| Dr Chan introduced Sung Tak School to the "co-operative
learning" model through providing workshops for staff. The trial
run was met with enthusiasm from teachers, who had worked very hard for
its perfection. After three years, the learning model has made satisfactory
progress. The pilot programme launched in 2002-2003 in P.1 and P.2 expanded
to all classes from P.2 to P.6 in 2004-2005. Mr Lee, the Principal, was
much encouraged by the progress. He said, "I can see there is a considerable
improvement in the overall performance of students. They have better concentration
in class and the learning atmosphere results in a genuine co-operative
spirit which enables students to make headway academically." Another
pleasing development is that pupils also benefit by learning inter-personal,
social and communicative skills. The success of the learning model is
mirrored in a survey, conducted in 2003-2004 by Sung Tak School, on the
affective and social domains among P.3 students. The survey findings revealed
that, in the affective and social domains, the performance of students
in Sung Tak School was on the average higher than the mean of Hong Kong
based data. The data also indicated that students were generally satisfied
with the learning and social environment in their school. |
