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TWGSS NSS curriculum
Sharing session on Student
Subject Choices
18th March 2008
The more choices the better?
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Students’ diversified interests and strengths
Staff specialties
University entrance requirements and 4-year
curriculum
Societal needs and career development
Existing strengths
Resource limitations
How to increase subject choices for students?
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Use of school facilities
Curriculum design
Staff development and deployment
Time-tabling
2009/12 NSS curriculum planning process – Stage 1
Special features:
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Sustaining existing strengths
Small-class teaching (10 to 30 for LS and electives)
Provide more subject choices
Diversification of subject combinations - eradicating the
boundary between arts and science subjects
3 3X and 2 2X classes
14 subjects / 48 combinations
Curriculum framework version 1 (SS1-SS3)
TWGSS NSS curriculum
2009/12 NSS curriculum planning process – Stage 2
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Consultation of stakeholders – survey of students’ and parents’
views
phase 1:
S1 parents & students & S3 students (06/07)
phase 2:
S2 parents & students (07/08)
phase 3:
S3 parents & students (08/09)
Considering students’ options in designing subject-groups
Sharing the experience of schools with similar background
Maximizing subject choice for students 3 x 7-8 groups
More dynamic arrangement of teaching time (e.g. 10-day
cycle = bi-weekly)
Meeting learning time requirements for all subjects
Simulation exercise of time-tabling
SMC endorsement
2009/12 NSS Curriculum (version 2)
•Curriculum structure
•School
(SS1-SS3)
time-table
•Re-allocating subject-periods
•Subject
& staff load changes
for JS1-JS3, S7
Summary of version 2 framework:
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7 subject groups for Liberal Studies
Electives - 5 classes 3x in 7 to 8 groups
Other core subjects and OLE taught in 5
classes
14 subjects
in 284 combinations
2007/08 situation and resources
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31 classes
28 + 3 classrooms
14 subjects - 9 electives for S4 & S5 students – 5+5
classes (8 split classes)
13 subjects - 8 elective for S6 & S7 students – 3+3
classes (6 split classes)
62 teaching staff
Our challenges in 2011/12
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33 classes
30 + 3 classrooms
14 subjects – 284 combinations for each
SS1-SS3 levels
67 teaching staff
Use of school facilities
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Conversion works to provide more classrooms
(e.g. AV Room, quarters for minor staff)
Flexible use of existing learning areas
•School
hall
•Student Activity Centre
•Special Rooms
•Open areas
•Outdoor learning
Curriculum design
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Electives: 3X vs 2X
Fully blocked subject groups (7 groups for 5
classes)
Combined Science vs Biology, Chemistry &
Physics
Spreading options to different KLAs
Offering ‘Applied Learning’ modules
Staff Development & Deployment
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Staff participation in planning
Staff professional development plans
Inter-school collaboration
Posting and flexible deployment
Time-tabling
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Week-based time-table
Double periods between breaks
Time-tabling simulation exercises for NSS
years
•Websams
•Australian
software
•Student options software
TWGSS NSS curriculum
Time-tabling simulation exercises
Aims and methodology:
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Examine feasibility of proposed subject groups
/ grid lines
• Examine manpower and classroom resources
• Make adjustments for lesson constraints and
subject combinations
• investigate in the possible deadlocks (rooms,
staff, subject-combinations etc.)
• Based on projected 2011/12 (double-cohort
year) teacher-class information
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Time-tabling simulation exercises
Tools:
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WEBSAMS (EBD)
Time-tabling Solutions (Australian
software)
Student options programme (EDB)
NSS Curriculum – Student
Survey 1
Code Subject Name
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
X8
X9
X10
X11
X12
X13
X14
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Economics
Combined Sci (Phy&Chem)
Combined Sci (Chem&Bio)
Combined Sci (Phy&Bio)
Geography
C.History
History
Business Account & Finance
Visual Arts
Designs & Technology
Information & Com Technology
Order of Preference
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Australian Timetabling Software
“Student Options” module
Grid Lines
Line
Option
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Phy , Chem , Bio , Econ , Geog , C.Hist , BAFS
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Eco , C.Hist , Hist , BAFS , VA , D&T , ICT ,
C.Sci (Chem&Bio)
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Eco , Geog , Hist , ICT , C.Sci (Chem&Bio) ,
C.Sci (Bio&Phy) , C.Sci (Phy&Chem)
Success Rates
Preference
Assigned Not Assigned
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203
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155
48
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141
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39
161
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148
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24
140
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No. Assigned
609
No. Requested
609
No. Entered
1168
Overall Success Rate 100.00%
Core Subjects
Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E
English
Chinese
Extension Extension
Mathematics
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PE, Music
OLE
Fix on
D5, 10
Liberal Studies
Half blocking
4 groups
3 groups
Elective Subjects
Elective 1
Elective 2
Elective 3
Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E SS2,
SS3
X1, X2, X3, X4, X8, X9, X11
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X4, X6, X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14
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X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X10, X14
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Pro
Full blocking
Australian Timetabling Software – sample
display 1
Australian Timetabling Software – sample display 1
Australian Timetabling Software – sample
display 2
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Time-tabling simulation exercises
Sample reports
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Master Class timetable
Master Teacher timetable
Individual timetable for a student
NSS
Curriculum
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NSS Curriculum –
Student Survey 2
Student Survey 2
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Letter to parents and students’ options form
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Result of student options (according to
student preferences and positions in form)
Helping students to choose their subjects
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Setting the curriculum framework and electives to
be offered
Talk to students and parents
Opinion surveys
Fixing the elective lines / subject groups
Placing students in subject groups (according to
their choices and abilities)
Counselling of selected students
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2009/12 NSS curriculum planning – Stage 3
Our Road Ahead
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Seminar on planned NSS curriculum for JS2 parents
and students (09/10 SS1 class)
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Third survey on subject options of JS2 students
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Second trial run to generate NSS subject
combinations based on students’ options (using
students’ options software
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2009/12 NSS curriculum planning – Stage 3
Our Road Ahead
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Time-tabling exercise to confirm the feasibility of
revised curriculum plan
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Investigate the possibility to include ‘Applied Learning’
modules as electives
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Adjusting planning for staff posting and training in line
with NSS subject combinations & school resources
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