SET 2 1998

First of all, I will suggest some improvements in the primary education.

The number of P.E. lessons should be increased. According to a certain statistics about the health of children in Hong Kong, the cholesterol level of most children is high. It is the result of food they take in and their lack of exercises. Nowadays, most students have only two P.E. lessons a week. If it can be increased to four, children may become stronger. But the number of academic lessons may not be adequate by cutting two lessons for P.E. lessons, and we do not know which lessons should be cut.

Pupils should be given more chances to do experiments. Nowadays, pupils can only watch ETV or read text books to know how to do experiments. It is more interesting for them to work on themselves. It also makes them take initiative to learn science subjects. It is practical to primary students who are from P.4 to P.6. They can do simple experiments like how to use a prism to diverge light rays. We have to keep in mind that the pupils may not be able to do some complicated experiments. It leads to a constraint on the selection of experiments.

Then I will suggest some improvements in the secondary education.

Students should be given more chances to go outside classroom to have their lessons. Students can broaden their horizon by visiting different places like museums and water treatment plants. Furthermore, students can know more about the nature. In the geography text books, we can obtain information of different kinds of rocks. Through visits, we can know what the rocks really look like and feel the texture of the rocks. It cannot be launched in senior forms because of the tight schedule of the syllabus.

Computers should be used extensively in teaching. By using computers, abstract ideas in physics can be conveyed in the form of motion pictures. Students can understand them easily. ‘Talk and chalk’ may be too boring for students. By using computers, all things can be shown clearly with some visual effects. Students will find them interesting and pay more attention in class. However, not all the teachers know how to use computers to teach.

OUTLINE

PRIMARY EDUCATION

PARAGRAPH 2

Increase the number of P.E. lessons

• Children become stronger

• The number of academic lessons may not be sufficient

PARAGRAPH 3

Give chances to students to do experiments

• It is interesting to pupils and they take initiative to learn

• There is a limitation to the selection of experiments

SECONDARY EDUCATION

PARAGRAPH 5

Students have their lessons outside classrooms

• Students can broaden their horizon and learn more about the nature

• It cannot be launched in senior forms

PARAGRAPH 6

Use computers extensively in teaching

• Students can understand abstract ideas easily and pay more attention in class.

• Not all the teachers know how to make use of computers to teach