China News Service, May 5th. According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily, the revision of the history curriculum for junior high schools in Hong Kong has entered its second year, but the lack of diversified teaching materials has become a problem for teachers in teaching.
The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government commissioned the National History Education Center (Hong Kong) to re-edit the documentary "General History of China" produced by CCTV into 400 short films of about 3 to 6 minutes in length according to the three categories of course content, student self-study and teacher enhancement. Comes with lesson plans, worksheets and reading materials.
Ho Hanquan, the principal of the center, pointed out that the teaching materials can help increase the interest in learning.
"General History of China" is a 100-episode documentary produced by CCTV, covering the historical development from the origin of Chinese civilization to 1911. In the past, local TV stations have produced Cantonese versions, but the 400 short clips cut from this teaching set are all copyrighted by the National History Education Center. For the re-production, 30 front-line and senior teachers were invited to re-write and revise the manuscript according to the curriculum guidelines of Chinese history, and produced lesson plans and worksheets, with Cantonese narration by professional voice actors.
The first batch of 60 short videos were uploaded to the Educational Multimedia Website of the Education Bureau yesterday, covering the two historical periods of "Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties" and "Sui and Tang Dynasties", that is, the curriculum content of the first semester of junior high school history.
Education Bureau Secretary Yang Runxiong attended the press conference yesterday and said that schools are expected to flexibly use the "General History of China" multimedia teaching kit, in conjunction with the use of the developed teaching resources, to enhance students' interest in learning, deepen their understanding of Chinese culture, and cultivate national concepts and national identity.
Ho Hanquan pointed out that the short videos are divided into three categories: key topics, self-study topics and teacher enhancements. There are about 200 short videos on key topics, which are tailored according to the syllabus, and teachers can choose to broadcast in class; the remaining 200 short videos are students' self-study topics and teacher enhancements. The resources are all extracurricular knowledge, such as "Longzhong Pairs and Jiangdong Pairs" in the Three Kingdoms, "Bamboo Forest Seven Sages" in the late Wei and early Jin Dynasties, etc., for students to study outside the classroom, and at the same time deepen the teachers' understanding of the subject, and the teaching is more handy.
Ho Hanquan continued that the short film was assisted by the Hong Kong Chinese Academy of Sciences to obtain the copyright, and the Curriculum Development Office of the Education Bureau fully supported and supervised it. In addition, the filming of "General History of China" was based on both academic and popular principles. The pictures are vivid and can attract the attention of students. Teachers don't need to worry about content.
He emphasized that although the teaching set "is not a textbook, nor can it replace a textbook," he expects it to be widely used; parents can also use it for their children's enlightenment education, so that more people can have a correct understanding of Chinese history.
The complete set of textbooks of "General History of China" is expected to be completed within one year.
When asked if there would be a separate production, based on the historical period from the Republic of China to the Republic, to complement the short-form teaching materials of the Secondary 3 curriculum, Ho Hanquan pointed out that there are many documentaries related to the Mainland, I believe it is not difficult to obtain materials, and the team has reached a consensus to produce.