Activity 5 – A very poor family

3. Discuss how individuals, NGOs and the government can help poor families. (p.60)

Group Discussion 4 students in a group Time: 6 mins Report what you have discussed

3. Discuss how individuals, NGOs and the government can help poor families.

Individuals can donate money and resources to poor families.

NGOs can provide tutoring services to children in poor families.

The government can offer more training courses to people who have low skill and low education levels.

Revision

Education p.21-27

Vocabulary

Pre-primary education ( 學前教育 )

Higher education ( 高等教育 )

Post-secondary education ( 專上教育 )

Vocational education ( 職業教育 )

Special education ( 特殊教育 )

Vocabulary

Education reform ( 教育改革 )

Small-class teaching ( 小班教學 )

Primary One Admission System ( 小一入學統籌辦法 )

Secondary School Places Allocation System ( 中學學位分配辦法 )

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Examination ( 香港中學文憑考試 )

What is education?

Education refers to any types of learning activities, including

school education, family education, personal further education, etc.

Why education is important?

Education allows people to increase knowledge and develop skills.

It helps people become more competitive in the society and develop correct values.

Education can develop talents. It helps improve socio-economic development ( 社會和經濟發展 ).

Types and stages of education in Hong Kong

Basic education: Pre-primary education ( 學前教育 ) Primary education Junior secondary education (S.1-3)

Senior secondary education and post-secondary education:

Senior secondary education (S.4-6) Post-secondary education ( 專上教育 )

Problems with the education system in Hong Kong

Students: Face pressure Lack motivation and interest in

learning The society and parents usually

neglect ( 忽視 ) students’ physical and arts development

Teachers: Heavy workload ( 工作量 ) Face more stress from work

because of education reforms

Teaching resources: Small-class teaching still cannot be

fully implemented in Hong Kong.

The government forces school that do not have enough students to close down.

Future development of education in Hong Kong

The government has increased people’s opportunities to receive higher education and promoted continuous education ( 持續進修 ).

It has allocated ( 分配 ) more resources to education reforms in order to reduce teachers’ workload.

It will provide land to develop private universities ( 私立大學 ) and have integrated ( 融合 ) development with the mainland education.

Reminders

1. Newspaper cutting Deadline:30/3 Day 1 (Wednesday) If you can hand in on 28/3 Day 2 (Monday),

you can get 1 tick.

2. Form Test Education p.21-27 Poverty p.47-53 31/3 Day 2 (Thursday)