Our Mission
We nurture students’ proactive use of technologies for social good from a young age, and mainstream computational thinking education in Hong Kong’s formal curriculum.
We prepare our students for a fast-changing digital future through a hands-on, minds-on, and joyful learning experience. We empower teachers and provide them with high-quality teaching materials and professional development programmes.
Our Goals
Mainstream Computational Thinking in Formal Curriculum
We see computational thinking as a Basic Education, and commit to bring CoolThink curriculum to all primary schools in Hong Kong. Every student should have the equal opportunity to be successful by learning this 21st century skills and making use of innovation to become a creator, not mere consumer of technology.
Sustainable Teacher Capacity Building
We build multiple layers of teacher professional development to unleash the passion and self-confidence of educators in supporting their computing lessons. Continuous professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers should be made available to enhance their motivation and commitment to teach CT.
Community and Parent Support
We collaborate and seek supports from our community stakeholders, non-profit organisations and parents to promote the importance of CT education. We also engage NGOs to serve underprivileged families in the community to ensure inclusive and equitable quality CT education.
Ecosystem Change and Long-term Sustainability
We are working hard to make the ecosystem change and ensure all our key stakeholders including policy makers, educators and parents continue to promote and support computational thinking education development, make CT for ALL a reality. We also advocate CT to more regions and drive international exchange and development.
Our Progress
Our Progress
PHASE 1 (Sept 2016-Aug 2020)
schools participated
Positive independent evaluation result:
“CoolThink students significantly outperformed their peers in other schools suggest that students’ learning of problem solving and logical thinking is an important differentiator for the CoolThink lessons in comparison to business-as-usual programming instruction in Hong Kong.”
Pilot Schools would definitely or
very likely to recommend other
schools to join CoolThink@JC.
very likely to recommend other
schools to join CoolThink@JC.
Teachers feel confidence
to teach CT.
to teach CT.
PHASE 1 (Sept 2016-Aug 2020)
schools participated
Positive independent evaluation result:
“CoolThink students significantly outperformed their peers in other schools suggest that students’ learning of problem solving and logical thinking is an important differentiator for the CoolThink lessons in comparison to business-as-usual programming instruction in Hong Kong.”
Pilot Schools would definitely or very likely to recommend other schools to join CoolThink@JC.
Teachers feel confidence to teach CT.
PHASE 2 (Sept 2020-Aug 2024)
schools to participate
>70% of the public sector primary
schools and direct subsidy
scheme primary schools in HK.
PHASE 2 (Sept 2020-Aug 2024)
schools to participate
>70% of the public sector primary schools and direct subsidy scheme primary schools in HK.
