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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992
TEACHERS' ROLE VITAL IN NEW LEARNING INITIATIVE * * * * * *
THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF TEACHERS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION TARGETS AND TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENT (TTRA)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SENIOR TING-FAI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ANNOUNCING
DETAILS OF
EDUCATION
AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE INITIATIVE, THE ACTING KWAN (DEVELOPMENT),
MR
THE INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE RECOMMENDED IN THE A STUDENT'S LEARNING, HE SAID THE INITIATIVE WAS EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4, ADDING THAT ITS IMPLEMENTATION SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
TTRA WOULD
INITIALLY COVER
WAS
THE CORE
OF
CHINESE, SUBJECTS LEARNING WITH
TARGETS FOR PRIMARY 1 TO SECONDARY 5 AND ASSESSMENT SCHEMES FOR PRIMARY 1 TO SECONDARY 3.
ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS,
"THE TARGETS WILL PROVIDE TEACHERS AND
GOALS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING," HE SAID.
LEARNERS WITH CLEARER
THROUGH CARRYING AS RESEARCHES INDICATED, LEARNERS LEARN BEST
CREATED OUT PURPOSEFUL LEARNING TASKS, PROGRAMMES OF STUDY WERE BEING
OF EXAMPLES
VARIOUS LEARNING TASKS FOR EACH SUBJECT CONTAINING DESIGNED TO LEAD TOWARDS THE TARGETS.
ASSESSMENT, FOR
TEACHERS WOULD BE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL LEARNER'S COULD ADAPT THEIR TEACHING TO WHAT THEY FOUND.
PROVIDED WITH SPECIFIC PROGRESS SO THAT THEY
PARENTS WOULD
REPORTS, MORE RECEIVE
WHAT INDICATING CHILDREN COULD DO AND HOW WELL THEY COULD DO IT IN EACH SUBJECT.
THAT TTRA
THEIR
ALL
EXPLAINED KWAN MR
WAS DESIGNED TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO LEARN TOWARDS WORTHWHILE TARGETS AT THEIR OWN BEST SPEED.
"TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENTS INCLUDE BOTH INTERNAL AND
SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND THE FIRST EXTERNAL TRA IS
MR KWAN ADDED. HELD FOR PRIMARY 6 STUDENTS IN DECEMBER 1994,'
"
EXTERNAL ΤΟ BE
A TTRA TEACHER EDUCATION TEAM HAS BEEN HE EXPLAINED THAT
PLAN AND ESTABLISHED TO DEVELOP IN-SERVICE EDUCATION MATERIAL AND TO
SCHOOL SEMINARS FOR CONDUCT
TEACHERS,
ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHER-EDUCATORS.
PANEL
CHAIRPERSONS,
THE SERIES OF TRAINING FOR
START WITH HEADS OF PRIMARY JUNE AND JULY.
SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS
TWO-DAY ATTENDING
SEMINARS
WILL IN
IN-SERVICE SEMINARS FROM
YEAR FOR PRIMARY 4 TO PRIMARY 6
"THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THREE-DAY OCTOBER THIS YEAR TO APRIL NEXT TEACHERS," MR KWAN SAID.
1995
THESE SEMINARS WILL CARRY ON
SCHOOL TO COVER
SECONDARY
SECONDARY 1-3 TEACHERS.
IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS
PRINCIPALS AND
UNTIL JUNE
PRIMARY
1-3 AND
/THE EDUCATION