Issue No.5 - Faculty of Education - The University of Hong Kong

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Report: Progress of the SAME Curriculum Project
As the SAME Curriculum Project moved into the second year, products of the hard work by teachers gradually emerged and
took shape. The first drafts of the Curriculum Supplement Guides for the eight Key Learning Areas were completed within the
year and are now going through the vigorous process of review, fine-tuning and proofreading. If everything goes well the launch
of the Supplement guides may be staged by May or June 2008, bringing a close to the Phase One of the Project.
The most exciting news in the year was the award of the Quality Education Fund of HK$1.27 M to CASE to develop the assessment
tools and manual for the Supplement guides, a Phase 2 item called SCALE (SAME Curriculum Assessment for Learning
Effectiveness). The focus of this QEF project is the production of assessment tasks for the Attainment Levels for Chinese,
Mathematics, Science and Personal, Social and Humanities Education (PSHE).
Meanwhile CASE continues to “roadshow” the concept and functions of SAME to schools intending to join the Project and have
successfully invited three additional schools to join the Project e.g. CCC Kei Shun School, Chi Yun School and Rhenish Church
Grace School. We welcome schools to join the Project as new members. Interested schools may contact us at
case@hkucc.hku,hk
The Project continued to be blessed by the inspiring mentorship from our overseas consultant, Mr. Keith Humphreys, whose
series of workshops have punctuated the critical stages of progress and with his workshop on “Unit Writing for Schemes of
Work” in December 2008, the Phase Two of the Project, with focus on the production of Schemes of Work, was formally
kicked off.
Major events of the Project in 2007:
Training Workshops
10 February 2007
The SAME Project Workshop on Developing Supplement
Guides for the Central Curriculum for Students with
Learning Difficulties (in Hong Kong)
by Mr. Keith Humphreys
@ HHCKLA Buddhist Po Kwong School
29 September 2007
Workshop on the Review of Guide Supplements for all
SAME Project Team Members
by Mr. Keith Humphreys
@ Margaret Trench Red Cross School
11-12 December 2007
Workshop on the Writing of Units for Schemes of Work
by Mr. Keith Humphreys
@ Margaret Trench Red Cross School
Introductory Seminars
CASE News 啟訊
25 January 2007
Introductory Talk on the SAME Curriculum Project
by Mr. Andrew Tse and Ms. Alison Li
@ Hong Chi Pinehill No.3 School
26 March 2007
Introductory Talk on the SAME Curriculum Project
by Mr. Andrew Tse and Ms. Alison Li
@ Chi Yun School
18 May 2007
Introductory Talk on the SAME Curriculum Project
by Mr. Andrew Tse and Ms. Alison Li
@ Rhenish Church Grace School
15 November 2007
Introductory Talk on the SAME Curriculum Project
by Mr. Andrew Tse and Ms. Elsa Ling
@ CCC Kei Shun Special School
8 December 2007
Introductory Seminar on the SAME Curriculum Project
for Teachers of Project Schools
by Mr. Keith Humphreys and Mr. Andrew Tse
@ Margaret Trench Red Cross School