Bulletin Vol. 7 No. 1 Sep 1970

Course No. of student enrolled Sex The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong University National Taiwan University Taiwan Normal University Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University M F Full-Time . . . 17 7 10 6 — 2 7 2 Part- Time 1st Year 60 38 22 44 7 5 4 — 2nd Year 29 20 9 9 3 8 7 2 Total . . . . 106 65 41 59 10 15 18 4 A t present, the School of Education has four full-time lecturers and ten part-time lecturers. The four full-time lecturers are Mr. Kan Kwok Chuen (on leave), Mr. Chan Kai Sun, Dr. Benjamin Y. Chan and Mr. Spencer C . K. Wong (seconded from the Department of Extramural Studies). Of the ten part-time lecturers, six are newly appointed, including Dr. Jeanie Lee Ng, Mr. Fung Hon Man, Mr. L iu Hsuan M in of the University Registry, and Mr . Au Kam Nin, Mr . Liu Wing Fook, Mr. Cheung Kai Tin of the Education Department. They teach "Educational Psychology", "Educational Thought", and the teaching of History, Geography, Physics and Chemistry respectively. Prof. C. T. Hu continues to direct the "Research Project on Secondary Education in Hong Kong" from the United States, after having completed his term of service as Professor of Education in August, 1970. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Mr . T. C. Cheng, the Director of the School, conducts a course on "History of Education in Hong Kong". In order to make students capable of teaching two specialized subjects in secondary schools and to provide them with better employment opportunity, the School of Education now offers a "second major subject" to replace the previous "minor subject". Other measures recently introduced are: separate lectures for first-year and second-year part-time students, and to have the same curriculum and the same number of teaching practices for full-time and part-time students. Starting this year, students of music at Chung Chi College are accepted to take the courses of "Educational Psychology" and "History of Education". Eight students are taking these courses at present. V i c e - Ch a n c e l l o r a t t ends I n t e r n a t i o n al Con f e r ences Dr. Choh-Ming L i, Vice-Chancellor of the University, left Hong Kong on 12th August, 1970 to attend three international conferences. In the latter part of August Dr. L i attended the Fifth General Conference of the International Association of Universities, held in Montreal. The themes of the Conference were: "International University Cooperation" and "The University and the Needs of Contemporary Society". This was the first time the University was represented at the IAU General Conference which meets every five years. I n early September Dr. L i, in the capacity of President of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, will attend a meeting of the International Committee for the Study of Educational Exchange, also to be held in Montreal. The project in hand is to study the "Impact of Educational Exchange on Universities" . — 5 —