支援非華語生以中文學習中國歷史

新型冠狀病毒肺炎的疫情在2020年1月底在香港蔓延後，香港所有學校前後經歷了四次停課。在取消實體教學之際，不少學校採用電子學習(E-Learning)、使用網絡平台與資源去進行學與教。歷史科也不例外。在第一波停課期間，筆者進行了問卷調查及遠端訪談，收集了定量和定性的資料。根據筆者初步調查，疫情對於香港的歴史教育產生了很大的影響。雖然在疫情爆發前不少歷史/中史科老師表示曾在課堂上使用電子學習，但是現實情況卻有不少限制。隨着疫情的爆發，這個局面開始產生了戲劇性的變化。在停課期間，幾乎所有歷史/中史科老師都需要使用不同電子學習策略，實踐教育局提出「停課不停學」的指引。儘管今次電子學習的主要使用方法還是在侷限於確保疫情期間教學進度不會落後，將原本實體課堂的內容和教學方法轉為網絡課堂，這次的經歷為歷史/中史科老師提供機會去深化電子學習的應用，並且反思如何將科技融合在歷史教育中。在經歷幾個月的線上教學後，不少老師們願意在復課後繼續在課堂裏和課堂外使用電子學習，豐富歷史科的內容和學習方法。
After the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of January 2020, Hong Kong underwent four occasions of school closure; schools adopted e-learning and used online platforms and resources to carry on learning and teaching during the class suspension. History subject was no exception. The author conducted a survey and semi-structured interviews to collect quantitative and qualitative data during the first wave of school closure. According to the author’s preliminary finding, the pandemic has transformed Hong Kong’s history education. Although many history/Chinese history teachers indicated that they had used e-learning in the classroom before 2020, in reality, many restrictions hindered the application of learning technology in history lessons. The situation changed dramatically with the COVID-19 pandemic; almost all history/Chinese history teachers used various e-learning strategies to implement the Education Bureau’s “suspending classes without suspending learning” policy. Consequently, the primary purpose of using e-learning during the class suspension was to ensure that the teaching progress would not fall behind during the pandemic. The application was mainly limited to converting face-to-face instruction’s learning content and pedagogy to online instruction. Nevertheless, this experience has allowed history teachers to deepen their understanding of e-learning, broaden their perspectives on technology-enhanced learning, and strengthen their skills in using various types of learning technology. After several months of online teaching, many teachers are willing to continue to use e-learning in and outside the classroom after the resumption of classes to enrich the content and learning methods of history. Copyright © 2022 中華書局.