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Charting the Future

Building on the foundation established in the last five
decades, CUHK Education will continue to contribute
to education in training, research, and service, in
the same way that many predecessors of the Faculty
Celebrating Five Decades of Contributions to Education served with their hearts, mind, and devotion.

Building educational leaders and scholars in a
Celebration and Gratitude fast changing world. In a fast changing world the
training of educators could not remain static. CUHK
The Faculty of Education at CUHK celebrates its 50th Education Unit. The scope of programme offerings Education should help educational professionals to
understand and make the best use of the latest in
anniversary in 2015. CUHK Education has grown also increased to include Bachelor programmes in understand and make the best use of the latest in
ideas, practice, and technology. CUHK should equip
and contributed much to the field of education Education, Ph.D in Education, Doctor of Education, ideas, practice, and technology. CUHK should equip
professionals, leaders, and scholars in education
in training, research, and service in the last fifty and Master of Education. Since the formation of professionals, leaders, and scholars in education
with the capacity to engage in continuous reflections,
years, and there is much to celebrate. It is also an the Faculty of Education, three faculty deans have with the capacity to engage in continuous reflections,
knowledge-building, competence-development, and
opportunity to express our gratitude to leaders, served, including Professor Leslie Lo, Professor knowledge-building, competence-development, and
colleagues, and staff whose vision, commitment, and Yue-ping Chung, and Professor John Chi-kin Lee. ethical practice.
hard work has cultivated and guided the Faculty in its The visions and leadership of these deans have
Building research and scholarship that synthesize
developmental journey. been instrumental to the Faculty’s growth and Building research and scholarship that synthesize
It is of critical
development. Eastern and Western perspectives. It is of critical
importance for CUHK Education to address research
The Golden Jubilee celebration is an opportune importance for CUHK Education to address research
themes that are central to education locally and
time to recapture briefly the development of CUHK In the 2000s, CUHK Education advanced its pace themes that are central to education locally and
internationally, to identify solutions to emerging
Education in the last five decades. In 1965, CUHK on research and service to the education community. internationally, to identify solutions to emerging
concerns and issues, and to develop theories and
Education started to offer the Diploma-in-Education Different research areas emerged after the Faculty was concerns and issues, and to develop theories and
knowledge in education for new generations of
course to university graduates to quality them organized into the departments, including language knowledge in education for new generations of
learners and teachers. Most importantly, Hong
for teaching in secondary schools. The School of education and pedagogy, educational assessment, learners and teachers. Most importantly, Hong
Kong is an international city where Eastern and
Education was the first professional school of CUHK, student counseling and guidance, developmental Kong is an international city where Eastern and
Western cultures intersect, and CUHK Education
which at the time was a very young university in the science, learning science and use of technology Western cultures intersect, and CUHK Education
should take advantage of this unique position
process of developing its comprehensive strengths. in education, educational leadership, school should take advantage of this unique position
to facilitate the integration of multi-cultural and
improvement, and physical fitness and health science. to facilitate the integration of multi-cultural and
international perspectives in their diverse areas of
The School of Education engaged in a period The Faculty also established a number of research international perspectives in their diverse areas of
of steady growth in the 1970s and 1980s. The centers and programmes focusing on facilitating research work.
repertoire of courses offered and the number of school improvements, most notably the Centre for
Building innovative educational interventions through
students in the Diploma-in-Education programme University and School Partnership (CUSP), Quality Building innovative educational interventions through
Education is a challenging task and
increased as the Hong Kong government placed School Improvement Project (QSIP), and Centre partnerships. Education is a challenging task and
no single entity can resolve all the concerns and
a strong emphasis on the professional training of for the Development of Educational Leadership. no single entity can resolve all the concerns and
issues. In its service to the education community,
teachers. A Master of Arts (Education) programme The Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research issues. In its service to the education community,
CUHK should seek to build cohesive and powerful
was developed to offer training to graduate teachers (HKIER) has been a close partner in facilitating school CUHK should seek to build cohesive and powerful
partnerships with schools, government, parents,
aspiring for specialized knowledge and skills on development and research endeavours. partnerships with schools, government, parents,
and business and community stakeholders so that
education as well as experience on research. A and business and community stakeholders so that
goals, objectives, and resources are synergized, and
part-time bachelor degree programme in primary In 2015, CUHK Education is a vibrant centre for goals, objectives, and resources are synergized, and
education was introduced in 1988 for experienced professional training in education and research. innovative interventions are experimented.
teachers who were not degree-holders. There is much to celebrate. The Faculty has produced
Building
more than 20,000 graduates serving the educational Building the community of CUHK Education. Building
a vibrant, coherent, and committed community with
The 1990s was a decade of further growth and community in the past five decades and was ranked a vibrant, coherent, and committed community with
diversities in knowledge and perspective is vital to
consolidation as the School of Education was 20th internationally in the latest (2015) QS subject diversities in knowledge and perspective is vital to
the future of the Faculty of Education. The Faculty will
formally re-constituted as one of the faculties of rankings. Schools are close partners of CUHK the future of the Faculty of Education. The Faculty will
continue to inject new blood into the community and
CUHK. The Faculty of Education was organized Education through the many school intervention continue to inject new blood into the community and
to nurture teachers, students, and staff with care, so
into four departments and one teaching unit, and improvement projects. These are great to nurture teachers, students, and staff with care, so
that its tradition of excellence can be sustained and
namely: Curriculum and Instruction, Educational accomplishments that should be celebrated, and that its tradition of excellence can be sustained and
Administration and Policy, Educational Psychology, our gratitude to all the past and current members multiplied in the years to come.
Sports Science & Physical Education and Physical for their wisdom and devotion in building up CUHK
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Education. Alvin S.M. Leung