Vision
Our vision is to promote life-long learning through
raising language standards in Hong
Kong.
Mission
Our mission is to develop a dynamic, collaborative
and professional teaching force for the promotion
of language learning.
Expectations
We aim to:
- raise
students' language abilities through activating
their learning motivation and
unveiling their learning potential.
- develop
the capacity of curriculum leaders to innovate,
lead and manage changes for
the betterment of language learning and teaching
at schools.
- build
a learning community among teachers and schools
with a sharing and reflective
culture.
Our
Strengths
- We
have different expertise in the Task
Force to cater for the diverse needs of
individual schools. There are excellent,
experienced frontline language panel heads
and teachers, language specialists from
tertiary institutions, experts from the Mainland
and overseas and experts from the Curriculum
Development Institute.
- We
have ample experience collaborating with teachers
in using action research-based
classroom study to tackle different school-based
issues in language learning and
teaching and to promote reflective teaching.
- We
have developed a curriculum bank of school-based
research and development
cases for teachers' use. These cases illustrate
the whole process of school-based
curriculum development, and evidence collected
from learners and teachers
provides useful insight into the experiences
of all those involved in this process.
- We
have jointly developed with teachers a variety
of learning and teaching
materials and strategies for schools with different
contexts. These materials
have been tried out in the classroom. The special
features of the materials and
strategies and the impact of the try-outs are
discussed, so as to demonstrate how
teachers can best adapt materials to suit their
own school context.
- We
have formed different Core Teacher Networks,
each with a unique focus.
Enthusiastic and experienced teachers have been
networked to promote
professional development.
Support Services
- We
provide on-site support to schools to help build
the expertise of teachers
in designing curriculum plans, exploring different
learning and teaching
strategies and using assessment to improve learning
and teaching. Regular
on-site visits will be paid to schools on a needs
basis.
- We collaborate with teachers in conducting small-scale
school-based
research and development projects to address specific
issues related to
learning and teaching. We identify problems, work
out possible solutions,
collect evidence of learning (through lesson observations,
videotaping of
try-outs, interviews, questionnaires and reflective
journals) and reflect on the
impact on learning and teaching. Useful knowledge
and experiences
generated by this will provide information to improve
practice and serve as
an impetus for school-based curriculum development.
- We
organise professional development activities
on different scales
(school-based, network-based, and territory-wide)
to address specific issues
identified by schools. Seminars and workshops will be conducted to
disseminate good practices in learning and teaching and to address topics
of common concern.
- We
provide teachers with ample resources for
language learning and teaching,
including reference materials, multi-media
resources and exemplars of
school-based practices.
- We have
established an e-platform to promote the sharing
of different school practices in the learning and
teaching of languages.
- We
offer professional advice on school-based curriculum
development to facilitate the overall
development of a key learning area as well
as curriculum development in generic issues in schools.
It will
be delivered through answering enquiries, provision
of reference materials, and conducting consultation
meetings with individual schools or groups
of schools.
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