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Lesson exemplar –
Planning of Kai Tak
Present S4-5 Geography Syllabus:
Theme: City
Issue: Sustainable City
NSS Geography Syllabus:
Building a sustainable city – Are
environmental conservation and urban
development mutually exclusive?
This exemplar included:
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Lesson Plan (9 pages)
A set of worksheets (4 pages)
Information Folder 1 (13 pages)
Information Folder 2 (6 pages)
Master Plan of Kai Tak for Third Public
Consultation (1 page)
Prior knowledge:
• The concept of sustainable development
• Urban renewal in Hong Kong
• Conflict between environmental
conservation and urban development in
Hong Kong
Characteristics of this lesson exemplar
• Generic skills – collaboration skills,
communication skills, critical thinking skills,
study skills
• Higher order thinking skills – decision
making (with the help of graphic organizer)
Development of generic skills
• Critical thinking skills
 search for relevant information
 determine the strength of an argument
 make reasonable judgment
• Study skills
• Collaboration skills and communication
skills (think, pair and share)
Types of thinking skills
Thinking Skills
Basic-level thinking skills
Distinguish, sort and classify,
compare and contrast, observe, recall,
explain, comprehend, make analogise,
infer, list & sequence, match, analyze,
define and synthesize
Higher order thinking skills
Critical thinking,
Creative thinking,
Problem-solving and
Decision making
Metacognition
Decision-making
Why is there a need to make a decision?
What choices do I have?
What are the consequences of each choice?
How important are these consequences?
Which is the best choice?
Step 1: Why is there a need to make a decision?
Why is there a
need to develop
the area?
What are the
criteria for
making the
decision?
Step 2: What choices do I have?
Collaborative
learning: think,
pair and share
Reading and
analyzing
information
Use of graphic
organizer
Ability to
synthesize
information
Step 3, 4&5: What are the consequences of each
choice? How important are these consequences?
Which is the best choice?
Evaluation depends on:
• Criteria chosen at the beginning
• Principle of sustainability
• The foci of the design of these concept plans
Advantages and disadvantages
Best choice
Supported
with
reasons
Conclusion:
Master Plan for Third Public Consultation
Latest revised plan – 18.6.2006
Study skills
Catering for
learners’
diversity