The project aims at establishing a new pedagogical regime for spoken English curriculum that is tailor-made for native Cantonese-speaking primary school children through a series of research activities involving (a) 1,000 primary 5 and 6 students, (b) 50 non-native and 50 native English teachers, and (c) 10 English educators and academics. The project will develop handbook and manual of pronunciation and phonetic analysis.
The project aims at promoting school-based parent education and establishing a network for needy parents so as to enable parents to address the needs of different families. 200 parents from 35 schools will be trained in parent education who in turn will provide parent education in their children's schools. There will be totally 486 sessions of activities benefitting 15000 parents.
The project aims at enhancing students' understanding of the political, economic and social development of China and its relation with the world, promoting civic and moral education and fostering national identity by developing teaching materials on the modules of “Globalization” and “Modern China” in Liberal Studies (LS), organizing seminars and arranging visits for teachers and students as well as establishing a school network.
The project aims at benchmarking the computer and information literacy (CIL) skills of Hong Kong students at Grade 4 and Grade 8 and the pedagogical use of ICT in Hong Kong classrooms using the international comparative data in the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
The project aims at promoting the sense of national belonging and enhancing the writing skills of Secondary 4 to 6 students from about 36 schools using the historical story of revolutionary activities in China through drama appreciation, interactive workshops for teachers and students, and drama script writing. The project proposes to produce a set of drama scripts written by students and a DVD recording their drama shows in schools.