Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2001

O t h e r C o l l a b o r a t i v e R e s e a r c h P r o j e c t s The Department of Sports Science and Physical Education is involved i n research w i t h Ho ng Kon g schools targeted at the physical and emotional healt h of school children. Prof. A m y H a has launched a project entitled 'Quality Assessment of Ho n g Ko ng Secondary School Physical Education: the Use o f Self-evaluation A p p r o a ch and Performanc e Indicators', the objectives of wh i ch are to provide assistance to physical educatio n teachers to appraise their teaching programmes, and to set up a framework for the development of performance indicator s to evaluate the effectiveness of physical education i n Ho ng Kong . A total of 65 schools participate i n the research. Prof. David Johns compares the fitness levels of two groups of students: one group participate in two periods of physical education each week, while the other, seven. He recommends that local schools should have more physical education classes in their curriculum, and that children should be encouraged to lead an active lifestyle in order to stay healthy. Studying the impact of heavy schoolbags on children from a biomechanics perspective, Prof. Youlian Hong discovers that, to protect their health, school children should not carry schoolbags exceeding their body weight by 15 per cent or more. CHINES E UNIVERSIT Y BULLETI Autumn •Winter 2001 18