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。     

台港澳高等师范院校教育实习的比较分析

本文在评析台港澳高师教育实习的实习制度、实习目的、实习内容、活动安排和组织机构的基础上,概括出台港澳高师教育实习的特点,并提出了高师教育实习值得借鉴的几个问题。     

Teacher self‐efficacy and successful intelligence among Chinese secondary school teachers in Hong Kong

This study assessed perceptions of self‐efficacy and successful intelligence among 220 Chinese prospective and in‐service secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. Teacher self‐efficacy in six domains – teaching highly able learners, classroom management, guidance and counselling, student engagement, teaching to accommodate diversity, and teaching for enriched learning – was related to the three triarchic dimensions (analytical, creative, and practical) of successful intelligence. Each of the three triarchic abilities was found to contribute independently and in combination to the prediction of the six domains of teacher self‐efficacy. Practical abilities were the most significant predictor of self‐efficacy beliefs in five domains. Teaching teachers for successful intelligence, in strategies to enhance teacher self‐efficacy, is discussed.     

“Countability not answerability?” Accountability in Hong Kong and Singapore universities

Singapore and Hong Kong are vying to be the principal educational hub for the Asia-Pacific region and have begun to compete with Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA in providing cross-border education. Although these four Anglo-American countries still dominate cross-border education, Singapore and Hong Kong hope to make inroads into this export market and compete on the global stage. To create “world-class” universities, Singapore and Hong Kong have introduced quality assurance mechanisms, diversified funding sources, and restructured their university governance systems. This article compares the accountability measures introduced into Hong Kong and Singapore universities, and the responses of academics and administrators to these measures. The results indicate that both countries introduced greater autonomy as they augmented accountability for their universities, and the term “decentralised centralism” describes the kind of government control exerted in these Asian universities in the twenty-first century.     

A Hong Kong case of lesson study—Benefits and concerns

In recent years, there has been a feeling that effective teachers can be fostered by grounding professional development in actual classroom practice. This paper reports how a group of teachers adopted a lesson study approach and worked collaboratively so as to improve their class instruction on wh-question formation. Teachers’ reflections indicate that the collaborative environment throughout the study enabled them to gain insights into how to improve their teaching strategies. Also identified are some of the problems faced by teachers, which may undermine the gains of lesson study.     

《洪秀全选集》词语札记

太平天国各种文书有的用浅近的文言写成,有的用语体文写成,甚至近于口语。但由于太平军中隐语术语甚多,加以方言俗语与文言掺杂,因此有很多词句不明、意义难以理解的地方。本文以《洪秀全选集》为语言材料,从普通词汇、避讳和隐语等方面简略分析太平天国文书的语言特色。     

论辜鸿铭与胡适的妇女观之不同

辜鸿铭是中国传统文化最激烈的捍卫者,胡适是西洋文化最热情的倡导者。两人的文化思想激烈冲突,表现在妇女观上,一个主张女子的生命价值应安放在家庭里,以“无我”为人生观;一个倡言女子应勇敢地走出家门,去追求自立的人生道路。他们二人在妇女观上的不同,有各自不同的思想根源,对妇女解放具有有益启示。     

从困惑到超越——论徐速创作的爱国主义情怀

香港著名作家徐速是一位爱国的作家,他的创作体现了深切的爱国主义情怀,表现在爱乡土爱民族文化传统和盼望国家现代化自由民主进步上,并有自己的特点。这是现代爱国主义的进步性精神,超越了传统的和狭隘的民族主义的困境,关键在于受儒家为代表的中国传统文化精神的内在影响。     

CEPA与香港经济结构转型研究

本文在对香港经济面临的结构性问题进行分析的基础上,提出了香港经济转型的具体方向,并指出CEPA安排完全针对了香港当前的问题与需要,对重建香港制造业和拓宽金融服务业市场腹地提供了契机,给香港经济进行结构性调整提供了有利的条件,最后本文还探讨了配合CEPA落实所需要的政策措施。     

浅论广州行商经营失败的原因

广州行商是清政府指定对外贸易的封建商业组织,享有专营权,在鸦片战争前一直主导着对外贸易.但随着外贸环境的恶化、出口商品定价权的逐渐削弱以及交易成本渐次升高等矛盾的日渐突出,其外贸专营权逐步丧失,最终退出了历史舞台.