Improving Education in Macao: OUR White Paper

USE OF TEACHERS’ TIME

- Give enough/more time for teachers to plan lessons (3)

- Reduce non-teaching workload (3)

PEDAGOGICAL MATTERS

- Think of more grading methods

- curriculum to be designed for communication rather than for exams

- promote English-speaking environment

TERMS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

- Increase salary

- standard teachers’ salaries

- Retirement benefits and pension

- Reduce school days

- fewer periods (3)

- each school day should end earlier (e.g., 8:00-3:30)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

- More opportunities for studying abroad for teaching (2)

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT/POLICY

- More support from school

- less frequent class observations/ … every other year

- ‘zero class repetition’ should not be implemented (2)

- principals to join leadership workshops and learn appreciation skills

TEACHING RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES

- Develop student-based teaching materials

- DSEJ to run more English camps for students