香港小學公民教育的改革

近年來香港的公民教育起著很大的變化，大眾和學者都關注香港公民教育的前路和發展方向。本文從師資培訓者的角度提出觀點和建議，旨在引起社會人士，尤其是教育工作者，對小學公民教育和教師在這方面專業發展的關注。本文將集中討論學校推行公民教育的概況、改革策略的問題和障礙，以及師資培訓的策略。策略方面包括培養準教師的自我醒覺和探究精神、鼓勵現職教師的持續學習、為領導者多開設公民教育專科、確立培訓的價值取向、以師資培訓者作榜樣，以及師資培訓機構之行政、決策、權力民主化。
Civic education in Hong Kong has been undergoing great changes. Members of the public and many academics are all showing great concern about its development. Some personal views and suggestions from the perspective of a teacher educator are raised for discussion, hoping that the topic of civic education in primary school and teacher professional development in civic education can be brought to peoples' attention, especially that of educators. This article will first focus on a brief review of the implementation of civic education in Hong Kong schools, followed by a discussion of the obstacles and problems of implementation. Strategies for training teachers will also be discussed, which include cultivating pre-service teachers' self-awareness and reflection, encouraging in-service teachers' continuous learning, providing more civic education programmes for leaders, establishing the value orientation for teacher training, taking teacher educators as role-models, and also democratizing the administration and decision-making mechanisms in teacher education organizations. Copyright © 2004 香港中文大學香港教育研究所.