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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