新瓶新酒 重遇东坪洲 - The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education.PDF

香港資優教育學苑 The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education 新瓶新酒──重遇東坪洲 New Wine in New Bottle: Unlearn and Relearn in Tung Ping Chau 東坪洲是我25 年前求學時的首個野外考察地點，亦是我 18 年前帶學生考察的首個目的地。除了著 名的頁岩及海蝕平台，它究竟有何特別之處？和陳龍生教授及 去年 12 月參與南極野外長征的資優同學舊地重遊，我們的體驗 非一般的地理考察。 Tung Ping Chau was my first geography field trip destination 25 years ago as a student and 18 years ago as a teacher. What’s special apart from its well-known sedimentary rock Shale and wave-cut platform? Accompanied with Prof. Lung-san Chan and the gifted students who participated in the Antarctica expedition last December, let us move away from the traditional geography field trip. 作為反思型教師，我們先要捨棄 「教師是知識專家」的想法，因為我們可以把同學與專才聯繫 起來，而專才往往比教師所知的豐富得多。我們亦要捨棄 「每位同學皆學相同內容」的概念，因為 讓他們學會自學遠較學習相同內容重要。 此外，我們需要重新學習如何釐定「系統」作為探究的單元，讓 年青人好好思索 。我們亦需要重新學習如何規劃考察活動，顧及 研習內容的濶度、深度，以及如欣賞大自然等正面價值觀的發展。 As reflective teachers, we need to unlearn the idea that we are the sole content expert, because we can now connect our students to people who know far more than we do. We need to unlearn the idea that every student has to learn the same content when what they need to learn is how to self-direct their own learning. As reflective teachers, we need to relearn how we define “system”as a unit of inquiry and make our young people think. We need to relearn the way we prepare for field trips that cover both breadth and depth of concepts acquired as well as development of positive values such as appreciation of the nature. 頁岩是一種層理分明的沉積岩，亦是南中國最大的同類石群 ，所以很容 易吸引遊客的目光。我們沒有立即為同學講解該岩石形成的過程，反而是先 讓同學觀察周圍環境，從而找出重要線索。我們發現岩石上滿布礦物質蒸發 後遺下的痕跡和石膏物，顯示那裏曾是炎熱乾旱之處，大概是6 千5 百萬年 前（白堊紀）隨大陸漂移的