Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks - Tertiary Institutes (QTN-T)
This programme is the continuation of the University-School Support Programmes financed by the Education Development Fund. With the experience in research-based pedagogy and classroom practices, the tertiary institutes will provide schools with diversified professional support services to cater for different schools’ development needs.Play, Learn, Grow in Hong Kong Kindergartens (2020/21)
- Pre-primary Education
- Co-ordinator : The Centre for University and School Partnership, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
To provide professional support to the kindergarten education sector for strengthening their leadership development and enhancing teachers’ professional capacity for designing and implementing play-based curriculum to foster whole-child development
Mindshift Educational Networking Programme (Phase II) (2020/21)
- Mental Health
- Co-ordinator : Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong
To enhance teachers’ understanding of mental health, and their and skills in handling stress-induced emotional and behavioural problems arising from students;
To develop a positive mental health culture in secondary schools by enhancing the wellness of mind and body and increasing capacity to handle mental health concerns;
To cultivate a friendly environment by promoting a mental health awareness in schools;
To enhance students’ understanding of mental wellness and illness, skills to cope with stress and emotions, and empathy towards people with mental illness.
Enhancing Assessment Literacy of Teachers in Primary/Secondary Schools (2020/21)
- Assessment Literacy
- Co-ordinator : Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
To enhance assessment literacy of English Language teachers through whole-school curriculum planning
Self-Directed Learning as a Strategy to Promote STEM Education (2020/21)
- STEAM Education
- Co-ordinator : E-Learning Development Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
To support the participating schools in strategic planning and implementation of STEM-related lessons and curriculum using a whole-school approach;
To strengthen curriculum leadership, foster collaboration across STEM-related KLAs / subjects such as Mathematics, Science / General Studies and Technology Education;
To enhance teachers’ professional capacity to adopt self-directed learning as a strategy to promote STEM education;
To strengthen students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different subject disciplines to unleash their innovation, and to help them develop positive values.
Integrating Self-directed Learning with Curriculum-oriented Cross-disciplinary STEM Education (2020/21)
- STEAM Education
- Co-ordinator : Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
To develop primary and secondary school teachers’ professional capacity to promote STEM education with a stronger linkage to the subject curricula, and enhance the integration across STEM-related disciplines, using self-directed learning as one of the major approaches