Projects

The project aims to build professional capacity of schools and teachers for innovative STEAM development through the adoption of self-directed learning (SDL) pedagogy, enhance teachers’ assessment literacy especially in relation to STEAM education, and build joint-school networks for sustainable and scalable pedagogical and assessment innovations.

This is a University-School Support Programme funded by Education Bureau. This is a 19 months (2017-2019) project. This project targets at the upper primary (P.4-6) and lower secondary (S1-3) levels in Hong Kong schools. It aims to provide support to teachers for developing their capacity to adopt self-directed learning (SDL) as a strategy to promote STEM education so as to strengthen students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different subject disciplines to unleash their innovation and nurture their entrepreneurial spirit.

This is a University-School Support Programme funded by Education Bureau. This is a three-year (2014-2017) project. This project aims to provide support to teachers and schools to implement self-directed learning (SDL) in the Science KLA in the upper primary (P.4-6) General Studies and lower secondary (S1-3) Integrated Science subject in Hong Kong schools. Throughout the project period, there will be 40 schools participating in this project.

The capacity building support for SDL encompasses three core areas:

1. learning and assessment design and implementation for integrating SDL components in the science KLA;
2. e-Learning support for students’ learning and teachers’ pedagogical design activities for scientific inquiry, and
3. leadership for organizational change and development for pedagogical and assessment innovation.

The ultimate, overarching goal is to nurture and develop student’s self-directed learning ability and equip them to become confident and capable life-long learners in the 21st century so as to improve students’ self-efficacy and achieve smooth transition from primary to secondary school education in the science KLA.

HKTLA has helped in the project planning phase tremendously. With inputs gathered from its members, the project team was able to consolidate all the inputs and put together this meaningful project. Moreover, HKTLA has also supported throughout the project development stage, and helped us promote the project to primary schools in HK.

The Centre for Information Technology in Education, the University of Hong Kong (CITE) has been commissioned by Po Leung Kuk Chee Jing Yin Primary School and Xianggang Putonghua Yanxishe Primary School of Science And Creativity to conduct an evaluation project on their e-learning pilot project. The project duration is three years starting from 1 September 2011.