School-based Curriculum Development in Primary Schools

- Primary School Science Education Learning Community

Foci of Support

1. To plan and implement an enquiry-based General Studies curriculum with reference to the recommendations in the General Studies Curriculum Guide

· Arousing students’ curiosity and interest in science and technology through hands-on and minds-on activities and developing their abilities to conduct scientific investigation in both natural environment and technological world

· Promoting STEM education and strengthening students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in science and technology for problem solving

· Implementing different modes of science enquiry to enrich student learning

2. To plan collaboratively for the learning and teaching arrangements of the focused topics, namely “Light, Sound and Electricity”

· Linking related topics to daily life experience

· Introducing diverse learning and teaching strategies

3. To develop learning and teaching strategies conducive to the nurturing of scientific literacy

· Adopting rich learning and teaching strategies in science education (e.g. the Predict-Observe-Explain model and the constructivist learning theory)

· Making effective use of teacher-student and student-student interactions to deepen student learning

4. To promote experience sharing among participating schools

· Encouraging participating teachers to discuss the curriculum arrangements and reflect on student learning outcomes

5. Mode of support

· The support services will be delivered in two parts: cross-school meetings and on-site support

· Participating schools shall arrange the related topics in the second semester so that participating teachers can prepare relevant teaching and learning in the first semester