Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks - Tertiary Institutes (QTN-T)

To provide school-based professional support services for kindergartens and kindergarten-cum-childcare centers to enhance the educational effectiveness for kindergarten students, including non-Chinese speaking (NCS) children.

To provide additional support options for schools admitting NCS students. In addition to participating in general school-based support, schools will also receive effective support for teaching Chinese as a second language to enhance their diverse teaching capabilities; To equip teachers with theoretical knowledge of teaching Chinese as a second language, and employ “W.I.S.E.,” a writing teaching method with artificial intelligence (AI) developed by the University of Hong Kong, to combine writing and reading for taking care of learning diversity, so as to enhance the Chinese language proficiency of primary and secondary NCS students; To train curriculum leaders to optimise and integrate school curriculum, and promote the sustainable development of the school; To develop teaching exemplars based on different theoretical foundations and research data, and promote relevant knowledge and experience, maximising teachers’ capabilities and influence; To assist schools to systematically design school-based support measures to enable a smooth transition from primary to secondary school among students in both academic and affective aspects; To gather the strength of teachers, and develop innovative learning strategies with the principles of education and the values of Chinese traditional culture.

To support the learning and teaching of Chinese in kindergartens and primary schools and facilitate smooth kindergarten-primary transition; encourage schools to promote the latest curriculum initiatives, such as promoting Chinese culture, cultivating priority values and attitudes, and implement and consolidate various teaching strategies; To enhance the effectiveness of curriculum leadership in schools and promote collaboration and reflection among the teaching team.

To provide support to teachers and curriculum leaders to enhance their capacity to integrate self-directed learning (SDL) into STEAM education; To provide support to teachers to enhance their capacity to integrate technologies, such as, artificial intelligence (AI) into STEAM education; To develop and implement school-based STEAM curriculum, and assess effectively students’ expected learning outcomes so that students are facilitated to integrate and apply the knowledge and skills across different STEAM disciplines; To develop students’ SDL, entrepreneurial spirit and 21st century skills through scientific investigation and creative engineering design; To facilitate school-based STEAM curriculum development at the upper primary (P.4–6) and lower secondary (S.1–3) levels; To support schools to develop STEAM related multilevel leadership networks so as to foster sustainable development of STEAM education in participating schools.

To develop secondary and primary school teachers’ professional capacity in promoting STEAM education with a stronger linkage to the subject curricula, enhancing the integration of STEAM-related disciplines using self-directed learning (SDL) as one of the major approaches, exploring STEAM educational designs with a focus to develop students’ problem-solving skill and designing STEAM educational activities to integrate multiple disciplinary literacies and facilitate students’ development of STEAM literacy.