About PSM(CD)

Programme Introduction

Welcome to the 2025/26 Foundation Course on Action Research for New PSM(CD)s (Component B) and 2025/26 Knowledge Enrichment Course on Curriculum Leadership and Management for New PSM(CD)s (Component C)! Component B and Component C of the 2025/26 training programme are being conducted by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction of the Education University of Hong Kong.

Aims of the training programme are to equip the participants with professional knowledge and skills so that they can assist their school heads in leading curriculum development of the whole school.

This programme will help you in a number of different ways. It will:

• Give you access to new knowledge and skills that can help you to be an effective curriculum leader in primary schools;

• Encourage you to explore current educational trends and development and put into practice new and innovative ideas on teaching, learning and assessment to enhance your school-based curriculum;

• Provide you with opportunities to exchange ideas and information with curriculum leaders in other schools;

• Provide you with feedback throughout the programme as you reflect on your learning.

Foundation Course on Action Research (Component B) - Programme Objectives

Through this Foundation Course on Action Research, participants are able to:

• Deepen the participants’ understanding of the methodology of action research and its application in curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation; and

• Become reflective practitioners through the learning experience of reflective practices (e.g. school-based action research planning, independent study, data collection and analysis, evaluation and presentation of research project, etc.); and

• Strengthen the professional capabilities of the participants in curriculum leadership and strategic planning.

Knowledge Enrichment Course on Curriculum Leadership and Management (Component C) – Programme Objectives

Through this Knowledge Enrichment Course on Curriculum Leadership and Management, participants are able to:

• Enhance professional knowledge in curriculum planning and design, curriculum change, curriculum leadership and management, including strategic planning and implementation in local school context;

• Deepen understanding of theories about student learning and learner diversity;

• Develop capacity in promotion of organisational learning in their schools; and

• Keep abreast of the latest development in student assessment and enhance assessment literacy in their schools.