Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks - Schools (QTN-S)

To provide professional training and support to teachers and laboratory technicians of all Participating Schools on Bio-technology and STEM education; To develop Bio-technology and STEM education learning activities for school-based Junior Secondary Science curriculum to enhance students’ knowledge and experimental skills in Bio-technology as well as their creativity and problem solving skills; To establish an interactive learning community to promote cross-school interaction and academic exchange on professional technological innovation; and To strengthen the promotion of Bio-technology and STEM education in the Participating Schools, as well as further promote Bio-technology and STEM education to other schools to enhance Bio-technology and STEM education in Hong Kong.

To support Participating Schools in establishing STEM learning platforms, such as Aquaponics, propagation of corals, Makers and Artificial Intelligence Lab, so as to facilitate the sustainable development of STEM education in Participating Schools; To broaden the academic and technological vision of the STEM education teams through exchanges among the Participating Schools and their collaboration with universities and related industries; To share the refined designs of learning activities, strategies and action plans of the existing curriculum with more STEM education elements so as to let all students have exposure to STEM education; and To establish the STEM education professional learning community by sharing the rich experience and resources of the Networking Co-ordinating School in the promotion of STEM education, and to promote innovative technology education in the Participating Schools through on-site support.

To enhance teachers’ capacity: In designing and implementing cross-curricular activities on STEM education so as to strengthen the coherence and collaboration among teachers of the Science, Technology and Mathematics Education KLAs to promote the development of STEM education; In consolidating students' subject knowledge through activities and unleashing their potential in innovation; and In developing the ability of students to integrate and apply their knowledge and skills across different subject disciplines for problem solving, as well as cultivating their interests in subjects related to STEM education.

To enhance teachers’ teaching skills of STEM education, e.g. prediction, inquiry, observation, conclusion and fair test; To facilitate teachers to design student learning portfolios so as to enhance the learning effectiveness of students in STEM education and to enhance students’ reflection and self-management skills using the learning portfolio as an assessment tool; To establish an interactive professional learning community that allows teachers’ mutual sharing of their experience of lesson design and teaching; and To facilitate the consolidation and adaptation of the school-based General Studies curriculum in the Participating Schools.

To assist the Participating Schools in promoting STEM education in General Studies so as to facilitate the connection among the three Key Learning Areas (KLAs), namely Science, Technology and Mathematics Education; To assist teachers in designing hands-on and brains-on STEM education activities through which students’ ability in applying knowledge and skills across different KLAs can be enhanced.