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About Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education

Our Association was founded in 1964 to promote science and mathematics education. We are a charitable institution (Since 2010) and a professional organization for the promotion of science and mathematics education in Hong Kong. At present, membership stands at about 500, comprising mainly physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, integrated science and liberal studies teachers from secondary schools. Membership also includes curriculum officers and subject inspectors of the Education Bureau, subject officers of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessments Authority and teacher trainers from the tertiary institutions (local universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education). The Association is a founder member of the international Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE). In the past two decades, the Association has forwarded to the government and Education Bureau her views on a wide range of educational issues in Hong Kong, including the development of science and mathematics education, the diversification of curriculum, teacher induction and in-service education, and the need to establish an independent and well resourced curriculum development institute. The association is glad to see that many of her proposals have been accepted and implemented by the government. The aims of the Association are to promote education by: - improving the quality of science and mathematics education, - affording a means of communication amongst people concerned with the teaching of science and mathematics in particular and education in general, - providing a responsible medium through which opinions or those involved in science and mathematics education on educational matters may be expressed, - extending the professionalism of science and mathematics teachers.