Title: 334: A Brief Revisit
1334 A Brief Revisit Reflection
- Stephen Yip
- Chief Curriculum Development Officer
- CDI, EMB
2Introduction
- In 2000, the Education Commission recommended the
adoption of a 3-year senior secondary and 4-year
university system. - The Chief Executives Policy Address (2004) set
out the direction to develop the new senior
secondary and university system. - 2004-05 Consultation phases Preparation/
Implementation (2005 Policy Address)
3The Need for Change
- Building on reform in basic education, the new
senior secondary and university system is
destined to help each student to be an informed
and responsible citizen with a sense of global
and national identity. - This calls for a more broad-based curriculum with
more choice to suit individual aptitudes and
interests, enable ALL secondary students to
develop their capacities to the full.
4A Comparison of the Current and the New Academic
Structures
5- Smoother articulation of SS to different
pathways - for lifelong learning and success in life
Year 2
6Benefits of Change
3223 ? 334 because
7New Curriculum
Liberal Studies
Proposed subjects
Career oriented studies
4 Core Subjects Chinese Language, English
Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies
2-3 Elective Subjects out of 20 subjects or out
of courses in career-oriented studies
Other/ Essential Learning Experiences including
moral and civic education, community service,
aesthetic and physical experiences and
work-related experiences (e.g. job attachment)
45-55
20-30
15-35
8Why Change? Is our existing system not good
enough?
- A brief conversation with a friend in a ferry
9Question time Rationale of Change
- Which part of the reform (mentioned above) is
particularly supported? WHY? - Any parts rationale not clear?
- Any parts are NOT supported at all? WHY?
10Different expectations
- The new context means new expectations of
individuals apply. Most surveys on workplace
requirements converge to a list comprising - Ability to communicate
- Adaptability to change
- Ability to work in teams
- Flexible human relations
- Preparedness to solve problems
- Ability to analyse and conceptualise
- (Cont.)
11Different expectations (cont.)
- Ability to reflect on oneself
- Ability to manage oneself
- Ability to create, innovate and criticise
- Ability to engage in learning new things anywhere
and anytime - Ability to cross specialist borders
- Ability to move across cultures
- Preparedness for uncertainty and insecurity.
- (Professor Kai-ming Cheng, Inaugural Professorial
Lecture, 2004.)
12The type of student we need to create
- Schooling should as well as providing the high
level skills of literacy and numeracy also,
therefore, provide students with the capacity and
motivation to be - A community builder with strong social
competencies and a solid values base - A team worker
- A problem solver complex, creative and critical
thinker and risk taker - Independent of mind, responsible, persevering,
self regulating, reflective and self evaluating - Flexible and able to adapt to change through
knowing how to learn and wanting to do so
throughout life
13A new learning paradigm
- A new process of education is required where
- Learning is construction of knowledge by the
learner - Learning involves interaction between the human
being and the external world - Different individuals may learn differently with
the same learning experience - Understanding and application are intertwined
- There is integration of prior knowledge in
solving real life problems - Learning occurs in a social setting (ie groups)
14Meeting the challenge AustraliaThree core,
interrelated strands
Physical, Personal and Social Learning Discipline
-based Learning Interdisciplinary Learning (The
Victorian Essential Learning Standards)
15Meeting the challenge the UK
- The UK has adopted an expansive approach to
meeting the challenge based on a set of
principles that inform policy and practice in
relation to - Teaching and learning
- School improvement
- System wide reform
16A model for change in the UK
- These principles are brought together in a model
for school and system change comprising - learning, achievement and progress of students at
the centre - the holy trinity of curriculum, assessment and
pedagogy - the key supportive organisational conditions for
high levels of teaching and learning and - the national reform agenda in which it all
occurs. - (Professor David Hopkins)
17Meeting the Challenge Hong Kong
- Education Reform
- Curriculum Reform Basic Education
- Reform of Senior Academic Structure (334)
18Unpacking 334 Whats in it?Any new elements
related to teaching learning?
19Conditions for Knowledge Building in 334
aligning Curriculum, Pedagogy Assessment
Curriculum
what is worth learning
Alignment for student learning
how to know students have learned
how students learn teachers teach
Pedagogy
Assessment
20Building on Strengths of Basic Education The
Whole Curriculum Framework (Coherence, Fullan)
4 Core Subjects Chinese Language, English
Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies (45-55)
2-3 Elective Subjects out of 20 subjects or out
of courses in career-oriented studies (20-30)
Essential Learning Experiences including moral
and civic education, community service, aesthetic
and physical experiences and work-related
experiences (e.g. job attachment) (15-35)
NSS
Generic Skill
Value Attitude
P1- S3
General Studies
21Curriculum design (EMB, 2005)
- Prior knowledge KLAs in basic education,
cross-curricular opportunities in project
learning, - Essentials (core) E, C, Maths, Liberal Studies
- Essentials (Other Learning Experiences) moral
civic education, aesthetic physical activities,
community service, career-related activities - Choices diversification elective
subjects/career-oriented curriculum with elective
parts, - Greater breadth same depth (AL/AS)
- Progression of studies
22Why Other /Essential Learning Experiences
Expected Outcomes of OLE
- Whole Person Development (?????????)
- Complement the examination subjects/
career-oriented studies - Building up life-long capacities
- To nurture informed responsible citizenship
- To respect for Plural values Healthy living
style - To develop career aspirations
23Seven Guiding Principles of Designing
School-based OLE
- Student-focused
- Building on existing practice (own strengths)
- Entitlements (including disadvantaged students)
- Quality experience
- Coherent with KS3 and the whole NSS Curriculum
- Flexibility (e.g. could be out-of lesson time for
community service) - Diversity in Implementation modes (e.g. in the
form of lessons, sessions, projects, programs) - ? NSS Guide, 2006
24from curriculum to pedagogy
Learning Communities
How knowledge is learnt
Inquiry-Based Learning Meaningful Learning
Generic Skills
What is worth learning
Content Knowledge
Bransford, Brown, Cocking (2000). How People
Learn
25Effective pedagogy inquiry/problem-based
learning
- Teachers do
- Clear target/goal/objective
- Ask more
- Talk less
- Individual/group/whole-class
- Feedback
- Scaffolding
- Teaching content use generic skills
- Accept no model answer
- Learn with students
- Students do
- Set goals
- Respond actively
- Ask more
- Group independent learning
- Reflection
- Learning w generic skills
26Pedagogy . focus on deep understanding
- Knowledge is information on tap
- Skills are routine performances on tap
- Understanding is the ability to think and act
flexibly with what one knows. In other words,
an understanding of a topic is a flexible
performance capacity with emphasis on the
flexible. - MS Wiske Teaching for Understanding
27Research into human learning
- Research in human learning suggests that all
learners are capable of making further progress
given appropriate learning conditions, which can
be characterised as a mix of challenge and
support. - New learning opportunities are likely to be most
effective in promoting further learning if they
take account of the learners present knowledge,
skills and understandings tap into the learners
interests and motivations are consistent with
what is known about the learners preferred
style/s of learning and if learning
opportunities are provided in a supportive social
context. - (Professor Geoff Masters)
28Views about Learning
- As an outcome enduring change in knowledge,
skill etc. resulting from exposure to some
experience. Short term gains in knowledge as
opposed to development leading to understanding - As a process transformation of information in
solving cognitive problems - As an apprenticeship doing in the community as a
way of becoming a full member of that community
29Watkins classification of learning(Watkins 2003)
30Cognitive Skills for Learning (Moseley et al.
2003)
31Teaching as Instruction
- Provide an Advanced Organizer
- Check what pupils know with quick, snappy
question answer session - Present new knowledge
- Provide for practice which emphasises
application - Extend practice by homework
- Give feedback which is informative
- Review new learning
32Learning by Direct Instruction
- The findings are most relevant when the object is
to teach explicit procedures, concepts or a body
of knowledge - The findings are less relevant where skills to be
taught cannot be broken down into explicit steps - (Rosenshine 1987)
33Uses of Direct Instruction
- Mathematical procedures
- English grammar
- Scientific information
- Historical facts
- Using maps
- Practical skills
- Mathematical problem solving
- Extended writing
- Scientific investigations
- Discussing controversial social science topics
34Teaching as Enquiry
- Engaging in complex cognitive processes requires
thoughtful discourse. Pupils are invited to make
predictions, debate alternatives, etc. This can
take place during interactive whole class
teaching or during peer interaction in pairs or
groups and should involve - Placing the topic in the wider, meaningful
context (big picture) - Using open ended questions
- Allowing suitable wait times
- Encouraging explanations or elaboration of
answers.
35Teaching as Expert Performance
- Helping pupils to learn how to think for
themselves requires temporary frameworks or
scaffolds. They reduce the degrees of freedom a
child must manage in the task to prevent error
rather than induce it. (Bruner) - Several scaffolds have been identified from the
teacher effectiveness literature - Providing models of appropriate response (e.g.
model answers, demonstrations etc.) - Providing prompts and feedback as in guided
discovery
36More Effective Scaffolding
- As identified in the cognitive strategy research
these latter scaffolds appear more effective in
teaching higher cognitive skills. - Rehearsing an argument (pupils explain to
class/group in words their reasoning e.g.their
answer to a maths problem) - Â Cue Cards ( as in writing frames )
- Self-evaluation checklists (requires pupils to
check through the process by which they reached a
conclusion and to indicate how it might be
improved
378 Key Characteristics of effective teaching
- Pupil Exploration usually preceded formal
presentation. - Initially, tasks were structured to limit the
range of alternatives pupils could explore. - There was a high proportion of pupil talk, much
of it occurring between pupils. - The metaphors teacher as a listener and
teacher as guide on the side rather than sage on
the stage were characteristic.
388 Key Characteristics of an effective teaching
(continued)
- Pupils used a variety of means and media to
communicate their ideas - pupils questions and comments often determined
the focus of classroom discourse - the ethos encouraged pupils to offer speculative
answers to challenging questions. - lessons often required pupils to reflect
critically on the procedures and methods used
39- Instruction Approach
- Input and output tasks
- Teacher o many
- Teacher-chosen resources
- Teacher controls time pace seen as key
- Teacher as teller, organiser, judge
Classroom activity systems in 3 views of learning
- Construction Approach
- Tasks for processing and understanding
- Individuals, peer groups
- Students experience a resource
- Longer time blocks, student-paced
- Teacher as enquirer
- Co-construction Approach
- Tasks of generating knowledge
- Changing groups, networks, linkages
- Access to world of resources
- Teacher as learner too
- Time seen as less relevant
- Teacher as enquirer
Social structure
Tasks
Goals
Resources
Role
Time pacing
40Classrooms as Learning Communities
41Wide Repertoire of Effective Teaching and
Learning Strategies
42From Curriculum to Pedagogy in KLAX
Learning as
Learning as aproduct
Learning as aprocess
Learning asCo-construction
Learning Communities
How knowledge is learnt? (Pedagogy Assessment)
Meaningful Learning
Generic Skills
What is worth learning? (Curriculum)
Content Knowledge (Sources, Understanding,
Structure, Nature)
Teaching asDirect Instruction
Teaching asEnquiry
Teaching asCo-construction
Teaching as
43ASSESSMENT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING
- Assessment that fosters understanding has to be
more than an end of unit test. It needs to
inform students and teachers about what students
currently understand, and how to proceed with
subsequent teaching and learning - Ongoing assessment is the process of providing
students with a clear response to their
performances of understanding in a way that will
help to improve their next performance
44ASSESMENT FOR LEARNING
- The process of seeking and interpreting evidence
for use by learners and their teachers to decide
where learners are in their learning, where they
need to go and how best to get there - (Assessment Reform Group 2002)
45IS THIS TRUE OF CLASSROOMS IN YOUR SCHOOL?
- My teacher sets me targets to aim for and then
helps me check my progress - My teacher gives me time to look at my work and
improve it after shes marked it - My teacher tells me what Im going to learn and
then we talk about how to get there - I know how I learn best and my teacher gives me
time to talk about what works for me
46KEY FACTORS THAT IMPROVE LEARNING THROUGH
ASSESSMENT
- Providing effective feedback to pupils
- Actively involving children in their own learning
by sharing criteria with learners - Adjusting teaching to take account of assessment
results - recognising the way assessment impacts on
self-esteem and motivation - considering ways that pupils can assess
themselves and understand how to improve
473 Kinds of Feedback
- About Self should focus on effort rather than on
person. Thus Thats a good try rather than
Good Girl, Well done. Purpose is re-enforcement - Task processing Purpose is self-regulation
Where have you got to? What do you think may
have gone wrong? What are you going to do
next? - Correction most powerful when it is about
faulty interpretation rather than supplying
missing information. Show me how you got that
answer rather than, You need to do it like
this.
483 Kinds of Feedback Effect Size(An effect size
of 1.0 is equivalent to advancing achievement by
one years average progress)
- Task processing
- self-regulation 0.95
- cues 1.10
- Self
- re-inforcement of effort 0.94
- praise 0.14
- Task
- corrective 0.37
49INVOLVING PUPILS IN THEIR OWN LEARNING
- Asking pupils what helps them to learn? For
example, What does it feel like when I choose
you to answer a question in front of the class? - Devising ways pupils can assess their own
learning and share this with the teacher. For
example, Pupils use a traffic light system to
evaluate their performance (red dothard, orange
bit hard, greeneasy).
50Taking Account of Assessment in Teaching
- Identify Curricular targets (i.e. what pupils
need to learn) - Set targets for groups/individual pupils
- Monitor targets regularly to inform decision
making and communicate these to pupils either
orally or in writing - Review targets with colleagues and engage in
joint planning for next stage
51To make sense of data in chart or graph form
52Identifying Learning Objectives
- Teachers tend to identify what pupils will do,
not what they will learn. Learning objectives
then need to be turned into success criteria by
using such stems as - To be successful you will need.
- What I expect from everyone is.
- Better still use questions so that pupils help to
establish what is needed - To produce good work what will you need t
- What do you think we mean by?
53PUPILS AS THEIR OWN ASSESORS
- Each Curricular targets have their success
criteria which are shared with pupils - Class debriefing sessions are held at the end of
the lesson. What did we achieve? What have we
learned for next time? etc. - Pupils in pairs (or groups) complete check-list
of success criteria and to talk about what they
can do to improve
54Developing AfL in your school
55Assessmentas a contribution to learning
- Assessment that fosters understanding has to be
more than an end-of-unit test. It needs to inform
students and teachers about both what students
currently understand, and how to proceed with
subsequent teaching and learning. - Ongoing assessment is the process of providing
students with clear responses to their
performances of understanding in a way that will
help to improve their next performances.
56Assessmentassessment for learning (on-going
assessment)
- Do they include clear, public criteria?
- Do they use criteria closely related to
understanding goals? - Do they provide frequent opportunities for
feedback throughout the units performances? - Do they provide feedback that tells students how
well they are doing and how to do better? - Do they offer opportunities for multiple
perspectives? (ie, teacher assessing student,
students assessing one another, student assessing
themselves)
57Assessment of learning (HKEAA)
- Standards-referenced Assessment (SRA)
- To help users better understand what students
know and can do - To facilitate teaching and learning and make
explicit what a student has to do to reach a
given level - To better maintain standards over time
58Standards-Based
- Most systems have adopted standards-based
curriculum and assessment. - This implies being explicit about the required
standard performance expected of students - Standards referencing allows performance to be
reported in relation standards that do not change
over time - Some systems use expert judgment to set
standards. In HK we use psychometric methods and
fine tune using expert judgment
59Different Kinds of Reporting
- Comparison of the performance of an individual or
group with - that of other individuals or groups, especially a
representative sample (Norm-referenced reporting) - the criterion set for performance on that task
(Criterion-referenced reporting) - a predefined standard defined by one or more
cut-scores on an underlying variable
(Standards-referenced reporting)
60Standards-Referenced Reporting
Levels
Descriptors
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62Assessment of learning (HKEAA)
- School-based Assessment (SBA)
- Improve reliability of assessments
- Improve validity of assessments
- Less reliance on a one-shot examination
63Assessment of learning (HKEAA)
- Student Learning Profile
- Reflects a concern for whole-person development
- To motivate learning and engagement
- To recognize non-academic achievements
- To give employers and higher education
institutions a more complete picture of the
individual and his/her achievements
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64Celebrating Whole Person Development
- Senior Secondary Student Learning Profile (SLP)
65NSS Student Learning Profile
Student Learning Profile
Will include
- HK Diploma of Secondary Education
- Career Oriented Studies
- School Internal Assessment
- Other Learning Experiences (Essential Student
Experiences) - Other Achievements gained outside schools
Senior Secondary Curriculum Guide in mid 2006
66Student Learning Profile
NSS Student Learning Profile
- To give employers and tertiary education
institutions a more complete picture of the
individual and his/her achievements - To recognize both academic and non-academic
achievements/ participation - To motivate on-going learning and engagement
- To help students reflecting for own whole-person
development
67Other Learning Experiences
Student Learning Profile
- Moral Civic Education
- Physical Education
- Aesthetic Experiences
- Career-related Experiences
- Community Services
- Participation
- Achievements
- Reflections
- Attributes Capabilities
68Participation (e.g. no. of hours, participating
role)
Achievements gained (e.g. Prizes, awards,
certificates, qualifications.)
Reflections (e.g. student log/ journals, short
essays)
Attributes and Capabilities(e.g. leadership,
social skills, ) a checklist to choose a
qualitative remarks/ comment (overall)
69SLP at Systemic Level
SLP Certification/ Final Report
HKEAA exams
schools
COS
Electronic system/ infra-structure run by
HKEAA/EMB
70Question time
- Views of Teaching/Learning What is the dominant
view in our school/ department/ panel? - Wide Repertoire of learning/ teaching strategies
How should our schools go from here to there? - Assessment Any new ideas that the school/ panel
could put into practice? - SLP How would this affect our existing work?
71School as a Learning Community/ Organisation
- No reform would succeed in a purely Top-down
manner. - Learning is the key at all three levels (Society/
Community, School, Classroom) - Five collective discipline (internal
capacities??) in a learning organization (P.
Senge) - Personal Mastery ( as a professional)
- Shared Vision (as a group of professionals)
- Mental Models (a shared map)
- Team learning (On-going reflection in practice)
- Systems Thinking ( Growing body of theory/
Living mechanism to improve as an orgnaization/
system)
72Dealing with levels of Concerns
73Concerns-based Model of Educational Change
Stage of Concern Teachers concerns typical expressions
0 Awareness Attention elsewhere
1 Informational Interest to know more
2 Personal Uncertainties
3 Management Focus on how to do
4 Consequence Evaluation of impact on students
5 Collaboration Co-ordination and communication to improve effectiveness
6 Refocusing How to work better
74Innovation Configurations Mapping where were
heading to
- All too frequently the developers of an
educational innovation have not thought clearly
about what the use of the change will really
entail. They have more about what is needed to
support its implementation, such as training and
materials. - Innovation Configuration Map (e.g. Integrated
use of I.T.)
Unacceptable Acceptable Ideal
e.g. Classrooms with computers with good Web
access students work with IT to research, plan
and present their learning
e.g. Schools build a culture of using IT in most
aspects Also catering for the needs or
self-motivated projects among students
e.g. Classrooms with few computers, no Web links
mainly for drilling and practice
75Examples of Intervention strategies (1)
Stage of Concern (0-3) Examples of intervention strategies
0 Awareness Acknowledge little concern about the innovation is legitimate appropriate Share some information to arouse interests
1 Informational Share general descriptive information, short media presentation State realistic expectation about the costs benefits Provide genuine cases/ visits
2 Personal Establish rapport and signs of encouragement/ assurance Clarify how innovation relates to other priorities that potentially conflict in energy/time demand. Show how the innovation can be used via gradual introduction rather than leap
3 Management Provide answers to address small specific how-to Demonstrate models for effective use of innovation
76Examples of Intervention strategies (2)
Stage of Concern (4-6) Examples of intervention strategies
4 Consequence Encourage reinforce regularly
5 Collaboration Use stage 5 concerned teachers to be teacher educators Create sharing networking opportunities
6 Refocusing Provide teachers at this stage with resources to access and encourage them to pilot new ideas that are of use
77Intervention Strategies
Creating a context supportive of change
Developing, Articulating, and Communicating a
Shared Vision of Change
Providing Continuous Assistance
Checking on Progress
Planning and Providing Resources
Investing Professional Learning
78The Concerns-based Adoption Model
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Change Facilitator Team
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79The Eight Propositions for 334
801. We have a clear, well-articulated moral
purpose underpinning 334
- Providing all students with the opportunity to
receive a higher standard of education, and a
more suitable curriculum catering to individual
needs and abilities to ensure their success.
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812. Schools need to develop effective leadership
teams to implement the 334 reform
- Leadership teams help sustain school improvement,
provide support and advice, and develop
leadership in others.
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823. Leadership teams develop and promote a vision
and plan with the involvement of key stakeholders
- The 334 action plan sets out what has to be done,
how it will be done, by whom and when
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834. The 334 Action Plan will seek to transform
curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
- Schools must clarify what is worth learning, how
teachers will teach and students will learn it,
and how we will know what has been learned.
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845. Efforts to build the capacity of all teachers
in the school are central to this task.
- The school should identify its professional
learning needs and prepare a whole school
professional development plan.
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856. The broad 2005-9 Action Plan is supplemented
by more detailed annual plans
- These annual plans include specific goals, along
with professional development and other
strategies for key areas of activity.
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867. Sharing between schools increases their
collective knowledge and capacity to act.
- Networking is an important source of advice and
sharing of successful practice to supplement
broader EMB support.
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878. 334 Action Plans must be flexible enough to
accommodate change as needed
- Implementation of plans needs to be constantly
monitored and regularly evaluated to ensure they
are achieving what is intended and are adjusted
where required.
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88Character Story Blending Confidence
Quality of Space