New Horizons

Journal of Education, Hong Kong Teachers' Association

No. 33, November 1992

CONTENTS

Articles and Issues
Lessons from the Implementation of Compulsory Education in Hong Kong and Guangzhou * LEE Wing On 1
A Comparative Review of the Implementation of 9-year Compulsory Education in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong * ±ç¤@»ï 11
Centralization versus Decentralization in Curriculum Development: Contrasting Patterns in Hong Kong and Macau Mark BRAY 15
Implications of Decentralization: The Case of Basic Education in China CHENG Kai Ming 24
Origins and Development of Early Childhood Educator Training in Hong Kong Sylvia OPPER 33
Heredity and Environment: Implications for Teaching Jimmy CHAN 39
Contextual Prerequisites for Understanding: An Investigation of Comprehension and Recall TANG Wai Yu,
Rex M. HEYWORTH		 45
Achieving Effective School Status through the School Management Initiative? Andrew K.C. WONG 51
Education Commission Report No. 5 and the Organization of Teachers: A Strategy of Limited Professionalism Dino M. CHINCOTTA 56
The Influence of School Management Initiative on the Formulation of Policies in Secondary Schools * HO Kwok Keung,
WONG Wai Keung		 63
The Harm Done to Chinese Language Teaching by Maladministrative Measures * WONG Juen Kon 67
Curriculum and Instruction
A Study of the Composition Process of Primary School Pupils and the Modes of Instruction in Teaching Chinese Writing in Hong Kong * Á¿üª÷,
ªL¦u¯Â		 72
Adapting the Kodaly Method for Teaching Music to Handicapped Children * LAU Chiu Kay 76
Making Learning Fun - Report on a Secondary School Science Report King-Leung KONG,
Kwok-Keung HO,
Alice LAI		 85
A Survey on the Pattern of Language Use in a Tertiary Programme and Some Preliminary Observations Man-Siu YAU,
Cynthia F.K. LEE,
Joseph Y.K. LAU		 90
Writing of a New Kind and a New Mind - A Class Newsletter as a Learning Strategy for Secondary Schools in Hong Kong JOR Chi Keung 94
Ensuring Greater Success in Paper Feedback-giving: An Experience with a Writing Course Belinda HO 99
Improving Oral English in the Hong Kong Context: A Camp Approach H.W. Joseph HUNG,
Mary Matthew SENF		 104
* Article in Chinese

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