Bulletin Number Two 1986

laboratory. All the facilities and equipment have been designed to meet the needs of the teaching staff and students in the context of possible newandinnovative developments in education in the nineties, b) Programmes in Planning During the last few years, the School has been preparing a bachelor degree programme in primary education which aimsat providing appropriate training opportunities for primary school heads and potential heads so that they can assume leadership roles and bring about improvement in the quality of education at the primary level. The School is also actively planning to introduce aPhD programme in education in the near future. Professor Cho-Yee To Director ， School o f Education Professor Cho-Yee To received his early education in Hong Kong. He attended Sung Lan, Pui Ying, and Clementi Middle Schools, Grantham Training College, and The United College for his primary, secondary, teaching certificate and post-secondary education, respectively. From 1962 to 1967, Professor To pur sued postgraduate studies in education andphilosophy at Washington University in St. Louis (MA, 1963), The University of Michigan, and Southern Illinois University (PhD, 1967) in the United States. As a doctoral student, he studied with leading experi mentalists George E. Axtelle, S. Morris Eames, Nelson Bossing, John L. Childs and George S. Counts. The title of his thesis was 'John Dewey's Conception of the Relation of Education to the Democratic Ideal'. Professor To is an experienced teacher. He has taught Chinese language at a primary school in Hong Kong and logic at a high school in the United States. He began his academic career in 1964 as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, and later was appointed full-time Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the same University. He joined The University of Michigan in 1967 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1972 and Professor of Educa tion in 1976. He was appointed Chairman of the Department of Social Foundations of Education of the same university in 1977. Professor To accepted the Directorship of the School of Education of this University in August 1979. In the past several years, Professor To and the staff of the School of Education have been working extensively on the development of the School and promotion of research in education. Professor To also serves on the Board of Education, Rehabilitation Development Coordinating Committee, Hong Kong Examinations Authority School Examinations Policy Advisory Board, and Working Party on the Develop­ ment of a Chinese Language Foundation. He is also president of or adviser to several academic and pro fessional organizations in Hong Kong. Professor To has published widely on philos ophy of education, educational and social research, and cross-cultural studies. His papers have appeared in many academic journals such as: Educational Studies, Comparative Education Review, The Modem Language Journal, The Journal o f Negro Education, Chinese Studies in Philosophy, The Journal o f Asian and African Studies’ Journal o f the American Oriental Society, Bulletin Bureau International d'Education, Adu lt Leadership ， The Education Digest, Industrial and Technical Education, Revue du Sud-Est Asiatique et de l'Extreme Orient, Educational Viewpoints, Cooperative Research on the Philosophy o f John Dewey. He has also authored and coauthored several research reports that contributed to action in educa tional reform. 3ince 1980 ， agroup of researchers in education, community medicine and physical education, led by Professor To, have been pursuing a cooperative, cross- institutional and multi-disciplinary research project on Physical Activities, Health, and Quality of life in Densely Populated Urban Areas. The study has been funded mainly by the Croucher Foundation and private donations. Professor To is a fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society, American Philosophical Associ ation, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Delta Kappa. He has served as research consultant for the National Institute of Education of the United States, external examiner for anumber of Commonwealthuniversities, and Gerald Read Professor of Education at Kent State University, Ohio, Honorary Professor of South China Normal University, and the Dr. Ruth Wong Lecturer of the National University of Singapore. Professor To has recently been elected director of the Higher Education Association of China. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 17