XN000022-1990-10-06 — Page 5

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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