Quality Education Fund Project - Quality Assessment of Hong Kong Secondary School Physical Education: The Use of Self-Evaluation and Performance Indicators

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.Physical Education is devoted to the physical development of the student and like other school subjects is evaluated to ensure that it produces defined outcomes efficiently and effectively. In order to reassure the government and the public of their achievement, physical educators must maintain high standards with regard to planning, delivery and evaluation of their program. To accomplish these aims, teachers in physical education must possess the necessary knowledge and techniques that can be applied to teaching, learning and overall program effectiveness. Therefore, the primary objectives of this project are threefold: (1) To provide in-service physical education teachers with training and support to conduct a self-examination of their programs in accordance with professional standards of practice to determine areas of effectiveness and those requiring improvement. (2) To provide in-service teachers with current educational theory and practice before investing resources to improve program quality and evaluation effectiveness, and (3) To provide a framework for the development of performance indicators to evaluate the Hong Kong physical education program.本研究計劃目的為(1)透過自我評估方法讓體育敎師有系統及全面地瞭解本身在敎學、課程設計及學生學習表現的情況(2)提供不同階段的工作坊以協助敎師認識如何應用自我評估方法及表現指標(3)透過不同的工作坊敎師將會以科學化的方法檢討本身在體育科所面對的問題。完成是項計劃參加者可獲得一套「自我評估及表現指標敎材套」作為日後參考及應用。