Transcript ImpactHKEducationCFHC07.ppt

The Impact of Hong Kong’s
New Education System for Caritas
Francis Hsu College
Dr. Thomas Chan, Project Liaison
Erin McLean
Hilal Tetik
Todd Bitner
Overview
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Goal and objectives
For each objective:
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Methods
Results and Conclusions
Suggestions
Project Goal
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Provide CFHC with detailed summaries of the
opinions of their teachers, students, and
parents about the upcoming educational reform
and suggestions on how best to address any
problems
Objectives
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Determine the opinions of CFHC teachers towards the
upcoming educational reform
Determine the opinions of CFHC students towards the
upcoming educational reform as well as their level of
awareness
Determine the opinions of the parents of CFHC students
towards the upcoming educational reform
Determine teachers’ and students’ opinions of the current
assessment methods
Background
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Secondary School Education Reform
Combining HKCEE and HKALE
– Restructuring of year system
– Increase in teacher training in preparation for SBA
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Increase in course options for students
– Less memorization based education
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the last 10 years there have been multiple
attempts at reform, this is the first full
transformation
Determine the opinions of CFHC teachers towards
the upcoming educational reform
Methodology:
 Group Interviews
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Eight CFHC teachers
Teacher Questionnaire
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CFHC – 14 Returned
CCVC – 20 Returned
CWCC – 12 Returned
Determine the opinions of CFHC teachers towards
the upcoming educational reform
Do Teachers Agree with the Reform?
100
Percent of Teachers (%)
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Overall
Secondary Schools
Tertiary Schools
Determine the opinions of CFHC teachers towards
the upcoming educational reform
Teachers’ Perceived Knowledge of the Reform
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Percent of Teachers (%)
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Determine the opinions of CFHC students towards
the upcoming education reform
Methodology:
 Focus Groups
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Twenty-two students
Student Questionnaires
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CFHC – 326 Returned
CCVC – 211 Returned
CWCC – 70 Returned
Determine the opinions of CFHC students towards
the upcoming education reform
Do Students Favor the Reform?
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Percent of Students (%)
75
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65
60
55
50
Overall
Secondary Schools
Tertiary Schools
Determine the opinions of CFHC students towards
the upcoming education reform
Students’ Perceived Knowledge of the Reform
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Percent of Students (%)
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Determine the opinions of the parents of CFHC
students towards the upcoming educational reform
Methodology:
 Parents’ opinions were collected through
teacher interviews and student focus groups
and questionnaires
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Primary information was
not available to the team
Determine the opinions of the parents of CFHC
students towards the upcoming educational reform
Have Parents
Students
Expressed Concern about
Teachers
the Reform?
Percent Positive Response (%)
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Secondary Schools
Tertiary Schools
Determine the opinions of the parents of CFHC
students towards the upcoming educational reform
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Only 9.3% of CFHC students
answered that their parents
had voiced concerns
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Of these students, 80% had
younger siblings that would
be affected by the reform
Determine teachers’ and students’ opinions of the
current assessment methods
Methodology:
 Opinions were collected
through teacher interviews
and student focus groups
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Student and teacher questionnaires each
included one question on the topic
Determine teachers’ and students’ opinions of the
current assessment methods
Will You Change Your Assessment Methods?
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Percent of Teachers (%)
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Overall
Secondary Schools
Tertiary Schools
Determine teachers’ and students’ opinions of the
current assessment methods
Are You Happy with Your Teachers’ Assessment Methods?
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Percent of Students (%)
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Overall
Secondary Schools
Tertiary Schools
Suggestions
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Teacher Awareness
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Provide information from the government to
teachers immediately
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Discuss reform in bi-annual open forum coming up
in March
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Conduct meetings with teacher representatives
(non-department heads) to discuss changes
to CFHC
Suggestions
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Student Awareness
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Post information on CFHC website
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Posters and “Get to know the reform day”
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Student union organized speakers and forums for
getting information
Suggestions
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Parent Awareness
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Pamphlets for students to bring home and share
with parents
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Parents’ Day or Open House
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Parents can also benefit from Website information
Suggestions
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Assessment Methods
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Increase of continuous assessment
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Continuous assessment at CFHC is already very high but it
is possible to raise in some classes
Online activities and tests
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Further Implementation of WebTL
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Online testing: Immediate performance feedback to
students
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr. Chan and Mr. Kwan
along with all those at CFHC who have helped
us conduct our research.
We would also like to thank Prof. Creighton
Peet and Prof. Karen Lemone for guiding us
with their valuable feedback in our project.
Questions and Comments?