Empowerment and Transition – Supporting Teachers to Promote Multicultural Students’ Chinese Learning in Primary and Secondary Schools (2024/25)

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.