Junior Secondary Religious Studies Guidelines Include “Media Discernment”; Tang Fei: Establish Students’ Awareness of “Seeking Truth”
初中宗教科指引設「明辨媒體」 鄧飛：確立學生「求真」意識
The newly revised curriculum guide for junior secondary religious education will be implemented for Secondary One students from the new school year. In addition to helping students understand, develop and practise a sense of national identity, religious studies teachers will also teach them “media discernment”. Some religious figures, however, believe the topic appears to be directed at the media and that “information discernment” would be more appropriate. Tang Fei, vice-president of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers and a Legislative Council member, said on a radio programme that modern religious communication relies heavily on the media, so the curriculum design for “media discernment” serves a purpose and is not targeted at the media. He said all major religions “seek truth”, and believed the guideline aimed to establish such conscious awareness.
新修訂的初中宗教教育課程指引將於新學年中一級開始推行，宗教科教師除了幫助學生認識、培育和踐行國民身分認同等，也要教授他們「明辨媒體」。不過，有宗教人士認為該課題如「衝着媒體而來」，認為改為「明辨資訊」更合適。教聯會副會長、立法會議員鄧飛在一個電台節目表示，現代的宗教傳播大量借助媒體，因此「明辨媒體」的課程設計有作用，並非針對媒體，而各大宗教都「求真」，認為引旨在確立一種自覺的意識。