Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks (QTNs)

This QTN aims at promoting STEM education through equipping teachers of participating schools with the knowledge and skills of designing robotic-related learning activities to arouse students’ interest in STEM education. During the project period, regular inter-school sharing and discussion sessions will be conducted to enhance teachers' professional development. The learning community so established under the QTN will be maintained after the completion of the project for sustaining professional exchange and capacity building. Participating schools can continue to use the equipment purchased by the Co-ordinating school under the QTN.

The QTN aims at encouraging schools to promote positive education and culture so as to cultivate a positive attitude among children towards learning and life; assisting schools to strengthen home-school co-operation to foster whole child development; and promoting professional sharing through networking different schools for capacity building of teachers and schools, which will lay a foundation for the establishment of school network for sustainable development in the future.

This QTN aims at enhancing teachers’ professional capacity for integrating knowledge, skills, attitude and action into the learning and teaching of Liberal Studies (LS). In addition to developing students’ knowledge and skills, exploratory activities and practical applications will be arranged in the LS curriculum for students’ internalisation of values and the concept of sustainable development learned. The project will arrange activities to enhance teachers’ understanding of issue-inquiry learning so as to foster students’ critical thinking skills and positive values. Collaborative lesson planning, observation and review of lessons will be arranged to enhance teachers’ professional development.

This QTN aims at helping participating schools develop school-based assessment objectives and a systematic analysis system on assessment literacy, analyse assessment data quantitatively and qualitatively, collect data of students’ performance with tools such as STAR, progressive assessment, examinations and basic ability tests and lesson activities, enhance students’ ability by integrating different teaching materials sourced from web-based platforms such as WLTS and provide effective feedback on learning and teaching. Relevant information will be promoted to help parents of the participating schools understand the teaching model. Professional development activities including experience sharing sessions, workshops, collaborative lesson planning, observation and evaluation will be organised for teachers of participating schools.

Quality Education Fund (QEF) organises diversified dissemination activities annually. Starting from 2006, QEF has been implementing QEF Thematic Networks (QTNs), aiming to connect different schools and education bodies, build up professional network, disseminate successful experiences and strengthen professional development as well as exchanges.   In 2020/21 school year, QEF sponsored 16 tertiary institutions, secondary schools and primary schools to implement QTNs, which covered different subjects and themes. The QTNs has provided support to the participating kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and enhanced professional exchanges as well as professional capacity building to facilitate continuous development of schools.   16 QTNs dissemination seminar would be organized in the form of live sessions and / or online live webinars from 2 June to 24 July 2021 in the venues and / or online platform arranged by QTN Co-ordinators.