Adopting the Understanding by Design (Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins) approach, the Academy seeks to enable students to have a deep understanding of each discipline within the Humanities and Arts Programme. Overarching, big ideas are emphasized.

Teaching is carried out with the conscious use of essential questions to guide the crafting of performance tasks and the planning of lessons. Less emphasis is placed on covering the content, and more on uncovering the core of each discipline to enable students to explore the depth of each subject.

Subjects offered

-           Active Citizenry Education (ACE)

-           Economics

-           Geography

-           History

 The UbD approach enables learners to

• Reach a deeper and longer-term understanding,
• Discover how key concepts relate to their lives,
• See how the past is connected to the present,
• Apply their knowledge to the world around them and
• More importantly, to make meaningful connections across the subjects and academic years.

本学院采用Jay McTighe 和 Grant Wiggins 所研发的逆向课程设计模式（Understanding by Design），以帮助学生对各科目做深入的探讨。此模式强调对主题的理解，而在教学中以重点问题为主轴，来设计各种教学材料和学生作业。此方式注重启发学生对每个学科核心的认识，其优点明显多过广而不深的学习。

科目包括

-              公民教育课程

-              经济学

-              地理

-              历史

逆向课程设计能让学生

• 对科目有更深、更持久的认识
• 了解所学的重点概念如何影响自己的生活
• 明白过去和现在的密切关系
• 把所学的知识应用在周遭的人与事中
• 针对在不同学科和年级所学的知识做有意义的联系