香港高校通识教育课程变革

General Education Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong Higher Education

香港高校自2012年起推行四年新学制以及新的课程架构,其特点为:(1)课程理念与目标已经超出传统学术与智性发展范畴,开始融入与共通能力、态度有关的元素。(2)课程架构以必修课与分布选修结合为主要特征。分布选修的范畴围绕人文与艺术、社会与文化、科学与技术三大知识领域展开,必修科目的内容存在明显差异,有的大学围绕智性探究,有的大学还在智性探究范畴之外增加语言沟通、共通技能、统整融合的元素。(3)课程内容超越知识探究,关注当代社会重要议题以及未来生活需具备的能力与素质。(4)课程发展采取成果为本方法。(5)建立完善的质素保证机制,对通识课程进行定期检讨,从不同渠道搜集持份者意见,对通识课程、教学做出持续改进。

A new academic system and new curriculum has been implemented in Hong Kong higher education since 2012.This paper reviews the factors that affect the change of general education in Hong Kong and outlines the characteristics of general education(GE)in Hong Kong since2012.Five characteristics can be identified:1)The purposes and objectives of GE curriculum has gone beyond the domain of academic study and intellectual inquiry and infused generic skills and attitudes into the new curriculum;2)Most higher education institutions have adopted a structure of core curriculum and distributive requirement;3)The themes of curriculum address important issues in the current era;4)Outcome-based approach has been adopted in the curriculum development across the institutions;5)Quality assurance scheme has been established to monitor the implementation and quality of overall teaching and learning with general education included as one component.