The Characteristics of Kindergarten Teachers in Hong Kong 香港幼稚園教師的特點Kindergarten education is widely perceived to be beneficial to the development of pre-primary children. In September 1996， there were 180 771 kindergarten pupils in Hong Kong， accounting for 78% of the children aged企om3 to 5. With the increasing significance of kindergarten education， kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong also experienced some changes in terms of quantity and quality. This article analyses the characteristics of kindergarten teachers in the past eight years. 幼稚園教育有助於學前兒童的成長，已是眾所周知。
一九九六年九月，本 港共有180 771名幼稚園學童，佔3至5歲兒童人口的78%隨著幼稚園 教育的重要性日漸提高，本港幼稚園教師亦在質和量方面經歷一些轉變 本文分析過去八年幼稚園教師特點的轉變Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics July 1997 FBl The characteristics of kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong 香港幼稚園教師的特點1. Introduction 1.1 The Statistics Section of the Education Department has been conducting the Teacher Survey on an annual basis since 1979 to collect information on teachers in Hong Kong. The survey covers all kindergartens and primary and secondary day schools in Hong Kong. 1.2 The figures on kindergarten teachers presented in this article are extracted from the Teacher Surveys. Ho wever， as there has been a change in the types of information on kindergarten teachers in the Teacher Survey from 1989 on wards， there was a discontinuity on statistics preceding 1989 and those from 1989 on wards. Under the circumstance， this article only focuses on analysis of the characteristics of kindergarten teachers in the recent eight years. 2. Concepts and Deflnitions 2.1 Kindergartens in Hong Kong are all operated by the private sector. There are t wo main categories of kindergartens， namely non- profit-making kindergartens and other kindergartens. The former refers to those kindergartens run by charitable organisations. Al1 the fees and charges collected from pupils are used for education pu中oseswithin the kindergartens concemed. They are also eligible for reimbursement of rent and rates from the Education Department. 2.2 Kindergarten teachers refer to all principals and teaching staff in kindergartens. This is because， in a fe w cases， some teachers served as principals and vice versa. For easy interpretation， kindergarten principals were also counted as kindergarten teachers. 2.3 Kindergarten location was adopted as the survey unit in the Teacher Survey but intemational school locations were not covered in the survey. The follo wing figures on kindergarten teachers refer to the position as in early October of the respective years. FB2 1. 引言1.1 教 育署統計組 自一九七九年起，每年均進 行「教師統計調查J'以搜集本港教師的資料。
調查的範圍包括本港所有幼稚園 及 中 小 學日 校1.2 本文所載有關幼稚園教師的數字是摘錄 自「教師統計調查」 不過，由於 自一九八九年 起，教師統計調查內有關幼稚園教師的資料種類 有所改變，故此一九八九年前 及一九八九年後 的 統計數字出現了不銜接的情況因此，本文 只集 中 分析近八年來幼稚園教師的特點2. 概念和定義2. 1 香港所有幼稚園 均由私 人機構營辦，並可分 為 非牟利 和其他幼稚園兩大 類非牟利幼稚園 是指 由慈善機構營辦的幼稚園，向 學生收取的學 費和費 用全數用於 本身的教 育事務上另外，亦可向教 育 署申請發還租金和 差飾2.2 幼稚園教師 指所有在幼稚園工作的校長和 教學人員 因為 在一些幼稚園，校長的職務是由教 師擔任，而有些校長亦兼負教學 工作為 方便分析， 計算幼稚園教師人數時，已把幼稚園校長一併計算 在內2.3 教師統計調查所採用的統計單位 是幼稚 園校址，但國際 學 校校址並不包括在調查範間 內下列所示有關幼稚園教師的數字，是指統計 年份十月初的情況香港統計月刊一九九七年七月3. Number of kindergarten teachers 3.1 Over the past eight years， the total number of kindergarten teachers increased by 18.2% from 7 138 in 1989月o to 8 436 in 1996/97. Analysed by type of kindergarten， the number of teachers in non-pro fit-making kindergartens also sho wed an up ward trend. It rose from 3 557 in 1989/90 to 5 082 in 1996/97 with a 42.9% gro wth. Moreover， the proportion of teachers in non-pro fit making kindergartens also increased. In 1996/97， over 60% of kindergarten teachers were working in non-profit-making kindergartens. Conversely， the number and proportion of teachers in other kindergartens steadily decreased. ( Table 1) 3. 幼稚園教師人數3.1 過去八年， 幼稚園教師 總 數由一九八九/九零 年的7 138人上升至一九 九 六/九七年的8 436人， 增幅 為18.2%。
如按幼稚園種類分析，非牟利幼稚 園教師的數目同 樣出現上升的趨勢:由一九八九/九 零年的3 557人升至一九九六/九七年的5 082 人， 增幅達42.9%此外，非牟利幼稚園教師所 估 的比 重 ， 亦不斷上升 在一九九六/九七年，60%以上的 幼稚園教師是受聘於非牟利幼稚園相反 ， 其他幼稚 園教師的人數和比重 ， 則緩緩下降 (表一 )咀ie削-mu表Number of kindergarten teachers by type of kindergartcn， 1989/90 to 1996/97 一九八九/九零年至一九九六/九七年按幼稚園種類劃分的幼稚園教師人數No. of teachers in non-No. of teachers in other Total no. of Year pro fit-making kindergartens kindergartens kindergarten teachers 年份非牟利幼稚園教師人數其他幼稚園教師人數幼稚園教師 總人數1989/90 3 557 3 58 1 7 138 (49.8) (50.2) (100.0) 1990/91 3 847 3 582 7 429 (51.8) (48.2) (100.0) 1991/92 4 039 3 575 7 614 (53.0) (47.0) (100.0) 1992/93 4 229 3 476 7 705 (54.9) (45.1) (100.0) 1993/94 4 504 3 446 7 950 (56.7) (43.3) (100.0) 1994/95 4 777 3 330 8 107 (58.9) (41.l) ( 100.0) 1995/96 4 854 3 378 8 232 (59.0) ( 41.0) (100.0) 1996/97 5 082 3 354 8 436 (60.2) (39.8) ( 100.0) Note : Figures in brack ets denote the percentage distribution. 註釋:括號內數字顯示百分率的分布。
Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics J uly 1 997 FB3 3.2 Kindergarten teaching was predominated by female teachers. From 1989月oto 1996/97， less than one percent of kindergarten teachers were male. In other words，。