Newsletter No. 86

Information in this section can only  be accessed with CWEM password .   若要瀏覽本部分的資料， 請須輸 入 中大校園電子郵件密碼 。 CUHK Newsletter 4 No. 86 4th April 1996 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia New Publication of the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research The Pursuit of School Effectiveness: Research, Management, and Policy Written by Cheng Yin-Cheong and edited by Tsang Wing-kwong, this book aims t o explain the basic theories of school effectiveness, to analyse policies for successful school reforms, to guide school practices, and to develop research strategies. Using schools in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as the basis of study, the book covers major areas i n educational research, including the pursuit o f quality i n education, and the management and effectiveness of moral and civic education in schools. It is also the first of the educational studies series published by the Hong Kong Institute o f Educational Research. ISBN 962-8077-01-5, 26 4 pages, paperback, HK$240 The book i s available i n the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre. For information or to place mail order, please call Ext. 6999 or fax 26036850. Servic e t oth eCommunit y an d Internationa l Organization s • Prof. Pak-wai Liu, pro-vice-chancellor, has been appointed by HE the Governor as a member of the Advisory Council on the Environment for two years from 1st January 1996. • Prof. Kenneth Young, pro-vice-chancellor, has been re-appointed by HE the Governor as a member of the University Grants Committee from 1st April 1996 to 31st March 1998. • Prof. Chak-kuen Wong, professor of computer science and engineering, has been appointed a member of the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council for the period up to 30th June 1998. • Prof. K.M. Chan, professor of orthopaedics and traumatology, has been elected President of the Asian Federation of Sports Medicine from 1996 to 2000. • Prof. Benjamin Y . Chan, professor i n th e Department o f Educational Administration and Policy, has been re-appointed as a member of the selection committees for the appointment o f heads/principals o f diocesan primary and secondary schools for two years from 1st March 1996. He has also been invited to serve as a member of the Internal Validating Panel of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) Course and an external examiner for doctoral theses at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. • Prof. Yee Leung, professor in the Department of Geography, has been appointed visiting professor at Beijing Normal University. He has also been invited to serve as an editorial board member o f Geoinformatica, an International Journal on Advances of Computer Sciencefor Geographic Information Systems. • Dr. Sing Lee, senior lecturer in psychiatry, has been invited to serve as a member of the editorial board of the Shanghai JingshenYixu e Archives of Psychiatry from November 1995, and the Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review from January • Prof. Wing-wah Chan, associate professor in the Department of Music, conducted the Hong Kong Japanese Club Choir, the Hong Kong Oratorio Society and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta to perform Mozart's Requiem on 11th February 1996 at the City Hall. Prof. Chan also conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra to premiere his new composition Encounter on 14th February 1996 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. • Dr. Daniel T.L. Shek, senior lecturer in social work, has been re-elected (1) chairman of the executive committee of the Society of Boys' Centres and (2) honorary secretary of Heep Hong Society for Handicapped Children from 1995 to 1996. Dr. Shek has also been invited to serve as a member of the International Editorial Board of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, • Prof. Anthony P.C. Yim, associate professor in the Department of Surgery, has been invited to serve as a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the Medical Updates on Therapy, Diagnosis & Prevention. Prof. Yim has also been elected as a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons from 9th February 1996. 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