Assessing the HKDSE Curriculum’s Effect on Secondary Students’ Academic Performance and STEM Career Interest in the GBA: A Big Data Approach to Teaching Quality Monitoring

The implementation of STEM education within the framework of the HKDSE curriculum, particularly in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), including both Hong Kong local students and those from cities within the GBA, has proposed emerging challenges for students, teachers, parents and educational divisions. It is crucial to have an assessment system informed by big data analytics to track and study the possible effects of HKDSE curriculum on students’ academic performance and their interest in STEM career choices in these two places. By using the Teaching Quality Monitoring System (TQMS), this proposed project will assess the learning quality of HKDSE curriculum for secondary students in Guangdong (Hong Kong Children Schools in Guangdong) and Hong Kong (Hong Kong local schools), evaluate the effect of HKDSE Curriculum on secondary students’ academic performance and interest in STEM careers in the GBA. The research outcomes of this project have the potential to yield significant impacts on improving students’ learning outcomes, supporting school teachers’ teaching and curriculum development, and promoting regional educational integration and collaborative innovation in GBA.

Funding Source: UGC - Research Matching Grant (RMG)