Homework Policy 家課政策
The Purpose of Homework :
- To consolidate what students have learnt in class, and to prepare them for upcoming lessons.
- To develop students' self-regulated learning habits with teachers' guidance.
- To enable students to monitor their learning progress, understand their weaknesses, and use different strategies to improve their learning outcomes.
- To cultivate students' good learning habits and nurture their self-directed learning abilities.
- To let teachers keep track of students' learning progress and devise teaching strategies to facilitate better learning.
- To provide feedback on curriculum planning and implementing for the betterment of students' learning.
- To allow parents see their children's learning progress and to offer them support when needed.
- To ensure students are learning effectively, working closely with parents so as to help their children fully develop their potentials.
The Design of Homework:
- Based on each subject's teaching focus, teachers design effective and diversified homework to consolidate what students have learnt.
- A flexible amount of homework is applied to cater for students' learning diversity.
- Teachers work closely together to make family life friendly homework plans.
- Effective homework of various modes is designed to arouse students' learning interest.
- Homework for Primary 1-3 students is designed with additional fun and creative elements. Homework for Primary 4-6 students is focused on critical thinking, analyzing, creating new ideas as well as application in daily life.
Implementation Procedures and Arrangements:
- Homework periods are arranged for students to complete most of their homework at school.
- Teachers will help students with difficult problems in their homework in class.
Parents and School Collaboration:
- Parents should check student's homework and sign their homework diary regularly.
- Parents should understand the purpose and the importance of completing homework, and give support to students when needed.
- Parents should provide a quiet and comfortable environment for students to finish their work.
- Expectations on student's learning progress and academic results should be reasonable. Encouragement should be given often.
- Teachers' feedback on students' homework is valuable. Parents should be aware of it in order to help students improve their learning.
- Parents can browse e-Class Parent App to know more about homework.
家課的目的:
- 讓學生鞏固基礎知識及課堂所學,並為新課題作準備。
- 讓學生在教師專業的設計和適切的指導下,促進自學。
- 讓學生瞭解自己的學習進度及弱項,繼而尋找解決疑難方法。
- 幫助學生培養良好的學習習慣,培養主動學習的能力。
- 讓教師瞭解學生的學習情況,以調整教學計劃及策略,提供適時回饋,促進學生有效學習。
- 讓教師評估學生在汲取知識、掌握技能及培養良好態度和正面價值觀等各方面的表現,有效回饋課程的規劃與實施。
- 讓家長瞭解子女的學習進度,以作出適時的支援。
- 讓家長瞭解學校課程的要求,攜手合作,共同幫助學生改進學習及發展潛能。
家課設計原則︰
- 各科按課程內容及學習重點設計多元化、促進學習及有效益的家課,以鞏固學生的學習基礎。
- 因應學生的能力與需要調適功課的程度或份量,以照顧學生學習的多樣性。
- 各科互相協調,平均分配每天的家課數量,平衡做功課及休息的時間,使學生能享有健康的生活模式。
- 設計富趣味性的家課,提升學生的學習動機。
- 一至三年級的家課以趣味性及創作性為主;四至六年級的家課著重思考性及分析性,連繫學生生活經驗及發揮他們的創作力。
實施程序及安排︰
- 每週均有安排功輔堂,儘量讓學生在學校完成大部分功課。
- 教師會在課堂內教導學生較艱深的課業部分。
家長的角色︰
- 家長必須每天簽閲學生手冊及檢查子女家課。
- 家長應清楚明白課業的要求及目的,並向子女提供適當的指導。
- 家長應營造寧靜的學習環境予子女完成家課。
- 家長應對子女的學業成績有合理的期望,多給予他們鼓勵及支援。
- 家長應細閲教師對子女家課的批改,從而協助他們改進學習。
- 家長可透過 e-Class Parent App 閲覽學生當天的家課。