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Q&A
Q1. What was the purpose of the study?
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The purpose of this study was to explore what progress had
been made in curriculum reform and the implementation of Key Learning Area
curricula in schools from the perspective of frontline practitioners, including
school heads, KLA/subject heads and teachers. |
Q2. What is the planning of the study?
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The study is one of the evaluation studies
of the curriculum reform. |
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The study is a longitudinal one commencing
in the 2002-03 school year, designed to track the changes at school
level over the subsequent three years. |
Q3. Who conducted the Survey?
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The Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) has commissioned
the Division of Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong to conduct
the Survey in 2003. |
Q4. When was the Survey conducted?
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The pilot study was conducted in June
- July 2003. After refining the questionnaire, the Survey was administered
in
schools
in July
2003. |
Q5. Who took part in the Survey?
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Primary and secondary school heads, KLA/Subject heads
and teachers teaching primary and junior secondary classes of the sampled
schools took part in the Survey. |
Q6. What sampling method was used?
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Stratified random sampling by financial mode was
used. |
Q7. What was the sample size of the Survey?
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Altogether 5,532 questionnaires were collected from
148 primary schools and 2,239 questionnaires were collected from 101
secondary schools.
The table below shows the number of questionnaires collected from different
respondents.
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School Heads
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KLA/subject Heads |
KLA/subject Teachers |
Total
(n=7771) |
Primary Schools |
128
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1,676 |
3,728 |
5,532 |
Secondary
Schools |
86 |
671 |
1,482 |
2,239 |
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Q8. What were the response rates of the Survey?
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The response rates of primary schools and secondary
schools were 85.5% and 75.9% respectively. |
Q9. Why was the survey
not administered to parents and students?
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Perception on student performance
was provided by the respondents. |
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Parentsˇ¦ and studentsˇ¦ views on the school
curriculum reform have been taken care by the Stakeholder Monitoring
Survey on Education
Reform and Major Education Initiatives conducted in 2003. |
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Information on academic performance of students is being
collected through systemic tests, including the Hong Kong Attainment Test
and the Territory-wide System Assessment, and other means. |
Q10. What will the information be used for?
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Information collected in the survey will be used: |
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to help understand the current state of the curriculum
in schools; |
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to identify areas in which further support is required
for schools and teachers, and to adjust strategies of support; |
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to determine whether and how greater impact on learning
might be achieved; and |
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to inform the interim review of the curriculum reform
scheduled for 2005-06. The result of the study would also be used to inform
the implementation of education reform in general. |
Q11. Will there be a survey
in 2003-04 school year? If yes, what is the progress?
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This school year, CDI commissioned the
Chinese University of Hong Kong to conduct the survey again in order
to obtain a thorough understanding about the state of affairs of how
schools implement the curriculum reform. The information collected will
be used to inform decisions on how to support schools better in the implementation
of the curriculum reform. |
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The survey has been administered in secondary schools
and primary schools at late June 04 and early July 04 respectively. |
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