20世纪殖民统治期间香港社会心理的变迁及影响

香港作为高度繁荣的国际大都会,已成为仅次于纽约和伦敦的全球第三大金融中心。香港回归已有十六年,但与内地之间似乎一直存在着一道难以跨越的鸿沟,使得两地之间经常产生民众纠纷、文化矛盾、意识形态认识的冲突。追根溯源,其中的原因与漫长的英国殖民统治有着密不可分的关系。正是在这段时期里香港社会历经了领土遭遇割让、地区被迫投降、经济高速发展、主权确认回归等诸多事件,才形成了一次次的社会心理变迁,最终发展成为了如今香港地区社会心理的一个基本雏形。     

赖际熙与早期香港中文教育的发展

1912年9月香港大学成立,作为香港地区的最高学府,如何承担起发展中文教育的重任就成了摆在有识之士面前的严峻问题。恰当此时,身为前清进士的赖际熙受聘担任港大中文讲师,协助创办中文教学单位,并担任负责人直至1932年底退休。赖际熙任教20年间对港大及香港的中文教育发展作出了重要贡献。港大中文教学单位从无到有,由小组升格为学系,直至得到港商捐助兴建中文图书馆和教学办公大楼,师资队伍逐渐增强,都与赖氏的努力有直接的关系。许地山加盟港大后确定的港大中文系文、史、哲、翻译四大教学板块的结构,也是赖际熙主政期间创立的由文、史、哲、经学、翻译所组成的课程的进一步发展。赖际熙所推动的中文教育,尽管存在着偏重文言文和轻视新文化等种种不足,但开拓性贡献应予充分肯定。     

The unintended hegemonic effects of a limited concession: institutional incorporation of Chinese schools in post-war Hong Kong

Using the case of Chinese schools in post-Second World War Hong Kong, this paper explores the unintended consequences of an incomplete hegemonic project. After World War II, anti-imperialist pressures and rising educational demands in the local setting propelled the colonial authorities to be more active in providing and funding Chinese schools. This development created a considerable number of vernacular institutions that were either directly state-run or generously government-financed. Nevertheless, this concession was circumscribed because the regime eschewed universal and compulsory education, and many Chinese schools remained private and unaided. Producing three different types of vernacular institutions, the state’s partial incorporation of these institutions unwittingly divided these schools and pre-empted them from forming a united, antagonistic identity. These findings urge us to examine carefully, when using Gramsci’s concept of hegemony, the extent of compromise the powerful have actually conceded. They also hint that hegemony should not be conceived only as a conscious, conspiratorial project, for state practices occasioned by conjunctural forces may produce unintended consequences that have profound repercussions on political power.     

香港中小学教育公平的实践

入学机会在香港虽早已普及,但这并不代表香港中小学教育是公平的。为了检视香港教育公平的实践,本文回顾了香港回归后与教育公平有关的教育政策争议,从学童的性别、贫穷家庭子女、特殊学习需要学童、少数族裔学童、新来港与跨境学童等几方面剖析了香港中小学在教育公平方面的实施情况,并就探讨香港教育公平课题提出了进一步的建议。     

香港中文教育政策述评

香港特区政府以“两文三语”为目标的中文教育政策,是香港总体语言政策的构成部分,文章从推广普通话、推行母语教学、以普通话教授中文及推行简化字等方面对此进行了述评。     

开放和远程高等教育的理念和实践

追溯了中国传统化中开放教育的理念和实践及其西方开放和远程教育的发展,描述了香港公开大学成功办学的经验,探讨了当今开放和远程教育对传统教育的冲击,面临高等教育大众化,国际化,虚拟化,网络化等国际大趋势,提出了大中华发展新的开放和远程教育理念的十六字方针;古为今用,洋为中用,因地制宜,推陈出新。     

港台地区高校创业教育的特点及启示

自创业教育兴起以来,港台地区高校就积极参与并形成了独具特色的创业教育体系和模式。大陆和港台地区同文同种,在文化传统、大众观念等方面有很大程度的相似性,通过对港台地区高校创业教育特色的梳理分析及合理借鉴,对我国高校创业教育体系的完善具有一定的启发意义。     

内地香港语文教学之比较

香港因殖民地统治,形成了与内地完全不同的文化背景,"港式中文"就是这种文化背景的的产物。与内地相比,香港语文教学的理念不同,重工具性,轻人文性,强调创造性;语文课堂教学语言、教学文字不同,香港的课堂语言是粤语,使用繁体字;语文教学的课程目标不同,重在培养学生阅读、写作、聆听、说话和思维等语文能力,重在对学生自学能力的培养、对文化的认识。香港所使用的教材、采用的教学方法、考试范围等也与内地不同。香港的教师和学生与内地相比也表现出不同的特点。     

从“平等”的概念分析香港融合教育发展中的利与弊

在香港,无论是融合教育的前线工作人员,还是社会人士,对融合教育的发展情况都是褒贬不一。在此背景下,结合教育机会平等和个别差异认同中的平等概念,总结香港融合教育发展过程中的利与弊,无论是对香港融合教育的发展,或是其它地区融合教育的发展,都具有启迪意义。     

香港西医书院的创办及其历史意义

创办于1887年的香港西医书院,是香港的第一所高等教育机构,也是中国近代医学高等教育的发端。该书院的组织机构、课程设置、考试方法及师资建设等,全面引进近代西方教育体系,在中国高等教育近代化进程中发挥了积极的作用。     

Expectations versus reality: the case of Liberal Studies in Hong Kong’s new senior secondary reforms

This article reports the findings of a five-year longitudinal study investigating the introduction of Liberal Studies in the context of Hong Kong’s new senior secondary educational reforms. The aim of this empirical research, which adopted diachronic analysis to allow comparisons over time, was to compare teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the Liberal Studies curriculum before and after its introduction. Methodologically speaking, the study was informed by documentary inquiry, with approximately 560 newspaper articles and government reports collected to identify the issues surrounding the curriculum debate. Questionnaire-based surveys conducted in the pre- and post-reform periods revealed a sharp contrast between expectations and reality for both participant groups following the curriculum’s introduction. Whilst the students demonstrated favourable attitudes towards Liberal Studies before studying the subject, a certain degree of disappointment was expressed after the new curriculum came into effect. In follow-up interviews with teachers, they expressed a lack of confidence in teaching such a multi-disciplinary subject and criticised the overly ambitious nature of the curriculum. Liberal Studies, as currently taught, runs the risk of falling out of favour with Hong Kong secondary school teachers, and the question of whether it will play an increasingly important role in promoting patriotic education after the demise of Moral and National Education is deserving of research attention.     

Education,culture and politics: the evolution of Chinese education at The University of Hong Kong, 1911–1941

The University of Hong Kong (HKU), following its establishment in 1911, has assumed the mission of bridging British and Chinese cultures, to prepare European and Chinese elite youth for political and other professional careers, and thus to improve Britain’s cultural influence in competition with other western powers with regard to China. Dominated by its colonial character and pragmatic orientation, Chinese education at HKU was confined to no more than a supplementary subject at the initial stage. However, colonial crisis and cultural changes in the 1920s and 1930s, together with the endeavours of local cultural and commercial elites, made advanced Chinese education at HKU necessary and possible, and led to an independent unit for Chinese education and Chinese studies being established and strengthened. Organisational and curricular reforms before the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941 led to further modernisation and solidified the structure of Chinese education at this university, laying the essential foundation for its post-war recovery and development. The evolution of Chinese education at HKU demonstrated well the subtle entanglements of education, culture and politics in a colonial context, through which coexistence and tensions between tradition and modernity, between China and the West, and between the imperial and republican intellectuals were also vividly revealed.     

新加坡与香港地区教师教育比较

1970年,新加坡总理李光耀在香港大学年会上以\"双城记\"为题做了一场发人深省的演讲,除了讲述新加坡和香港地区所取得的相似成就与优势以外,还进一步做出预测,表示两地在未来将会取得更大的成功.在此基础上,笔者试图从一个更为广泛和更具批判性的视角进行深入分析,首先梳理出二者基本差异,进而再讨论是哪些特定的政治、文化和教育因素最终导致了二者的不同发展路径和成果.国际研究学者围绕同一主题共同创作了一篇具有独到见解的文章,这使得1970年发表的这篇文章在35年后又被重新提起.     

评香港特别行政区学前教育的新拨款形式——教育券

香港学前教育于2007年开始实施教育券制。本文主要分析了香港教育券制的模式与特点,同时进一步探讨此种新的资助形式将会带给香港的价值,揭示它可能产生的问题,并研究教育券制对促进香港学前教育发展的意义。     

内地与香港高等教育大众化进程的比较研究

世界各国实现高等教育大众化的道路是多样的,通过比较我们发现：内地与香港的高等教育大众化进程中显著的特点就是两地的大众化都是属于“后发国家”类型,起步较晚但发展迅速,短短的几年就使高等教育的入学率达到大众化的要求。在推动高等教育迅速发展的原因中,政治因素的决定性作用也是两地大众化区别于其他国家或地区的共同特征。     

中国大陆、香港、台湾地区高校通识教育之比较

本文从通识教育理念、通识课程目标、课程设置要求、课程教学与管理等方面对中国大陆、香港、台湾地区高等学校的通识教育进行了比较分析,并指出了大陆通识教育存在的问题与不足.     

Major issues of university education policy in Hong Kong

University education is believed to be one of the most controversial public policies in Hong Kong. Numerous changes have also occurred in the university education sector since the 1990s when the rapid expansion of university places was put into force. The most notable changes may include the institutionalization of quality assurance mechanisms, the reform of university governance and staff remuneration systems, the adoption of role differentiation among the universities, the potential emergence of private universities and community colleges, and the trend of internationalizing university education. This article identifies major issues of university education policy and examines those factors that are affecting the development of university education, in Hong Kong.     

谈两岸三地英语电影片名汉译

英语电影片名在大陆和港台的汉译常常有较大的不同。对两岸三地的英语电影片名汉译进行分析,发现造成不同的主要原因是三地在语言习惯、商业运作等方面存在诸多差异。探讨三地英语电影片名汉译各自的特点和优劣,希望有助于两岸三地的文化交流。