Information and Communication

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Curriculum Renewal on Senior Secondary

Information and

Communication

Technology

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Briefing on SS ICT Curriculum

Time Topic

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Rationale behind the ICT Curriculum review and proposed changes on Elective Options

4:00 - 4:10 p.m. Views from HKEAA (Mr Jonathan NG)

4:10 - 4:20 p.m. Views from Tertiary Institute (Dr CHUI, HKU)

4:20 - 4:30 p.m. Views from IT Sector (Dr CHEUNG, HK Computer Society / STEM Education Alliance)

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Q & A

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Background

Date Milestone

2017 JUN - DEC

• Set up working group to review the compulsory part of ICT curriculum (10 meetings)

2018 JAN - MAY

• Proposed curriculum renewal on Compulsory Part of SS ICT curriculum endorsed by ICT One Committee and HKDSE ICT Subject Committee

JUN • Survey to all schools on proposed changes on Compulsory Part of SS ICT curriculum

MAY - AUG

• Conduct FGIs with Tertiary Institutes and IT industry

NOV • Joint meeting of CDC-HKEAA Committee on ICT and

HKDSE ICT Subject Committee to discuss the summary of findings, review the curriculum of the Compulsory Part and propose the updated framework of the Elective Part of the SS ICT Curriculum

2019 JAN- APR

• Work group meetings to review the learning content of the Elective Part

JUN • Joint meeting of CDC-HKEAA Committee on ICT and HKDSE ICT Subject Committee to finalise the curriculum the Compulsory Part and Elective Part of the SS ICT Curriculum

Curriculum Renewal on Senior Secondary Information and Communication Technology

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Rationale (Compulsory Part)

• The world-wide trend of learning programming, “a new language to be used for communication in the 21^st

Century” such as 30% of ICT curriculum time to teach programming in junior secondary (2016) and the

promotion of Coding Education for primary in HK (2017), SS ICT students should be able to write computer

programs

• Remove outdated contents and include up-to-date contents

• 422 replies from the school ICT curriculum survey (71%)

• Survey findings on Compulsory Parts

 Over 80% replies agreed on the proposed changes on Part A to Part E

 However, there was no clear direction on reviewing the elective options

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Compulsory Part (Structure)

A. Information Processing 37

B. Computer System Fundamentals 20

C. Internet and its Applications 31

D. Computational Thinking and Programming 48

E. Social Implications 8

No. of hours allocated

144

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1. Do you agree with the proposed changes for the Compulsory Part of Information and Communication Technology curriculum?

Agree Disagree No Opinion

(A) Information Processing

(B) Computer System Fundamentals

(C) Internet and its Applications

Agree Disagree No Opinion Agree Disagree No Opinion

(D) Basic Programming Concepts

(E) Social Implications

86% 89% 90%

82% 86%

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2. Do you agree that the programming languages C++, Pascal and Python will be used in parallel in the 2024 HKDSE examination for the Compulsory Part and the elective option "Software

Development"?

60%

24%

16%

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Interface

Senior Secondary HKDSE ICT

2022 S4 First Year on Updated Curriculum

Junior Secondary

ICT Knowledge Context under TEKLA Curriculum (2016)

30% lesson time on Programming/Coding

Upper Primary

Computational thinking – Coding Education:

Supplement to the Primary Curriculum

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P6 2018/19 P5 2017/18 P4 2016/17 S3 2021/22

S2 2020/21 S1 2019/20 S6 2024/25

S5 2023/24 S4 2022/23

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Rationale (Elective Part)



Focus group interviews with ICT professional bodies (HKACE, AiTLE), IT Sectors (HKCS, STEM Alliance) and Academic Institutions (HKU, CityU, BU)

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From Depth to Breadth – Cover broad

discipline of ICT instead of drilling on specific area, so as to build up all-round capacity for further studies and apply ICT in different

perspectives



Focus on ICT-related content and practical elements – Increase the hand-on experiences

for students to apply the learning content

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Updates on Elective Part

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Trimming half of existing content, such as difficult content or too theoretical, in order to allow students to take two electives instead of one

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Proposed DSE arrangement

 One set of paper containing all electives instead of four so that students can

choose questions from any two options

 Encourage students to study all options so as to maximize their choices on questions

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Elective Part (Structure)

A. Databases 38

B. Web Application Development 38

C. Algorithm and Programming 38

No. of hours allocated

76

11 Choose two among three options.

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Elective Part (Content) Option A (Databases)

a.

Introduction to Databases

b.

Relational Databases

c.

Introduction to Database Design Methodology

d.

Database Applications, Development and Society

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Elective Part (Content) Option C (Algorithm and Programming)

a.

Programming

b.

Programming Languages

c.

Systems Development

d.

Applications of Programming in Real Life

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Learning Outcomes Remarks Use extended programming

modules or libraries in

writing programs to interact with physical devices.

Students should be able to use extended modules or libraries for capturing data from sensors (e.g. light sensor and accelerometer) and controlling specific devices (e.g. motor).

Details of extended modules or libraries are not required.

Use event handlers in writing event-driven programs.

Specific events include user actions (e.g.

pressing a button) and sensor values (e.g. the reading from the light sensor is over a

defined value).

Details of event handlers are not required.

Construct simple programs on physical devices by using features/components of

physical devices like speech recognition and

accelerometer.

Examples include generating a text display by speech recognition, controlling the

movement of motors and detecting motion by accelerometer.

Applications of Programming in Real Life (6 hours)

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Elective Part (Content)

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Option B (Web Application Development) are mainly extracted from Option B (Data Communications and Networking) and C (Multimedia Production and Web Site

Development) in the existing SS ICT curriculum

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Elective Part (Content)

Option B (Web Application Development)

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Remove the content related to Multimedia

•

Maintain the content on networking at the level on setting ad-hoc/home wifi/wired network

•

Implementation on coding/programming in web application development

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Elective Part (Content)

Option B (Web Application Development)

•

Network Services and Implementation (14)

 Basic concepts client-server communication

 Basic network implementation

•

Web Programming and Applications (24)

 Web authoring and publishing

 Web programming and applications

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18 Network Services and Implementation (14 hours)

(i) Basic concepts client-server communication Learning Outcomes Remarks

Know the basic concepts of client-server

communication.

This includes the concepts of request and response, including port number in TCP, GET and POST request in HTTP.

Know the roles of client and server as two network

programs in a network.

Describe common network services.

The common network servers include the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

(DHCP) server, domain controller, file server, proxy server, web server and database server, gateway, etc.

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19 Network Services and Implementation (14 hours)

(ii) Basic network implementation

Learning Outcomes Remarks Set up simple Ethernet and

wireless networks.

Examples of simple networks include home networks and ad hoc networks in small

exhibitions and special events.

Share various resources among the networked computers/stations.

The resources include files, printers and Internet connection, etc.

Set folder/ file-sharing

permissions, including read, write and execute rights, etc.

Set up simple network services.

Examples of network services include web service and database service.

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Hands-on



Implementation (Skills)

Concepts



Understanding (Knowledge)

20 Web Programming and Applications (24 hours)

Client-side Programming

JavaScript

Server-side Programming

PHP

Formatting

HTML

Web

Application

Development

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21 Web Programming and Applications (24 hours)

(i) Web authoring and publishing

Learning Outcomes Remarks

Edit web pages. Students should be able to edit HTML code of web pages and apply a consistent look and style across a set of web pages through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Publish content on web. Students should know different ways for

publishing content on the web. For example, building a website and posting content

through a web-based content management system.

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22 Web Programming and Applications (24 hours)

(ii) Web programming and applications Learning Outcomes Remarks Understand the difference

between server-side and client-side technologies.

Create client interface. Students should be able to create client

interface in form of web page and application.

Construct simple client-side and server-side scripts.

Examples:

• Process input data from clients (e.g.

calculation on quadratic equation)

• Simple data validation (e.g. check the range of numeric input)

• Retrieve and update data from a single- table database

• Use of Cookies for storing of user Information

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23 Web Programming and Applications (24 hours)

(ii) Web programming and applications Learning Outcomes Remarks Develop a simple web

application.

Students should be able to integrate

client-side and server-side scripts to develop the application.

Examples:

• Search engine on restaurants in a shopping mall

• Homework checklist for a class

• Personal weight management system Be aware of the new trends

in web application development.

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Examination Arrangement

Component Weighting Duration

Public

examination

Paper 1: Compulsory Part 55% 2 hours

Paper 2: Elective Part

• One set of paper instead of four

• Choose questions from any two options

2A Databases elective

2B Web Application Development elective

2C Algorithm and Programming elective

25% 1½ hours

School-based Assessment (SBA) 20%

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Programming Languages

Core &

Elective A

(Databases)

SQL

Core &

Elective C

(Algorithm &

Programming)

Visual Basic Java Pascal

C/C++ C C++ C++

Python Elective B

(Web Application Dev.)

JavaScript PHP

Before 2025 2025 - 2027 2028 or later

1^st ICT DSE for the

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updated curriculum

Last year for using Pascal on programming questions

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Proposed schedule of implementation of revised SS ICT curriculum

Date Milestone

2019 DEC • Briefing to all schools on proposed changes on Elective options of SS ICT curriculum with an on-site survey

DEC • Joint meeting of CDC-HKEAA Committee on ICT and HKDSE ICT Subject Committee to discuss the summary of findings in the briefing and endorse the revised ICT curriculum

2020 JAN • Meeting of CDCC(TE) to discuss and endorse the revised ICT curriculum

FEB • Meeting of CDC and PEB to discuss and endorse the revised ICT curriculum

MAR • Announcement of the revised ICT curriculum

• 18 months for publishers to write textbook(s) 2022 SEP • The revised ICT curriculum implements in S4

and DSE in 2025