Achieving future education, advocating non-general STEAM courses, combining daily life and professionalism, inspiring students’ potential and self-confidence

Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O)Since its establishment, it has been determined to become a high-performance school with rigorous teaching and simple school spirit. The school-running institution has been providing abundant resources for many years, and has promoted the teaching team to provide students with a diverse learning environment, so that students can achieve balanced development in different aspects of moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic aspects, and become young people who love the country and Hong Kong, and have excellent morals and academics. Principal Chung Yiu Kay, Wilson started educational work in Hong Kong in the early days of the school. Over the past 20 years, we have grown together with the school. We have always maintained our ambition and enthusiasm for education, and developed forward-looking education strategies to help students equip themselves and become diverse talents that meet the needs of future development.

Unique curriculum design: combining innovation and technology with school-based courses

Principal Chung Yiu Kay, Wilson and its teaching team keep pace with the times, innovate school-based curriculum, integrate innovation and technology education into school-based teaching, increase opportunities for experiential learning, and allow students to enhance learning motivation through "hands-on", learn to reflect and grow, and build problem-solving and mediation abilities. "STEAM education has been the focus of education reform in recent years. In addition to the increasing social demand for innovation and technology talents, STEAM education can also help stimulate students' interest and thinking in different topics and encourage them to become active learners. Therefore, the school has begun to plan its own unique school-based innovation and technology courses, making good use of each teacher's teaching characteristics and style, and adapting to students' actual development needs. It is combined with art, life and applied education. The courses are promoted by a team of teachers and do not purchase on-campus services from external companies. The courses are truly designed with a "student-centered" approach, so it has gained a certain reputation in the academic community." Principal Chung Yiu Kay, Wilson said.

Provide live learning and application experience "STEAM Creative Drama Education"

The school cleverly combines STEAM educational experiences with drama, allowing students to use stage performance to apply scientific knowledge and further consolidate what they have learned. "The spirit of science lies in practice, but science courses in the past relied on one-way explanations and stayed at the level of paper talk, failing to allow students to develop a sense of and experience in applied science. Therefore, in 'STEAM In "Creative Drama Education", we use drama art to allow students to personally conceive scripts and apply scientific principles to the design of sets and theatrical props. During the process, teachers will provide guidance and teach students different engineering knowledge, allowing students to connect wires to deepen their knowledge of electrical engineering, or use the interactive changes of different chemicals to create different colors of smoke to enhance the stage effect, thereby promoting their interest in learning. "

With the joint efforts of teachers and students, the school successfully performed original plays such as "One Thousand and One Nights" and "Creepy Science", and invited parents, alumni and fellow elementary school students to watch the performances. The performances received unanimous applause and were performed many times due to their popularity. The teacher in charge pointed out that through the brand-new "STEAM Creative Drama Education", students not only gain confidence and a sense of success from the stage, but also improve their Chinese writing skills and scientific inquiry spirit, and it also penetrates into career planning, allowing students to increase their understanding and interest in stage art and the performing arts industry through costume design, painting scenery, learning lighting and stage management, and at the same time successfully triggering a craze for innovation and technology learning in the school.

Explore professional areas and run "School-based Forensic Science Courses"

STEAM education uses a cross-field learning model to allow different disciplines to collaborate in teaching and cultivate students to develop a challenging and innovative thinking model. Therefore, in addition to "STEAM Creative Drama Education", the school has also launched a "school-based forensic science course". The course is designed as a problem-solving process of "problem-based learning". The teacher will first teach basic theoretical knowledge, and then let the students personally collect evidence at the simulated case site. During the tracking process, they will improve their observation and analysis skills, and then make use of DNA fingerprinting technology (DNA Fingerprinting), clothing fiber forensics technology and polymerase chain reaction (Polymerase chain reaction). Reaction) and other professional forensic science programs serve as evidence search tools, combining science and reality to allow students to experience the fun of innovation and technology education and attract them to actively explore different scientific fields.

"When many students first came into contact with the course, they thought that forensic science must be difficult to understand. However, under the guidance of the teacher, they used simple forensic methods, such as using "magnetic powder" and "magnetic sweep" to capture fingerprints, or using animal hair and human hair for analysis and comparison. The successful experience greatly increased the students' learning confidence. Afterwards, the teacher designed a series of cases to establish situational teaching for the students and proposed different methods. It guides students to explore problems from different angles, and teaches them to use scientific instruments to build logical thinking and inference skills, and finally allows students to find flaws and contradictions in the case and catch the murderer. "@TERM3@@ said that in order to implement the "school-based forensic science curriculum", the school invested resources to purchase a scientific research-grade "polymerase chain reaction apparatus" and specially placed vehicles on campus to create real situational learning. At the same time, the teacher created highly realistic clues and arranged for students to act as "forensic specialists" and walk into the "crime scene", allowing science to enter students' lives and enhance their interest in learning.

Artificial intelligence integrates into financial issues, science and technology innovation design gives back to society

The school's STEAM curriculum has always been flexible and innovative, focusing on cultivating students' scientific thinking. It also combines interdisciplinary learning and applied education to help students think about the future and plan their lives. In order to allow students to understand the actual operation of the financial market and better understand the interactive relationship between economics, mathematics and information technology subjects, the school has launched a "school-based AI + financial quantitative trading course" and a "school-based maker education course" to allow students to combine technology applications, practice what they have learned, and equip themselves with future workplace needs.

The teaching team also actively combines STEAM education with service learning to help students understand that technology is the biggest principle of improving human life and well-being. Students are encouraged to conduct personal visits and use innovation and technology knowledge to produce scientific research products for disadvantaged groups. Last year, a student won a gold medal in the "Dare to Act 2.0 - Youth Social Innovation Service Award" with a "Parkinson's Syndrome" rapid tester. The relevant invention is now being used in practical applications to benefit a number of elderly people.

Attach importance to professional recognition and implement the "One-Year International Certificate Scheme"

The school is dedicated to creating a bright future for students, and has specially established the "Year-One International Certificate Program" to allow students to understand their own learning strengths and weaknesses through external assessments and plan their future. Principal Chung Yiu Kay, Wilson and the teaching team fully understand that English is a passport for students to work in the future, so the school helps students prepare for different international English tests according to their different learning stages. For example, students in Form One to Form Three need to apply for "TOEFL Junior"; students in Form Five to Form Six need to apply for "TOEIC"; and students in Form Four to Form Six can also apply for "IELTS" to facilitate future overseas study and employment. "Through the program, we hope to help students set goals in advance so that they can actively think about 'what they should learn' and 'what standards they want to achieve' during the learning process. The feedback after the exam will also help teachers understand the students' learning situation and adjust the curriculum. In the future, in addition to the international English test, we will also help students apply for Japanese, Korean and other language exams, and promote the program from language learning to applied learning to support students in obtaining more professional recognition."

Lighting the fire of education with love, many students have been directly admitted to prestigious schools

The school has rigorous teaching and a good relationship between teachers and students. It has maintained traditional home visits for many years. The teaching team pays great attention to the growth environment of students and actively serves as a bridge between parents and students to establish a strong home-school relationship. Principal Chung Yiu Kay, Wilson added: "We discuss career planning with students and parents. In terms of courses, the school will also launch career planning education with different themes based on the growth characteristics of students at all levels. Based on the principle of "no one can be left behind", we will comprehensively assist students in formulating their own personal plans for further studies and career choices. "With the professionalism of teachers and their enthusiasm for education, recent graduates have made steady progress in the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination. Many students have successfully entered the "Big Three", and many students have passed the "School Recommendation Direct Admission Scheme" and have been successfully admitted to famous colleges such as Peking University, the University of Hong Kong and Fudan University in Shanghai.