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The Foreword: Building a Quality Life-wide Learning Culture to meet the challenge of the New Senior Secondary Curriculum . Stephen Yip Chief Curriculum Development Officer, CDI 全方位學習是…… “……是把學習空間，從課室拓 展到其他環境中的策略。透過靈 活地利用多樣化的環境和社區資 源，配合時、地、人各方面所組 成的學習情境，讓學生獲得一般 在課堂上難以體會的經驗。” 全方位學習與課程的關係 Building on Strengths of Basic Education: The Whole NSS Curriculum Framework (Coherence, Fullan) 4 Core Subjects: Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies 2-3 Elective Subjects out of 20 subjects or out of courses in careeroriented studies (45-55%) (20-30%) Other Learning Experiences including moral and civic education, community service, arts and physical education and career-related experiences (e.g. job attachment) (15-35%) NSS Generic Skill Value & Attitude P1- S3 General Studies Moral and Intellectual Community Physical & Career-related Aesthetic Civic Development Service Development Experiences Education Major principles of OLE will be included in the Senior Secondary Curriculum Guide (firstly in web-version) in 2006 What is a Quality Life-wide Learning school culture? • Some Characteristics that the school is heading towards… (1) Quality matters, not quantity 3Qs • Quality of experience • Quality in whole school organization • Quality of space -1 0 1 ‘It is not enough to insist upon necessity of experience, nor even of activity in experience. Everything depends upon the quality of the experience…’ (John Dewey, 1938) ‘Educational experiences’, ‘Non-educational experiences’, ‘Miseducational experiences’ (Eisner, 1979) (2)Building Lifelong capacities, Building sustainability Clarification of the meaning of 2 notions • ‘Whole Person Development’ • ‘Lifelong Learning’ Whole person development (Different Metaphors) • Growth / Maturation • Journey • Stages • Choosing a vocation • Preparing for adult’s life / settling down for later life…… Sustainable capabilities to cope with COMPLEXITY A holistic view of education (learning in two dimension): Life-long Formal Informal School Curriculum Age A conceptual framework for Lifelong Learning (formal & informal) by Skolverket, 2002 Building Lifelong Capacities is to nurture individual’s: • Motivation / desires • Attitudes • Abilities (3) Joined-up thinking via networks & partnerships ‘Transformation requires schools to be willing to give away their innovation for free, in the hope of some return but no guarantee.’ (David Hargreaves, 2003) • Make good use of network learning (individual, organizational, community) • Identify ‘local hubs’ • Establish networks of outside partnerships for LWL School School School School School School School School School Museums Youth Community Service Libraries School Government Business Building Life-wide Learning Networks 以學習為中心的領導 全校推行全方位學習 (Learning-centred Leadership) Opportunities for student Learning in LWL Student Learning Opportunities for professional Learning in LWL Professional Learning Opportunities for system Learning in LWL System Learning Three Learning Agendas (三個學習方案) 以學習為中心的領導 全校推行全方位學習 (Learning-centred Leadership) Establishing Learning Purpose for LWL 為LWL訂定學習目標 Building Professional Communities 建立專業群體 Acting 策略性的行動 Strategically & Sharing 與共同領導 Leadership Engaging External Environments 連繫外在環境 Creating Coherence 創造連結力 Meeting the challenge of NSS (esp. in OLE) Beyond Administrative solutions; Building the right culture!!