Bookl

et6 Qual
i
tyLear
ningandTeachi
ngResour
ces-Faci
l
itat
ingEf
fect
iveLear
ning

Thisi
soneofaser
iesof12bookl
etsi
ntheSeni
orSecondar
yCur
ri
cul
um Gui
de.I
tscont
ent
s
areasfol
l
ows:

Cont
ent
s

6.
1 Pur
poseoft
heBookl
et

6.
2 Funct
ionofLear
ningandTeachi
ngResour
ces

6.
3 Ty
pesofLear
ningandTeachi
ngResour
ces

6.
3.1 Text
books

6.
3.2 Ref
erencebooksandot
herpr
int
edmat
eri
als

6.
3.3 Mul
ti
medi
aresour
ces

6.
3.4 School
li
brar
ies

6.
3.5 Communi
tyr
esour
ces

6.
4 School-
basedResour
cesDev
elopment
:Managi
ngandShar
ingLear
ningandTeachi
ng
Resour
ces

6.
1Pur
poseoft
heBookl
et

Toi
ntr
oducef
unct
ionsandt
ypesofl
ear
ningandt
eachi
ngr
esour
ces

Toi
ntr
oducest
rat
egi
esf
oref
fect
iver
esour
cesdev
elopment

Topr
ovi
degui
danceonhowr
esour
cescanbeef
fect
ivel
yusedwi
thexampl
esofgood
pr
act
ice

6.
2Funct
ionofLear
ningandTeachi
ngResour
ces
Thepur poseofl ear
ningandt eachingr esourcesi stoprov i
deasour ceoflearni
ngexper i
ences
forstudents.Theyshouldbeabl etof acili
tateinteracti
onamongst udent
sandt eacher sduri
ng
thelearning/teachi
ngprocess, aswel last ohelpst udentstolearn, br
oadenst udents’ l
earni
ng
experiencesandmeetdi ffer
entl earningneeds.I fusedef fect
ively
, l
earni
ngandt eaching
resourcescanhel pstudentstoconst r uctknowl edgef orthemsel vesanddev el
opef fecti
ve
l
earningst rat
egies,
genericskil
ls,valuesandat t
itudes,thuslayingasol i
df oundationforlif
e-
l
ongl earning.

Ref
lect
iveQuest
ions

Dot
hel
ear
ningandt
eachi
ngr
esour
cesusedser
vet
hepur
posedescr
ibedabov
e?

Wer
ethereanyusedresour
ces‘
unf
it
’forapar
ti
cul
arl
ear
ningact
ivi
tyi
nyour
school
?Ifso,
howdidyoudealwit
ht hem?

6.
3Ty
pesofLear
ningandTeachi
ngResour
ces

Lear ningandt eachi ngresour cesar enotconfi

nedtot extbooksandar eav ail
ableinmanyot her
for
mssuchasr eferencebooks, wor kbooks,worksheets,audio-
v i
sualteachingaids,web-based
l
ear ningmat erials,comput ersof twarepackages,structur
edcour sewaredel i
veredbyelectroni
c
l
ear ningmanagementsy stems, Internetandmedia, aswellaslibrari
es,l
earningcommuni t
ies
andr esour
cesi nt henat uralenvironment ,
etc.
.Awi dev ari
etyoflearni
ngandt eachi
ngresources
i
sr eadi l
yavail
abl e.Sev eralt
y pesofcommonl yusedr esourcesint heseniorsecondary(SS)
curriculum aredi scussedbel ow.

6.
3.1Text
book

Text
bookshav eapositi
veroletoplayandshouldprovi
dethecoreel
ement sofl
earninginthe
subj
ectsrecommendedbyt heCur ri
culum Devel
opmentCounci
l.Textbooksshouldalsobe
desi
gnedt odevel
opstudents’cri
ti
calandcreati
vet
hinki
ngandothergeneri
cskil
lsthroughthe
i
nfor
mat i
onandact i
vi
ti
esthatt heyprovi
de.

Qual
i
tyt
ext
bookscanassi
stt
eacher
sbypr
ovi
dinga‘
one-
stop’
shopf
ormat
eri
alst
hatwi
l
lhel
p
t
hem t
opl
ant
hescopeandsequenceoft
hei
rteachi
ng.

Ti
psf
orSel
ect
ingText
books

Youmayr efertot
hefoll
owingwebsit
efor"
NotesonSel
ecti
onofText
booksandLear
ning
Mater
ial
sf orUseinSchool
s","
Guidi
ngPri
nci
plesf
orQual
it
yText
books",
"Recommended
Text
bookLi st
"andrel
atedwebsit
es.

(ht
tp:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk/
cd/
text
book)

Exampl
eofHowOneSchool
GoesaboutSel
ect
ingText
books

TheCur r
icul
um Commi t
teef
ormulatedgeneral
crit
eri
aforthesel
ectionoftextbooks,
making
ref
erencetotheEducati
onBureau(EDB)guidel
ines.Thesegeneralcri
ter
ia(l
istedbel
ow)aimto
hel
peachsubj ectpanel
toconsi
deranumberofkeyf actor
sintextbookselecti
on.Theyshould:

bei
nli
newi
tht
hecur
ri
cul
um ai
msandcont
aint
hecor
eel
ement
soft
hecur
ri
cul
um;

pr
ovi
destudent
swi
thar
angeofmat
eri
alsatv
ari
ousl
evel
sofdi
ff
icul
tyandpr
esent
di
ff
erentpoi
ntsofvi
ew;

dev
elopst
udent
s’l
ear
ningst
rat
egi
es,
gener
icski
l
ls,
val
uesandat
ti
tudes;

enhancest
udent
s’mot
ivat
ionandl
ear
ningef
fect
iveness;

ensur
ethedesi
gnoft
asksandact
ivi
ti
est
hatcat
erf
orl
ear
nerdi
ver
sit
y;

encour
agesel
f-
accessandi
ndependentl
ear
ning;

addr
eflect
ion,
sel
fassessment
,peerandgr
oupassessmentt
othel
ear
ningact
ivi
ti
est
o
i
mpr
ovel
ear
ning;

pr
ovi
deoppor
tunit
iesfordi
scussi
onandfurt
herenqui
ri
est
ofaci
l
itat
est
udent
s’cr
it
ical
t
hinki
ngandtoassi
stthem tomakeinfor
medjudgements;

wei
ght
hequal
i
tyoft
hel
anguageused;
and

t
akei
ntoconsi
der
ati
ont
hepr
iceandt
hewei
ghtoft
het
ext
books.
Basedont hesegener
alcr
iteri
a,dif
ferentsubj
ectpanel
shavefurtherdevel
opedsubject-
based
text
bookselecti
oncheckl
i
st swithwei ght
ingf
actor
srelat
edtotheneedsoft hei
rsubject
s.
Panelheadshaveinvi
tedt
hosei nvolvedtousethecrit
eri
a/checkli
ststomakesuit
able
j
udgement saboutanumberoft extbooks.

Usingthecheckl
i
st,ev
erysetoftextbookswasrev
iewedbyatleasttwopanelmembers
i
ndependently
.Afterr
evi
ewingthetextbooksandanal
ysi
ngtheireval
uat
iondata,
thesubj
ect
panelsrecommendedthemostsui t
abletext
bookfort
hei
rst
udent s.

Thecompiledt
ext
bookli
stf
orthecomi
ngschooly
earwast
abl
edandr
ecei
ved/endor
sedatan
I
ncorpor
atedManagementCommitt
eemeet
ing.

‘
RecommendedText bookList’
servesasarefer
encefortextbookselecti
onformostSS
subjects,exceptsubj
ectsthatrequi
regr
eatvari
etyofl
earningresour
cessuchasLi ter
atur
ein
English,Li
beralStudi
es,Healt
hManagementandSoci alCare,TechnologyandLiv
ing,Musicand
Visual Art
s.

Ti
psf
orMaki
ngEf
fect
iveUseofText
books

Text
booksar
enott
heonl
yresour
cest
hatbr
ingaboutl
ear
ning.Teacher
sshoul
d:

exer
cisepr
ofessi
onal
judgementi
ndeci
dingwhet
hert
ocov
eral
lthemat
eri
alsi
nthet
ext
bookor
not;

adaptorrepl
aceanypar
tofatextbookfoundinappropriat
etotheneedsofthestudentsand
useothersuppl
ementar
ylear
ningandteachi
ngr esourcestosuppor
tstudents’
lear
ning;

re-
organiset
heuni
tsandt
hesequenceofact
ivi
ti
esi
nauni
ttocat
erf
orst
udent
s’di
ff
eri
ng
abi
li
ties;
and
chooseamongstthemater
ial
sprovi
ded, e.g.av
oidusi
ngwor
kbooks/suppl
ementaryexer
cises
associ
atedwit
hparti
cul
art
extbooksindiscri
minat
elyi
nor
dertol
eavespaceforst
udentsto
engageinarangeofmeani
ngfull
earningtasks.

Ref
lect
iveQuest
ions

Whatisthetext
bookselect
ionmechanism i
ny ourpanel
orschool
?Inwhatway
coul
dy ourpanelorschoolf
urt
herimprovethesel
ecti
onproceduressothatqual
i
tyt
ext
books
arechosenforthebenefi
tsofyourst
udents(e.
g.qual
ity
,pri
ce)?

Howdoteacher
sofyourschool
uset
extbooks?Dot heyuseot
herl
ear
ningand
t
eachi
ngr
esourcest
ocomplementt
extbookst
omeetstudent
s’needs?

6.
3.2Ref
erencebooksandot
herpr
int
edmat
eri
als

Teacher sareencouragedt ouseawi derangeofot herlearni

ngandt eachingresources,suchas
referencebooksorot herprintedlearni
ngmat eri
als(e.g.supplement aryreadingandinformati
on
mat eri
als,newspapers,art
icles,j
ournal
s,periodi
cals,workbooks, exercises)toal
lowst udent
sto
exploreissuesofinterest
,stimulateenquiry
,apply/consol i
datetheirlearningorencourage
them tounder t
akefurtherlearni
ng.

Teacherscouldalsomakegooduseofaut henti
cresour
ces(
e.g.i
nfor
mati
onleaf
let
s,pamphlet
s,
magazines,songs, posters)t
hatar
enotwr
it
tenforcl
assr
oom pur
poses,
butcoul
dbringreal
-
worl
dissuesintot heirclassr
ooms.

Teachersshouldconsi
derfactor
ssuchasavail
abi
l
ity
,af
for
dabi
l
ityandcopy
righti
ssuesbef
ore
usi
ngr ef
erencemateri
alsi
nt heclassr
ooms.

Ti
psf
orCopy
rightI
ssues

Youmayrefert
othefol
l
owingwebsit
efori
ssuesrelatedt
ocopyri
ghti
neducat
ionandl
i
censi
ng
schemesi
nusinganddevel
opi
nglear
ningandteachingmater
ial
s
(ht
tp:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk/
ip/)

6.
3.3Mul
ti
medi
aresour
ces

Mult
imediaresources,whi
chembraceaudi
o-v
isualt
eachingaids,web-
basedmater
ials,
computersoftwarepackages,
onl
i
nelearni
ngplat
for
ms, etc.
,havethefol
l
owingadvantagesi
n
hel
pingstudents’
learni
ng:

Fl
exi
bil
i
ty,
adapt
abi
l
ity

Mul
ti
-sensor
yexper
ience

Possi
bil
i
tyofi
nter
act
ivi
ty

Connect
edness

Besidescompl ementi
ngt extbooks,multimedi
ar esourcesmaypr ovi
deopportuniti
esforbot h
studentsandt eacherstogainaccesst oup-t
o-dateinformati
on.Forexampl e, t
eachersmay
selectmat eri
alsthatpresentdiff
erentsidesofcontroversi
alissuestohelpstudent stodev el
op
theircr
it
ical t
hinki
ngandt omakei nfor
medj udgement sintheirdail
yliv
es.Howev er,
teachers
shouldev aluat
ewhet hertheonl i
neinformati
onisaut henti
c,reli
ableandappropriateforstudent
l
ear ni
ng.

Teachersareencour
agedt
oselectel
ect
roni
ceducati
onalproduct
sproducedbydi
ff
erent
agenci
es,incl
udi
ngthosef
rom EDBandoverseas.Thefol
lowingr
esourcesar
eavai
labl
eto
supportschool
s:

Arepert
oir
eofcur
ricul
um resour
cescanbeaccessedi
nthi
sEDBwebsi
te
(ht
tp:/
/www.edb.
gov .
hk/
cr).Exampl
esincl
ude:

mult
imedi
apackagesandadat
abaseofl
ear
ningr
esour
cesf
ordi
ff
erentsubj
ect
cur
ri
cul
a;

Resour
cesLi
brar
yont
heHongKongEducat
ionCi
tywebsi
te;
 Educat
ional
Tel
evi
sionpr
ogr
ammes;

Li
ber
alSt
udi
esweb-
basedr
esour
cespl
atf
orm;

Mor
alandCi
vi
cEducat
ionResour
cesNet
;

Readi
ngt
oLear
nwebsi
te;

Pr
ojectLear
ningwebsi
te;

I
nfor
mat
ionTechnol
ogyf
orI
nter
act
iveLear
ningwebsi
te;

Li
fe-
wideLear
ningDat
abank;

Ot
herLear
ningExper
iencesDat
abank;

Gui
debooks/Tool
Kit
sondi
ff
erentkeyt
asksandt
hemes;
and

sel
f-
accessl
ear
ningmat
eri
alsr
elat
edt
ospeci
fi
cissuesf
ort
eacher
s.

Somelearni
ngandt eachi
ngmat
eri
alsorexempl
arsar
eav
ail
abl
eonv
ari
ousKLAwebsi
tesi
nthe
for
m ofpubl
icat
ions:e.g.

Cur
ri
cul
um andAssessmentGui
desofSSsubj
ect
s

Basi
cEducat
ionCur
ri
cul
um Gui
de

Seni
orSecondar
yCur
ri
cul
um Gui
de

Act
ionResear
chpubl
i
cat
ions(
e.g.school
-basedcol
l
abor
ati
veact
ionr
esear
ch)

Repor
tsonr
esear
chanddev
elopmentpr
oject
s

Ref
erencebooks(
fort
eacher
s&st
udent
s)

Ot
herpubl
i
cat
ionsoft
heHongKongExami
nat
ionsandAssessmentAut
hor
it
y.

6.
3.4School
li
brar
ies

Schoolli
brar
iesandteacher
-l
ibr
ari
anspl
ayasigni
fi
cantandpivot
alr
olei
nhelpi
ngstudent
sand
teacher
stogainaccesstoknowledgeandi
nformati
onthatar
eneededinthepr
ocessof
l
earningandteachi
ng.

School
li
brar
iesshoul
dser
veas:
 resour
cecentreswit
hampleinf
ormat
ioni
nav
ari
etyoff
ormat
s,wher
eteacher
sand
st
udent
scanr ead,
learnandshar
e;

f
avour
abl
ephysi
cal
spaceequi
ppedwit
ht r
adit
ional
,technol
ogi
cal
andhumanr
esour
ces
f
orst
udent
stoengagei
nenjoy
abl
ereadi
ngandlearni
ng;and

v
irt
ualenv
ironmentinconducti
ngenqui
ries,
usi
nginf
ormat
iont
echnol
ogyt
onav
igat
efor
i
nfor
mati
onandconstruct
ingandco-const
ruct
ingknowl
edge.

Theschool l
ibr
aryservi
cehasev olvedfr
om thet
raditi
onalserv i
cesofbookpurchasingand
l
endi ng.Itisnowser v
ingasar esourcecentr
etosupportlear ni
ngandteachi
ng.Aschool
l
ibraryshouldprovideready
-to-uselear
ningandteachi
ngr esources(orext
endedr eadi
ng
mat eri
als)andmultimediaresourceswhichaddr
essov erallschoolcur
ri
culum needs.Ateacher
-
librari
anshouldalso

col
labor
atewi
thsubj
ectteachers(
inpar
ti
cul
art
eacher
sofLi
ber
alSt
udi
es)t
ofaci
l
itat
e
t
her
esour
ceneedsofst
udents’
learni
ng;

co-
ordi
nat
eteacher
sinschool
-basedr
eadi
ngpr
ogr
ammes;
and

dev
elopst
udent
s’i
nfor
mati
onskil
l
sandatt
it
udesi
nusi
ngi
nfor
mat
ionder
ivedf
rom al
l
f
ormat
sandcontext
sappr
opri
atel
yandethi
cal
l
y.

At eacher-l
ibrar
iani sthekeyper sonnel ofaschool li
br ar
yandhi s/herexper t
iseandexper ience
i
scr ucialtotheimpl ement ati
onoft heSScur ri
culum.School sneedt oreali
set hatthe
successf uldevelopmentofaschool libr
aryserviceisheav i
lyinfl
uencedbyhowt heroleofa
teacher-li
brar
iani sper ceivedinaschool .Themaj orrolessuggest edintheBasi cEducation
Cur r
iculum Guide( Bookl et7)arer eiteratedtorecogni setheircontri
buti
ont olearni
ngand
teaching,namel y,Library-i
n-charge, Readi ngco-ordi
nat or,
Informationspeciali
st,Teaching
partnerandCur r
iculum r esourcesf aci l
it
ator.Schoolsshoul dtherefor
eensur esuf f
ici
ent
capaci t
yandspacef orteacher -
li
brar ianst oconcentrateoncar ryi
ngoutt heabov emaj orroles
andr esponsibil
iti
esef fectivel
y.

I
nt hecontext
sofSSeducat
ion,
teacher-
li
brar
ianscouldfacil
i
tat
elearni
ngandt eachi
ngacross
thecurr
icul
um.Asknowledgemanagers,resourcesandinformat
ionspeci
ali
sts,theyar
eableto
bri
dgethegapbetweentheworl
dofinformationandresourcesandtheworl
doft hecl
assr
oom
tohel
pstudentstoatt
ainthecurr
iculum goal
sofal
lKeyLear
ningAr
eas(
KLAs)(
e.g.Li
ber
al
Studi
es’
IndependentEnquir
yStudies).

AnExampleofCol
labor
ati
onwit
haLiberal
Studi
esTeacheri
nHelpi
ngStudent
stoConductan
Enqui
ryon‘
WeightandSel
fImage’
intheModule‘
Sel
fandPersonalDev
elopment
’

Thel
essonsai
mtoenabl
est
udent
sto:

gai
nanunder
standi
ngoft
hei
mpor
tanceofev
aluat
ingdi
ff
erentv
iewsandopi
nions;

becomemor
ecr
it
ical
aboutpeopl
e’
svi
ews;
and

bemor
ecr
it
ical
oft
hef
act
orsaf
fect
ingsel
f-
image.

Ther
olesoft
het
eacher
-l
ibr
ari
ani
ncol
l
abor
ati
vet
eachi
ngar
eto:

teachstudent
showt olocat
einformat
ionrel
ati
ngtoeati
ngdisorderssuchasAnorexi
a,Buli
mia
andwei ghtt
hroughdi
ffer
entsourcesi
ncludi
ngbooks,magazines,newspaper
s,el
ectr
onic
databasesandtheint
ernet;

di
scusst
her
eli
abi
l
ityofdi
ff
erentsour
cesofi
nfor
mat
ion;
and

cr
it
ical
l
yev
aluat
eandsel
ectappr
opr
iat
esour
cesofi
nfor
mat
ionf
ordi
scussi
on.

GoodPr
act
icesofSchool
Libr
ari
es

Toshar
egoodpr
act
icesofschool
li
brar
yser
vices,
EDBhaspubl
i
shedabookl
ett
it
led
“Exempl
arsonSchool Libr
aryServices”
.Asmanyas20school shav esharedt
heirexper
iences
i
nmobi l
isi
ngschoolli
braryresour
cest osuppor
tlearni
ngandt eachingwit
hanemphasi sont he
rol
esoftheteacher
-l
ibrari
anandt hefunct
ionsoftheschooll
ibrary.Thi
sbookletisal
so
avail
abl
eonli
neatthewebsi tehtt
p://www.edb.
gov.hk/
cd/l
ib.

Ref
lect
iveQuest
ions

Whataret
heexi
sti
ngst
rengt
hst
haty
ourschool
li
brar
yser
vicecoul
dbui
l
dont
o
hel
pst
udentl
ear
ning?

Howwoul dyourschoolcr
eat
eti
meandspacef
ort
het
eacher
-l
ibr
ari
ant
o
cont
ri
but
eindi
ff
erentcur
ri
culum ar
eas?

Whatwoul
dbetheappropri
ate‘
cut
-i
n’poi
ntsfort
heteacher
-li
brari
ant
ofost
er
f
urt
hercol
l
abor
ati
onwit
hsubj
ectpanels/t
eacher
sandrelev
antschooli
nit
iat
ives?

6.
3.5Communi
tyr
esour
ces

Theuseofcommuni tyresour cesi

ncl
udesacombi nati
onofpeopl
e,places,f
inanci
al
resour
ces,websi
tesandmat er
ials.Teacher
scouldalsomakeuseofpublicl
ibrari
es,museums,
educati
onalpar
ksandmedi a(i
ncl udingnewspaperandTV),aswell
asservi
cespr ovi
dedby
HKEdCity(ht
tp:
//www.hkedci
ty.
net /)andnon-gover
nmentorgani
sati
ons.

Eff
ectiveuseofcommunityr
esour
cesnotonl
yhelpslear
ningandteachi
ng, butalso
i
ntr
oducesstudentstomany‘
resour
cehubs’
insoci
etyt
of ur
therengagei
nlife-
longlearning
af
terSSeducation.

Teachersmayalsobrowset heEDBLife-wideLearningActi
vi
tyDataBank
(htt
p://
www. edb.
gov.
hk/cd/
lwl )andtheEDB’sSchool-BusinessPart
nershi
pwebsi t
e
(htt
p://
www. edb.
gov.
hk/i
ndex.aspx?nodei
d=4738&langno=1)t oupdateinfor
mationon
‘
lear
ningbeyondthecl
assroom’ andOtherLearningExperiencesoppor
tunit
iesof
feredbyl
ocal
communi t
ygroups.

Exampl
e:Howt
osear
chf
oract
ivi
ti
esi
n“Li
fe-
wideLear
ningAct
ivi
tyDat
aBank”
?
1.

Vi
sitourhomepage:
(ht
tp:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk/
cd/
lwl
/)

2.

Cl
i
ckon“
LWLAct
ivi
tyDat
aBank”

3.

Cl
i
ck“
Sear
chf
orAct
ivi
ti
es/Or
gani
zat
ions”

4.

Chooset
heopt
ionsandcl
i
ck“
Sear
ch”

Exampl
e:Exper
ienceShar
ingbyaSeni
orMat
hemat
icsTeacher

At extbooknowaday si snolongerr egardedasabi bleorast heonl ysour ceofinformat i

on.Itis
l
imi t
edbyi t
sst ati
cnat ur
eandbyi t
sr elati
velyli
nearanddi dacti
cr athert haninteracti
vedesign.
Forexampl e,whent eachingt hegraphofpar abolay=ax2+bx+c, thet eachercanr eferto
graphspr i
ntedint het extbooks,butthest ati
cdi agramsdonotpr ov i
deady nami cpictur
eoft he
rel
ationsbetweent hef eaturesofthegr aphsandt hecoeffi
cient
soft heequat ions.Mor eover,
event houghsomegoodt extbookspr ovidewel l
-organi
sedact i
vi
tiesf orst udentstoexplore
theser el
ati
ons, i
tisv erytime-consumi ngf orstudentstoplotmanydi fferentgraphsonpaper ,
andt hiswil
lhindert hem f r
om maki ngt hei
rownconj ect
ures.

Witht heuseofr esourcesont heInt

ernet ,
graphi ngcalcul
atorsorotherinteracti
vealgebr ai
c
equationgr aphi
ngsof tware,theplott
ingofgr aphswi l
lbecomeeasyandst udentswi l
lbeabl eto
focusmor eoninvestigator
yt asks.Fori nstance, st
udentsmightbeaskedt opl otgraphswi t
h
diff
erentv al
uesofa, butkeepi ngtheot herpar ametersbandcconst ant
, andobser vetheef f
ect
ofthev al
ueofaupont hefeat ur
esoft hegr aphs.Theymi ghtthenbeencour agedtodi scuss
theirobservati
onsandconj ectureswitheachot her,andusethesof t
waret oj usti
fy,
duringwhi ch
ti
met heteachermightf ocusonaski ngt hem t oexplainthei
rreasoning.Forexampl e,some
studentsmaysuggestt hat“thesmal l
erthevalueofa, t
hebi ggertheopeningoft
hegraphwi l
l
be”,theteachermightthenaskot herstudent
st ocheckwhet herthi
sstat
ementholdswhent he
valueofai snegati
ve.Thesei nt
eracti
veandi nvest
igatorytaskscanbeaccompl i
shedonlyifthe
teachersgobey ondthet ext
bookforthecontentoft hei
rinstructi
onsandmakeuseofawi de
rangeofl ear
ningresources.

Ref
lect
iveQuest
ion

Howeff
ect
ivear
ethecur
rent
lyusedr
esour
cesi
nhel
pingst
udentl
ear
ningand
l
ear
ninghowt
olear
n?

6.
4School
-basedResour
cesDev
elopment
:Managi
ngandShar
ingLear
ningandTeachi
ng
Resour
ces

Thefol
lowi
ngaresomesuggestedpracti
cesthathel
pschool
stodev
elop,
shar
eandmanage
l
earni
ngandteachi
ngr
esourceseff
ectiv
ely:

Teacher
swor
kingcl
osel
ywitht
heschooll
i
brari
antoproducestr
ategi
cplansfort
he
procur
ementanddev
elopmentofr
esourcemat
eri
alsbasedontheneedsoflear
ningand
teachi
ng.

Sett
inguparesour
cebankontheschoolint
ranetf
ort
hesharingofl
earni
ngand
t
eachi
ngr esour
ces.School
smaypr ov
idetechni
calandmanager
ial
supportt
omonitort
he
maint
enanceanddev el
opmentoft
heresourcebank.

Updati
ngresour
cemateri
alsf
rom t
imetoti
meanddevelopi
nganef
fi
cientsear
ch
sy
stem andr
esourcebankt
ofaci
li
tat
eeasyaccessandr
etr
iev
al.

Ref
lect
ingandshar
ingexper
iencesamongt
eacher
sonhowt
ouser
esour
cesef
fect
ivel
y.

Devisi
ngar evi
ewmechanism f
oreval
uati
ngexi
sti
ngr esourcestofurt
herpromote
l
ear
ning,teachingandcurri
cul
um dev
elopment
.Forexample, schoolsmayincludetheuseof
l
ear
ningandt eachingresour
cesasanagendait
em i
nprofessionalmeetingssuchaswhol e-
school
cur
ri
cul
um pl
anni
ngmeet
ingsandKLAdepar
tmentmeet
ings.

Web-
basedResour
cePl
atf
ormf
orLi
ber
alSt
udi
es

(ht
tp:
//www.
ls.
hkedci
ty.
net
/Home/
Index.
aspx)

Thef
oll
owi
ngar
esomeexampl
esofschool
-basedr
esour
cesmanagement
/dev
elopment
:

SomeExampl
esofSchool
-basedResour
cesManagement
/Dev
elopment

Exampl
e1

Teacherssetupr eadi
nggr oups/shari
nggroupsamongt hemselvesfordiscussi
onoflear
ning
andteachingskil
ls,t
eachingresourcesandcurrenteducati
onaldevelopments.Thegroupi
ngs
andattendanceatmeet ingsareonav olunt
arybasis.Teachersusuall
ymeetatl unchhour
s,
aft
erschool orduri
ngfreelessons.Teacher
sf i
ndtheseinformalgatheri
ngsmor efrui
tf
ult
han
for
mal meetings.

Exampl
e2

Aschoolsetsupar esourcecor nerinthestaffr

oom tokeepall
document srelat
edtotheSS
cur
ri
cul
um, e.g.consultat
ionr eports,cur
ri
culum andassessmentguidesforteacher
s’r
efer
ence.
Thi
srai
sesteacher s’awar enessoft hedevelopmentoftheSScurri
culum andkeepsthem up-
to-
dat
ewiththelatestinformat i
on.

Exampl
e3

Aschool ext
ractskeyi
ssues/majorrecommendationsfrom v
ari
ousconsul
tat
iondocuments
anddisseminatesthem t
oteacher
s,sot hatt
heyunderst
andtherat
ional
esbehindcur
rent
devel
opment s.

Exampl
e4

Aschool
hassetupaLi
ber
alSt
udi
esr
esour
cecent
ref
ort
eacher
stopool
lear
ningandt
eachi
ng
r
esourcescoll
ectedfrom di
ff
erentsour
ces,e.
g.refer
encebooks,newspapers,
magazines,
I
nter
net.Thisschoolhasalsojoi
nedateachernetworkthatshar
esinnovat
ivei
deasand
r
esourcesinLiberal
Studi
es.

Refer
encesonlearni
ngandteachi
ngresour
cesforspeci
fi
cSSsubj
ect
sar
eav
ail
abl
eint
he
rel
evantCur
ri
culum andAssessmentGui
des(CDC&HKEAA, 2007)

Websi
te:
(ht
tp:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk/
334)

Teachersmayal sousethef
aci
l
iti
esandser
vicesoft
heEDB’
sCent
ral
Resour
cesCent
ret
o
supportthei
rteachi
ng.

Websi
te:
(ht
tp:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk/
crc)

Ref
lect
iveQuest
ions

Arethereanyclearl
ylaid-
downpr i
nci
ples/cr
it
eri
aforthesel
ect
ionandev
aluat
ion
oft
extbooksandotherlear
ningandt eachi
ngresour
cesi ny
ourschool?Howmuch
st
akeholder
s’i
nvol
vementist her
eint hesel
ecti
onandev al
uati
onprocess?

Hast
hecont
entoft
ext
booksbeenadapt
edt
ocat
erf
ort
hedi
ver
seneedsof
st
udent
s?

Whatcoll
aborat
iveef
fort
shav ebeenmadebetweentheteacher
-l
ibrar
ianand
subj
ectteachersi
ntheimplementat
ionofresource-
basedl
ear
ning?Whatstrat
egieshaveyour
schooladoptedtonur
tur
einformati
onli
ter
acyamongSSst udents?

Howar
eyourschool
’
slear
ningandt
eachi
ngr
esour
ceskept
,shar
edand
managed?

Howwouldyourschool
pol
i
ciesonl
ear
ningr
esour
cesmakeani
mpacton
i
mpr
ovi
ngst
udentl
ear
ning?

Howcoul
dyousuppor
tnewly-
joi
nedteacherstoi
mpr
ovethei
rprof
essional
capaci
ty,
int
ermsofusi
ngandi
denti
fyi
ngappropr
iat
elearni
ngandt
eachi
ngresources?