SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1990
"IT IS JUST AS NATURAL THAT SUCH GRADING PRACTICES HAVE
DOWN INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSES FILTERED
OF INTERNAL
AND HAVE ASSESSMENT
ON EXERTED A POWERFUL INFLUENCE
TEACHING AND
LEARNING STYLES.
"OUR EDUCATORS SHOULD NOW BE TURNING THEIR MINDS ΤΟ AN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD MOTIVATE STUDENTS, PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION TO TEACHERS AND ENCOURAGE MORE EFFECTIVE STYLES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, MR YEUNG SAID.
THAT
A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO EXISTING PRACTICES IS A SYSTEM
BY SETTING BEGINS
ATTAINMENT TARGETS FOR CERTIAN KEY SUBJECTS AT VARIOUS KEY STAGES OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOL, MR YEUNG SAID.
"UNDER THIS SYSTEM, ALL STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH
THEY HAVE MADE UP THE LADDER OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS,
PROGRESS
HAVING TO BE RELEGATED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CLASS.
WITHOUT
TEACHING
"TEACHERS WOULD SEE MORE CLEARLY THE EFFECT OF THEIR AND BE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ON THE AREAS OF UNDER-ACHIEVEMENT THEY SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON, HE SAID.
MR
YEUNG STRESSED THAT BECAUSE PROGRESS WOULD BE VISIBLE AND
THE
BE INCENTIVE TO TEACH AND TO LEARN WOULD
THAT MUCH
MEASURABLE GREATER.
HE DESCRIBED THIS AS A MAJOR CHALLENGE THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IS HANDING DOWN TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN THE 1990S.
TURNING TO OTHER MAJOR TASKS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, MR WAY IN YEUNG SAID THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE ASKED TO ADDRESS THE WHICH EXISTING TEACHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.
FRAGMENTED
WAY,
"THESE SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDED IN A WITH LITTLE OR NO ATTEMPT AT CO-ORDINATION OR OVERALL PLANNING, MR YEUNG SAID.
IT
HE NOTED THAT AT PRESENT EACH INSTITUTION SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO DO ITS OWN THING
THE UNIVERSITIES PROVIDE POST-QUALIFICATION TRAINING FOR GRADUATES, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TRAIN NON-GRADUATES AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION PROVIDES IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS.
MR YEUNG STRESSED THAT THIS AREA OF ACTIVITY CLEARLY NEEDS SORTING OUT.
ANOTHER MATTER THE
COMMISSION WILL NEED TO ADDRESS IS THE SUGGESTION THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE AN ALL-GRADUATE, TEACHER-TRAINED WORKFORCE, HE SAID.
IS
"WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER THE EXTENT TO WHICH AN ALL GRADUATE
REPRESENTS WORKFORCE
MERELY A DESIRABLE GOAL, OR WHETHER IT SOMETHING WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO WITHOUT.
**IT WILL BE FOR THE EDUCATION COMMISSION TO STRIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN WHAT IS DESIRABLE AND WHAT IS ATTAINABLE, HE ADDED.
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