen jobs, or a person who has several jobs concurrently, becomes a slasher.

As a result, individuals have become more and more free, but their prospects have become more and more unpredictable. The academic qualifications are no longer enough to cope with the ever-changing future. People have to learn to keep learning.

"Because of this, the initiative of learning must be given to students." Cheng Jieming said.

Since there are differences between individuals, if students' autonomy is increased and let them decide what to learn and how to learn, it should be more effective.

Under the new crown epidemic, schools all over the world were forced to suspend classes and students stayed at home helplessly. However, since then, it has also prompted various places to try educational reforms and use online resources to allow students to learn independently.

For example, Singapore announced in March last year that after the epidemic eased, students would still study at home one day a week.

There is no epidemic in Mongolia, but it is decided that students will return to school three days a week and stay at home two days a week.

"In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau focuses on the National Security Law, and there is no atmosphere for educational innovation. However, the Education Bureau can decentralize powers, through school-based management, and independent innovation by schools." Cheng Jieming suggested.

He further stated that it is more accurate to describe this reform in terms of self-study than self-study at home.

"Teachers don’t have to teach everything, they can let students do some learning projects (projects) and find information by themselves." He gave an example. It could be based on the theme of World War II and let students divide into groups to talk about the situation in different countries; Students think about what was written on the front page of Japanese newspapers during the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; they can also discuss what the best schoolbags should be. It is rarely used for teaching, and Cheng Jieming believes that it should be used well.

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The above excerpt is taken from the 264th issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly (May 10, 2021) "The Enlightenment of School Suspension and Autonomous Learning under the Epidemic to Hong Kong Education from Home Study".

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