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The Hong Kong Classrooms
Hong Kong is a city where east meets west. The education system in Hong Kong can be described as extremely competitive by global standards. For many years the Hong Kong education system has often been described as “spoon-fed”. Students are asked to memorize the content in the textbooks for tests and exams rather than understanding the meaning behind. The grades in school are often used to determine whether a student succeeds or not in life. Parents judge whether their children have worked hard at school by looking at the marks in different subjects.
This is the main reason why there are a lot of tutorial centres in Hong Kong and students are often requested by their parents to attend extra lessons after regular schooling. A heavy emphasis is placed on the ranking systems at an early age. Competition among students in Hong Kong is tense as study and job opportunities are limited.
Recently, the Hong Kong education system has been reformed to the 3-3-4 curriculum, with six years of secondary school study and four years in the university. This system focuses on outcome-based education and tries to promote the creativity and all-rounded learning of students. Two public examinations would be merged into one, and the syllabus are arranged to be less exam-based unlike the old days.
Since 1998, Hong Kong Government has been determined to promote information technology in education. Three IT in education strategies have been launched and a huge amount of resources has been allocated to promote, through IT, a “paradigm shift” in school education from a textbook-based and teacher-centered mode to a more interactive and learner-centered mode.E-learning involves the use of the electronic media to promote various learning and teaching strategies to help students achieve the learning targets. Teachers, in the mean time, are expected to integrate the textbook contents with other learning resources so as to construct knowledge and develop insights beyond the textbook contents to broaden their perspective.
Digital games is one of the most powerful 21st century e-learning tool. It's still a new trend in Asia and Hong Kong but we are happy to see that more and more local schools have started embracing game-based learning in their classrooms!!
This is the main reason why there are a lot of tutorial centres in Hong Kong and students are often requested by their parents to attend extra lessons after regular schooling. A heavy emphasis is placed on the ranking systems at an early age. Competition among students in Hong Kong is tense as study and job opportunities are limited.
Recently, the Hong Kong education system has been reformed to the 3-3-4 curriculum, with six years of secondary school study and four years in the university. This system focuses on outcome-based education and tries to promote the creativity and all-rounded learning of students. Two public examinations would be merged into one, and the syllabus are arranged to be less exam-based unlike the old days.
Since 1998, Hong Kong Government has been determined to promote information technology in education. Three IT in education strategies have been launched and a huge amount of resources has been allocated to promote, through IT, a “paradigm shift” in school education from a textbook-based and teacher-centered mode to a more interactive and learner-centered mode.E-learning involves the use of the electronic media to promote various learning and teaching strategies to help students achieve the learning targets. Teachers, in the mean time, are expected to integrate the textbook contents with other learning resources so as to construct knowledge and develop insights beyond the textbook contents to broaden their perspective.
Digital games is one of the most powerful 21st century e-learning tool. It's still a new trend in Asia and Hong Kong but we are happy to see that more and more local schools have started embracing game-based learning in their classrooms!!
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