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The Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) of the Education Bureau (EDB) will provide about 870 Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) in the 2014/15 school year to cater for the needs of around 60,000 principals and teachers of secondary and primary schools and pre-primary institutions in Hong Kong in implementing the curriculum reform to promote effective learning by students. Booklets on the PDPs are now available on the CDI website.
A spokesman for the EDB said today (July 10) that the planning for the PDPs has taken into consideration survey results, feedback from school heads and teachers collected through various channels and the latest developments in education. With the advent of Learning to Learn 2.0, the objectives, content, modes of delivery and durations of the PDPs are designed to suit the needs of heads and teachers so as to enhance the effectiveness of student learning through appropriate strategies such as whole-school curriculum planning, learning and teaching, assessment, curriculum management and leadership.
"We hope that schools could make full use of these programmes to raise the awareness and knowledge of teachers. Upon completing the courses, teachers may integrate what they have learnt into their school-based PDPs through professional sharing and collaborative learning among teachers so as to build communities of practice in their schools to facilitate effective implementation of the curriculum reform in basic and senior secondary education.
"In this school year, we have enhanced PDPs in various aspects at different education levels. For instance, at pre-primary level, there are programmes on knowledge management, proper use of information technology and assessment literacy. At the primary and secondary levels, we have programmes on Information Technology in Education, Chinese Language Curriculum Second Language Learning Framework, self-directed learning and values education. In addition, in light of the ongoing review of the New Academic Structure, related PDPs are introduced in the part on senior secondary education to better support schools in implementing the senior secondary curriculum and assessment," the spokesman said.
The PDPs have always been well received by schools as they help schools formulate their whole-school and individual teachers' staff development plans, as well as support teachers and schools to sustain the reform in basic education and better implement the senior secondary curriculum.
The booklets on the PDPs for the 2014/15 school year are available on the CDI website for pre-primary institutions (www.edb.gov.hk/cd/pdp/kg), primary schools (www.edb.gov.hk/cd/pdp/pri) and secondary schools (www.edb.gov.hk/cd/pdp/sec). The booklets are only available online. No printed versions will be distributed to schools.
Information on activities provided by different organisations is also appended to the booklets to facilitate schools' early planning of student learning activities in different Key Learning Areas as well as Life-wide Learning so as to achieve the learning goals set by the schools.
Further details of the PDPs will be uploaded in phases to the Training Calendar System of the EDB (tcs.edb.gov.hk).
Ends/Thursday, July 10, 2014
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