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中文教育研究中心(下称中心)于二零零四年七月于香港大学正式成立,目的是为了集思广益,群策群力,推动、发展及优化中国语文教育及相关研究。中心的成立,乃建基于多个与中国语文教育相关的计划,包括母语教学教师支援中心计划、现龙计划,以及许多有关语文教育的研究(如综合高效识字法研究、新全语文写作教学法、创意及情意写作教学法等)。这些计划,先后获得语文基金及优质教育基金的资助,一方面与本地的中小学建立了紧密的伙伴关系,同时与国内的大学和教育机构,亦有多方面的研究协作。此外,这些研究计划在多个语文教育的领域上,为学校教师和学生提供了针对性的支援,树立了优良的声誉。范畴包括有效教学法,采用中文作为教学语言,运用资讯科技辅助中文教学/学习,以及发展有关语文学习和教学方面的理论研究等。

中心使命

中文教育研究中心(下称本中心)的使命,是通过持续开展中文教学及其相关的文化、心理学的研究,以及教研人员共同关注的议题,进行跨学科的合作研究,从而促进和提升中文教育理论和实践的科学研究,并致力提升在本地、国内外主领优质中文教育研究的领导角色。

建立国际知名的、以研究为主导的中文教与学专家团队

推动、协调和参与有关语文教育研究计划

透过出版、讲座、研讨会、工作坊,把最新的中文教育研究成果,由本地推广至全世界

与教师、校长、教育研究专家学者,以及海内外华语地区的语文教育研究机构,建立紧密的伙伴关系

汇聚各教育机构及院校的人力资源,协力发展语文教育的研究及培训项目

提供交流平台,让在职教师和教育研究专家交流语文教学、跨学科语文以及资讯科技辅助语文教学和学习的相关经验

Until 1997 secondary schools in Hong Kong were free to choose the language used for classroom instruction. Most opted to use English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI). In response to complaints about declining Chinese and English standards among students in Hong Kong and the widespread feeling among teachers that many students found learning through EMI exceedingly difficult, the then Education Department of the Hong Kong Government conducted a review of the language policy in Hong Kong. Following the Guidance on Medium of Instruction issued by the Education Department in 1997 which firmly advised secondary school teachers to use Chinese as the Medium of Instruction, the majority of secondary schools switched from using English to Chinese as the medium of instruction in September 1998.

The abrupt change of the language policy created problems since many teachers were not prepared to switch to use CMI at such short notice. Colleagues from the former Department of Curriculum Studies of the Faculty visited a number of CMI schools and held extensive interviews with principals and teachers in an effort to understand the nature of the problem and the types of support schools needed. To provide more systematic support for teachers using CMI, the CMI Project was launched by the Faculty in September 1998. The CMI Project is publicized and known to the public as the “Support Centre for Teachers Using Chinese as the Medium of Instruction(母語教學教師支援中心)”.

The primary aims of the CMI Project were to improve the quality of teaching and learning, to provide a forum for CMI teachers to discuss and share experiences, and to offer first-hand assistance to CMI teachers in the classroom. The Project hosts and maintains a website offering schools a range of specially-prepared CMI resources (http://www.cmi.hku.hk). The Project has also established a close connection with about 380 member schools. During the past years, the Project has built a strong reputation for offering targeted support and advice on effective pedagogy in language education and teaching using CMI.

Project team members have substantial experience conducting research into the teaching and learning of Chinese Language and Literature at primary and secondary school levels. Their research, which has involved in-depth study of child language and Chinese linguistics, has led to the development of multimedia software targeted at helping students learn Chinese characters. Two related websites, the ‘Dragonwise’ website (http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk) and ‘Chinese Language Education’ website (http://www.chineseedu.hku.hk), have been constructed. The focus of the former website is on using information technology in the teaching and learning of Chinese, while the focus of the latter is on developing theoretical perspectives related to the teaching and learning of Chinese for students and teachers. A wide range of books, articles, research reports and multi-media products have also been produced. These have contributed to the advancement of Chinese Language education in Hong Kong and in other parts of the world.

The CMI Project has also successfully established extensive research collaboration networks with institutions and education bureaus in the Mainland. These institutions include Beijing Normal University, Suzhou University, National Institute of Education Research, Education Research Bureau of Guangdong Province, Chinese Language Education Association for Secondary Schools, Taiwan Normal University, and Taiwan Yuan Ze University. Collaborative projects have also been conducted with Gothenburg University in Sweden, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and San Francisco State University in the United States.

The achievements of the CMI Project have provided a solid foundation for CACLER to build upon.

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