The Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools 55th Anniversary
香港中學校長會 五十五周年會慶
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EDUCATION COLLOQUIUM 2019 |
| Curriculum for the Future | |
| 教育論壇2019 「課程的未來 ∙ 未來的課程」 |
“Education Colloquium 2019” Part 1 was successfully held on 14 September at Cordis Hotel. All participants were inspired by the talk of Mr. Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD.
Gist of Mr. Schleicher’s talk.
“Education for the future: key issues on curriculum design” by Andreas Schleicher.
Education has become much more demanding in our age. We are creating a compass for students to navigate in the future. Our curriculum needs to help students understand the foundation of the subjects and answer big difficult questions: agency, purpose, meaning and identity.
Hong Kong is one of the most advanced systems in the world but for the last three years, trends of Hong Kong in science performance (PISA) shows the gap between what the society expects and what schools can provide are getting much bigger. Teaching fewer things in greater depth is the challenge.
Education has won the race with technology throughout history but there is no automaticity it will do so in the future. Challenges we face in the future include: High risk of social exclusion as few can manage complex digital information; Large scale occupational transitions; the disempowering power of digitalization as we become slaves of algorithms that make us lose the sense of reality.
Changing education can be like moving graveyards as the status quo has many protectors. The key is to enable all students to learn at high levels and enabling all to master complex ways of thinking. The new world needs diverse, globally competent people who can understand culture in different ways. Schools are the first place for us to understand diversity. We need to educate our students to become social and emotional beings who can collaborate.
The winning countries are those who can embed student agency in their curriculum. The OECD uses a Learning Compass as a metaphor that maps out an evolving learning framework that sets out an aspirational vision for the future of education. It emphasizes the need for students to learn to navigate by themselves (student agency) through unfamiliar contexts. The components of the compass include core foundations, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, transformative competencies and a cycle of anticipation, action and reflection.
Transformative competencies enable students to develop and reflect on their own perspective in order to shape and contribute to a changing world. Creating new value, taking responsibility, and reconciling conflicts, tensions and dilemmas are essential for thriving in and helping shape the future. These are particularly relevant to the existing Hong Kong situation.
“Education Colloquium 2019” Part 2
Date: 30 October 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 0900-1710
Venue: Room S221, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
| 0900-0905 | Welcoming Speech
Mr Teddy TANG Chun-keung Chairperson, Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools |
| 0905-0925 | Opening Remarks
Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey MA Tao-li, GBM |
| 0925-0955 | Keynote Speech
Education for the Future Generations Professor ZHANG Xiang, JP President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong |
| 0955-1025 | Education 2030: Preparation for the Future
Professor HAU Kit Tai, BBS, MH, JP Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1025-1100 | Break |
| 1100-1145 | Dialogue with Students – ‘Learning’ in the Eyes of Students
Ms Anna WU Hung-yuk, GBS, JP Chairperson, Competition Commission & 5 Senior Secondary Students |
| 1145-1230 | Business Leaders’ Dialogue on ‘Future Education and Entrepreneurship’
Mr Stephen NG Tin-hoi Chairman and the Managing Director, The Wharf Group Mr Ronald LIANG Pang-ching Founder and Managing Director, LWK & Partners (HK) Limited Mr Emil YU Chen-on, JP Director & General Manager, Keystone Electric Wire & Cable Company Limited Mr Peter YUEN Chi-kwong Managing Director, Savills HK Limited |
| 1230-1400 | Lunch |
| 1400-1445 | STEM vs science and mathematics education
Professor TSUI Lap Chee, GBM, GBS, JP President, The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong |
| 1445-1505 | Break |
| 1505-1615 | Survey Findings – ‘Gaps’ in the Hong Kong Curriculum
Professor TSANG Wing Kwong Adjunct Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor LAM Chi Chung Adjunct Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instructions, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor Esther HO Sui Chu Director, Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1615-1645 | Open Forum |
| 1645-1700 | Closing Remarks
Mr Kevin YEUNG Yun-hung, JP Secretary for Education |
| 1700-1710 | Way Forward
Mr Michael WONG Wai-yu Honorary Executive Secretary, Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools |
