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Teaching and Learning
(1) The Students
In 1973 when the school was newly established, tuere were
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7 form I classes and 5 form II classes. Most of the form I students
vere students who failed in the Secondary School Entrance Examination
while most of the form II students left their previous secondary
schools for poor conduct or poor results in the examinations.
being the case, the immediate problems facing the teachers were to
help the students with their studies and their behavior.
(11) The Teachers
Starting from the beginning of the first term, all the
teachers were working strenuously to plan the school curricula,
and prepare suitable teaching materials and teaching aids for
students, As most of the text books available in the market were
either not very satisfactory or not suitable for the students, some
teachers took great pains to write their own texts or make
translation of the suitable texts from English to Chinese.
(iii) Teaching Methods & Relationship Between Teachers and Students
In order to get the students participate actively in
class and develop their abilities to question, comprehend and hold
opinions, self-study and particularly group-study in the classroom
vero extensively adopted. The teachers treated the s Ludens as
equals and never tried to build up an image of authority.
students were oftem encouraged to see the teachers after lessons to
talk about any problems they came across in their studies or even
their own personal problems.
Academic Performance
The
With regard to learning, what the teachers cared about
vas students' attitude towards their studies throughout the whole
school year rather than their results in examinations. A conscien-
tious, sincere and initiative attitude was considercd more importanı
than book-learning.
Nevertheless, the form V students who sat for the School Certificate Examination last year got results which were quite
satisfactory. For examples, 75% of the students passed English Language Syllaous B paper, which is a relatively difficult paper
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