Establish a good academic style, utilize innovative thinking, and design high value-added courses

Buddhist Wong Wan Tin College · 2023年10月

School building appearance

School building appearance

Principal Lee Kang Pan
Principal Lee Kang Pan
Adhering to the spirit of the school motto of "Wiseness Reveals Compassion"
Adhering to the spirit of the school motto of "Wiseness Reveals Compassion"
Inspire students to develop their potential
Inspire students to develop their potential
Specially designed school-based special courses
Specially designed school-based special courses
Promote holistic education
Promote holistic education
Diversified courses
Diversified courses
Promote the school-based "Xiyuan Reading High School" reading program
Promote the school-based "Xiyuan Reading High School" reading program
Education aims at “cultivating people with moral integrity”
Education aims at “cultivating people with moral integrity”
Focus on students’ personal character and moral education
Focus on students’ personal character and moral education
Actively optimize teaching models
Actively optimize teaching models
Use interactive teaching
Use interactive teaching
Immerse yourself in the learning process
Immerse yourself in the learning process
Explore interests and personal expertise
Explore interests and personal expertise
Achieve mutual learning in teaching
Achieve mutual learning in teaching
Buddhist Wong Wan Tin College Upholding the spirit of the school motto of "Wiseness and Compassion", students are taught to establish an attitude of mutual understanding and care with others, to have a compassionate heart, and to achieve the Buddha's spirit of self-interest and altruism. Principal Lee Kang Pan Advocate a student-centered education policy, provide professional and stable teacher resources, design high value-added courses for students, establish a colorful campus environment, design diversified teaching content, and implement the concept of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, so that every student can learn and learn well in a good learning atmosphere of mutual respect, love, harmony, and harmony, so that he can serve the public and give back to the society in the future.

Establishing dream-building courses to inspire students to develop their potential

The school firmly believes that all students are unique and shining beings with unlimited potential for development, and has specially designed a school-based special course - "Tian Yuan Dream Building Course". The course content is designed according to the learning level and growth needs of students of all grades, and uses diversified content to stimulate students' learning interests and ability development. It covers different fields such as academics, music, art, sports, science, etc., and uses the "spiral vertical concept" as the curriculum structure, adding knowledge points and assessment standards from shallow to deep into the teaching content. Students in Form 1 and Form 2 are assigned one dream-building course per week. Form 1 students are required to enroll in two dream-building courses throughout the year, while Form 2 students are required to enroll in one. Senior students can also take one dream-building course per week, and two or more extra-school activities are arranged for them to participate in to enrich their learning experience.

In addition, the school's implementation of holistic education has achieved remarkable results in recent years. Students have shown their talents in physical and artistic fields, and various sports teams and interest societies have achieved great results. Some students have been awarded the Multiple Excellence Scholarships of the Home Affairs Bureau for their excellent academic and artistic performance, and have received full tuition subsidies from the government to support their studies in the History Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the same time, the school strives to provide students with appropriate help, taking into account their learning and life needs, and stimulates students' potential through diversified courses and activities, allowing them to deepen their self-understanding, explore their own expertise and character strengths, and grow into future talents under the guidance of teachers.

Develop self-study habits and create a strong reading atmosphere

Reading is the key to unlocking the treasure house of knowledge and the basis for promoting students' progress. To this end, the school promotes the school-based "Ten Yuen Reading High" reading plan. Based on students' abilities and interests, high-quality chapters covering eight learning areas are selected and compiled into information books for students to read. Chinese reading materials at all levels have corresponding learning themes. For example, the first-level students use "faith" as a bridge to have the courage to take responsibility and experience growth; the second-level students use "others" as learning partners to communicate with each other and let their dreams fly; the third-level students use "emotion" as a link to understand the world. Gradually expand students' ideological fields and improve their reading level.

In terms of classroom teaching, the school implements a systematic reading curriculum plan, arranges for the librarian and Chinese and English teachers to teach, and sets up a regular reading class every week to teach junior high school students in a small class format, while high school students conduct self-study classes, so that students no longer stay at the level of "learning to read", but understand "learning from reading", comprehensively improve their thinking skills, and enrich their knowledge base. In addition, the school actively organizes various types of reading activities, such as good book recommendations, reading sharing sessions, author lectures, movie appreciation, etc., to enhance students' interest in reading and cultural activities, and create a strong reading atmosphere. This will broaden students' channels for acquiring knowledge, cultivate their common abilities such as understanding, analysis, and creativity, and deepen their understanding of the world and life.

Pay attention to moral cultivation and create a positive outlook on life

The goal of education is to "cultivate people with moral integrity". In addition to having excellent academic abilities and developing good study habits, students' moral development and establishment of values ​​are also necessary conditions for cultivating them to become talents with both moral integrity and academic excellence. Therefore, the school focuses on the education of students’ personal character and moral education, formulating a comprehensive positive education plan and setting corresponding goals for Buddhist teachings and values ​​education for different grades: Form one students develop awareness of self-interest, integrity, perseverance, and law-abiding; Form two students develop awareness of altruism, empathy, and care; Form three students develop national identity, sense of responsibility, and dependence on others; Senior students practice perseverance, responsibility, and good qualities such as academic excellence.

Students need to participate in formal moral education courses in junior high school, and in high school, what they learn in the classroom is transformed into application and hands-on practice. Students will register as U21 youth network volunteers and participate in service learning with depth and breadth, such as walking to raise funds, distributing lucky bags, volunteer training, visiting the elderly, etc. Principal Lee Kang Pan said: "The school hopes to guide and educate students through experiential learning to improve self-discipline, self-confidence, and self-improvement. In the process of learning and practice, they will learn to serve the community, stand on their own feet, and become "Yuntian people" with the spirit of three good things. They will establish a complete and sound personality, achieve self-interest and altruism in the spirit of Buddhism, and hold positive values and attitudes from their own ability and political integrity to the sense of responsibility and care towards others, and even the entire society and country."

High-quality teaching team, preaching, learning and solving doubts

In order to provide high-quality whole-person education, the school attaches great importance to the professional abilities of teachers and actively optimizes the teaching model. The classroom does not only teach students knowledge and explain learning content unilaterally, but uses interactive teaching to allow students to participate more in the classroom, immerse themselves in the learning process and enrich learning experience, so as to build a highly engaging and efficient classroom, so that students can apply textbook knowledge in real life and help them integrate and apply what they have learned. Not only that, the school also uses multiple teaching methods such as preview, group collaboration and extended teaching to arouse students' interest in learning and establish a spirit of independent learning. From studying textbook knowledge and exploring learning methods that suit them, they gradually become lifelong learners who actively acquire knowledge and devote themselves to learning.

At the same time, the school implements the teaching concept of "open classroom, open campus" and communicates and learns from different stakeholders in the academic field and other schools through open classes and classroom observations, so as to continuously improve the professional development of the teaching team. The school's emphasis on the quality of teacher education is well recognized by the society. In recent years, it has won many educational awards such as the Chief Executive's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Top Ten Most Beautiful Teachers, the Outstanding Teaching Plan Award, and the Outstanding Teacher Award, in order to affirm the recognition of the school's teaching team and professional skills. Teachers hope to promote the all-round development of students through their professionalism and patient and loving teaching attitude, and to move forward side by side with them to achieve mutual benefit in teaching.

Uncover students’ potential and demonstrate the spirit of Yin Tian

The school is committed to helping students discover their potential and explore their interests and personal expertise. To this end, the school specially designs all-round learning activities. In addition to independent activities organized by subjects, it also provides a variety of co-curricular activities. For example, in terms of uniform teams, they include Scouts, Girl Guides, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Youth League and Youth Leadership Elite; in sports and arts projects, there are judo, track and field, piano crash course, drumming, etc.; in the dream-building courses for secondary and secondary students, it also includes Chinese painting, coffee latte art, popular singing training, etc.

Principal Lee Kang Pan firmly believes that the potential of every student can be explored and is full of infinite possibilities. We hope that through diversified activities, students can train their leadership skills, communication, collaboration, and team spirit, know how to think about the direction of life development, establish clear personal plans and development goals, actively equip themselves, and understand the wisdom of life.

This English version is translated by AI. If there are inaccuracies or omissions, please refer to the original Chinese text.

Source: goodschool.hk