Bulletin Number Five 1983

Recent Publications o f the University The following books were published by the Chinese University Press between April and November 1983: (Titles in Chinese) Chang Shu-ting (ed .)： A Glossary o f Biological Terms (374 pp., paperback) S.C. Chong ， P.S. Kwan & Y.C. Kong: An Introduction to Pen-ts'ao Study (viii + 191 pp., hardcover) Fok Tou-hui (ed .)： Certificate Buddhist Studies fo r Hong Kong Secondary Schools (Part II) (viii + 132 pp., paperback) Hsu Kwan-san: The Realistic Historiography o f L iu Chih-chi (228 pp., paperback) Thomas H.C. Lee (tr .)： The Liberal Tradition in China (iv +145 pp., paperback) (Titles in English) W.T. de Bary: The Liberal Tradition in China (v i+ 122 pp., hardcover) Cheng Te-k'un: Studies in Chinese A r t (v iii + 272 pp., hardcover) W. South Coblin: A Handbook o f East Han Sound Glosses (x iii + 316 pp., hardcover) D.C. Lau (tr .)： Confucius: The Analects (x lix + 284 pp., hardcover) D.C. Lau (comp .)： Lu X ü n Xiao Shuo Ji: Vocabulary (2nd printing) (v iii + 205 pp., paperback) Stuart R. Schram: Mao Zedong: A Preliminary Reassessment (xv + 104 pp., plates, hardcover) Vincent Y.C. Shih (tr .)： The Literary M ind and the Carving o f Dragons (x lix + 571 pp., hardcover) Informal Seminars o f the School o f Education Teaching and research are complementary to each other, and academics o f the University are con­ tinuously engaged in research in their own specialized field. However, they are often ignorant o f what others in the same faculty or even the same depart­ ment are doing as there is little communication in this respect. Apart from the training o f secondary teachers, the other main role o f the School o f Education is to conduct educational research. As there is in fact no such academic discipline as Education but the application o f Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Political Science, linguistics, History and Philosophy, etc. to the field o f education, teachers o f the School are applying the methodology o f these various disciplines to study the education-related issuesw ithin their own speciality. As a result, the need to go beyond their own discipline and to improve communication is even greater for members o f the School o f Education. We therefore proposed to the Higher Degree, Research and Publication Committee o f the School to organize some informal staff seminars to facilitate the exchange o f views and ideas. These seminars are restricted to members o f the School. A t these meetings, usually during lunch hour on Wednesdays, a colleague gives an account o f his recent research, which is followed by questions and discussions. In the last academic year, eleven meetings were held. Topics discussed ranged from Psychology, Sociology, linguistics to History, fu lly reflecting the faculty's diversity o f interest: S.C. Cheng Cognitive Processing o f Chinese Children L.F. Lo Research on Physical Activities and Quality o f L ife in Densely Populated Areas M.C.L. Lam The Importance o f the Position o f Determiner-classifier in Self- embedded Sentences in Can tonese B.H.K. Luk The Concept o f Literacy and Literacy o f the Common People in the Ming and Qing Dynasties S.Y.P. Chung The Effect o f Education on Family L ife in Hong Kong B.L. Yau The Training in Micro-counselling Technique N.K. Lo The Development o f Informal Education in Mainland China N.W. Yu Syllabic Structure o f Cantonese in Hong Kong and Their Trans­ formational Rules P.K. Siu Basic Assumptions o fInformation- processingResearch Y.W. Fung Extra-curricula Activities E.S.C. Tso Language Awareness Research A t the end o f the academic year, feedbacks were received from colleagues. It is clear that such informal staff seminars are popular and should be continued. - B.H.K.L . ， E.S.C.T.&N.W.Y. ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS 31