A Reflection of the Development of Physical Education Subject in Hong Kong and the Way Forward

香港體育科發展的回顧與展望

Abstract

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.

In the past Physical Education (PE) was considered as a "non-professional subject" that any one could teach. However, in the late 80's it became a subject that can only be taught by "professional" PE teachers. That is, only teachers who had received training in PE can teach PE. Further changes came when PE became a HKCEE subject in the 1990s. The whole process has gone through a long and winding journey. Today, PE is still not being considered as an important subject in many Hong Kong schools. However, if all the PE teachers can work closely together and persist in providing quality teaching, PE would have a brilliant future in Hong Kong.

過去，體育曾經是一科任何老師均可任敎的「閒科」，直至八十年代後期開始發展成為本港最早規定任敎老師必須曾經接受認可體育專業訓練的科目，並且更於九十年代發展成為中學會考的科目，這一切都不是一蹴而就的易事。雖然目前仍然有很多學校不甚重視體育，令到不少本來充滿敎學熱誠的老師感到心灰意冷。但事實上體育敎師對學生的影響力卻仍然是非常深遠和重大的，因此體育敎師必須團結自重，繼續在各自的工作崗位上發熱和發光。只要大家不退縮、不放棄、堅持在惡劣的環境下去做好份內的工作，相信本港的體育仍然是充滿希望和生機的。