香港中學推行小班教學的現狀及啟示

現時香港出生率大幅下降，引致縮班殺校問題，香港各界普遍認同小班教學是解 決學校收生不足的長遠策略，為提升香港教育質素提供良好契機，以及是最能協 助弱勢學生的策略。政府於 300 多間小學推行小班教學，許多中學也有小班教學 的嘗試。本文報告「香港中學推行小班教學現狀及需要的問卷調查」及跟進訪談 的調查結果，展示香港中學推行小班教學的現狀、意向、困難及需要，並探討小 班教學在香港中學推廣的可行性。
Due to the demographic change, many people opined that Small Class Teaching (SCT) would be a long-term solution for the drastic secondary school enrolment decline. SCT has been officially adopted as an education policy since 2009/10 academic year by EDB and introduced in more than 300 primary schools. On the other hand, SCT has also been tried out in many secondary schools. This article reports a study in which a questionnaire survey was first used to obtain a whole picture of how SCT is used in Hong Kong secondary schools. In-depth case studies were then conducted to find out the implementation of SCT in great details. This study attempts to grasp the whole picture of how secondary schools in Hong Kong are using SCT, what challenges they are facing in introducing SCT and what strategies they use to tackle the problems. Implications on promoting SCT practices in secondary schools will be put forward, which may help inform the Government’s future policy of SCT. Copyright © 2014 香港教師中心.