Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks (QTNs)

This QTN aims at helping participating schools develop into well-being-first schools where the well-being of students is the top priority. The project includes three stages, namely development, establishment and cultivation. Adopting the biological, psychological and social framework, the project is set out to promote holistic health education.

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 this project for sustaining exchange among teachers and professional development. Participating schools can continue to use the equipment purchased under the QTN by the co-ordinating school.

This 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 Citizenship and Social Development. In addition to developing students’ knowledge and skills, the Citizenship and Social Development curriculum also includes exploratory activities and practical applications for students’ internalisation of values and the concept of sustainable development learned. The project will 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 growth.

This QTN aims at helping participating schools construct school-based assessment objective lists and an assessment analysis system so as to develop assessment literacy; analyse quantitative and qualitative assessment data; collect students’ performance data with diversified assessment tools such as STAR, formative assessment, examinations, Basic Competency Assessment and lesson activities; enhance students’ ability by integrating different teaching materials sourced from platforms such as Web-based Learning and Teaching Support (WLTS) and provide effective feedback to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. Relevant information will be disseminated to parents of the participating schools to help them understand the teaching mode. Professional development activities, including sharing sessions, workshops, collaborative lesson planning, lesson observation and evaluation, will be organised for teachers of the participating schools.