China News Service, Hong Kong, August 25. Yang Runxiong, the Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said in a written reply to the questions of Legislative Council members on the 25th that the Education Bureau announced in April 2021 that the 2021/2022 school year will start from the first grade of the senior citizen. The Department of Social Development (Citizenship) replaces the Department of General Education in Senior High Schools.
It is expected that the reviewed textbooks for Grade One and Grade Two will be launched in 2022 for schools to choose from in the 2022/2023 school year.
In response to the question, Yang Runxiong said that the Education Bureau of the Special Administrative Region Government has announced the establishment of an "Applicable Bibliography List" for the Citizenship Subject and has provided publishers with compilation guidelines to let them have a clear understanding of the curriculum structure and content of the Citizenship Subject, as well as the preparation of textbooks for the subject. Guidelines.
He pointed out that related learning and teaching resources, including teaching briefs, teaching reference examples, and online self-study courses specially designed for students, on one of the three themes of Citizenship, "Hong Kong under'One Country, Two Systems'", have been successively uploaded to Citizenship. The online resource platform is for schools to use, and roughly covers all the key points of the senior citizenship curriculum.
Among them, 12 sets of briefings are aimed at teachers, providing knowledge content related to the subject, and all help teachers accurately grasp the course content and interpret the learning focus when preparing lessons.
Yang Runxiong said that the Education Bureau of the SAR Government has been explaining to schools the requirements and criteria for selecting learning and teaching resources (including textbooks and school-based teaching materials) through various channels such as circular letters, seminars and school visits, and emphasized that teachers in different subjects must be professional and professional. Select teaching resources rigorously.
He emphasized that the school management has the responsibility to understand and monitor the implementation of various subjects, including the content and quality of school-based teaching materials, the learning and teaching effects of the classroom, etc., to ensure that teachers can implement relevant courses and courses in accordance with the curriculum concepts, objectives and learning priorities. Teach.
This is not only the power given to school-based management, but also the responsibility of the management.
If a complaint is received, the Education Bureau will deal with it seriously.
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