1. Jason Wong Commerce teacher from Ling Liang Church M H Lau Secondary School

2. School background Eight years old Eight years old In Tai Po In Tai Po Band two to three Band two to three Both school management and students adapt to new ideas Both school management and students adapt to new ideas Commerce stream fairly strong Commerce stream fairly strong Young and cooperative colleagues Young and cooperative colleagues

3. Company Programme by Junior Achievement Hong Kong (JAHK) A 18-week programme A 18-week programme Students set up their own ‘ real ’ company Students set up their own ‘ real ’ company Students go through business planning, capital raising, merchandising, production, selling and liquidating. Students go through business planning, capital raising, merchandising, production, selling and liquidating. Student-directing Student-directing

4. Teachers ’ role Facilitator Facilitator Observer Observer Participant Participant Partner Partner Investor Investor Customer Customer Friend Friend

5. Objective and guidance Various awards offered by JAHK Various awards offered by JAHK Not focus on profits but the process Best annual report, best booth design, best CEO, best product and so on Student and advisor manual as a guide Student and advisor manual as a guide Concrete guidance with room for flexibility and creativity Concrete guidance with room for flexibility and creativity

6. Multi-sensory ?! Students may learn from …… Reading the manuals Reading the manuals Listening and expressing in discussion Listening and expressing in discussion Observing others (classmates and other schools) Observing others (classmates and other schools) Self-reflecting Self-reflecting Testing and producing the product (technical skills) Testing and producing the product (technical skills) Experiencing and interacting Experiencing and interacting FAILURES …… FAILURES …… What teachers do is …… Allowing a safe and open platform for learning

7. Collaborative learning Students are divided into groups (departments) Students are divided into groups (departments) CEO and VPs are elected to lead the company CEO and VPs are elected to lead the company Departments are to operate by themselves Departments are to operate by themselves Leadership, cooperative and communication skills are built up Leadership, cooperative and communication skills are built up Trust, cooperation and compromise are found Trust, cooperation and compromise are found

8. Ownership Students would …… run their own business run their own business suffer loses or share profits (support from school and parents) suffer loses or share profits (support from school and parents) make up their decision and follow-up make up their decision and follow-up seek help and solution themselves seek help and solution themselves interact, cooperative and evaluate throughout the whole process interact, cooperative and evaluate throughout the whole process

9. Fruitful learning with fun?! High degree of autonomous High degree of autonomous Students try something ‘ new ’ Students try something ‘ new ’ First encounter with the real business world First encounter with the real business world Students see concrete ‘ output ’ Students see concrete ‘ output ’ Students bear the accountability Students bear the accountability Teachers enjoy from ‘ low-cost and high- effectiveness ’

10. Applicability Can we do it in lower form? Can we do it in lower form? Can we hold a similar program but in mini size? Can we hold a similar program but in mini size? Can we seek help from outside? Can we seek help from outside? Can we do it cross-curriculum or inter-school? Can we do it cross-curriculum or inter-school? Can we motivate the students and other teachers? Can we motivate the students and other teachers? Can we …… trust our students and ourselves?