Absence of girl images: the gender construct in personal and social education in Hong Kong

Education Ordinance 1971 in Hong Kong not only provided girls with a much greater chance of receiving education than had hitherto been the case, it also had the effect of incorporating them into the regulatory framework of the school system. This paper examines how the discourses of civic education and sex education before and after reunification with mainland China have interchanged the concept of gender with the biological sex in the construction of the girl. In particular, it argues that, in the name of maintaining the stability of society, the developmental path for girls has been limited in the discourses of sex, personal and social education. As a result, girls are only presumed to become women and take up their appropriate gender roles according to the social norms of contemporary Hong Kong.     

香港公共图书馆与国家图书馆数据格式之比较

图书馆数据著录格式很大程度上决定了检索点的异同,香港公共图书馆与国家图书馆作为文化传播的重要载体,由于其服务对象、功能及环境等方面存在差异,导致其数据著录格式在个别字段著录（如出版项、并列题名、载体形态项等）、著录项目术语以及提供的检索点等方面都存在差异。     

全球性移居和纽约华人——以中国电影“全球性移居”的纽约华人为例

以中国电影中"全球性移居"的纽约华人为对象进行考察。中国人的"全球性移居"主要是向着东南亚和北美进行的,前者发生在近现代以前,后者是进入近现代以后才活跃起来的。东南亚移居是从原居住地的直接移动,北美移居则是经由"地域性移居"城市上海和香港到达旧金山后再去纽约,有时也经由台北。近现代中国人的"全球性移居"可以描绘成"原籍地—‘上海—香港—台北’—纽约"这一移动路线。在这一移动路线中,从原籍地到"上海—香港—台北"属于"地域性移居",从中国到美国属于"全球性移居"。"纽约华人"大部分是从上海和香港出发的,上海和香港是中国国内的移民城市,因此,纽约华人大多数具有从国内某地先到上海或香港再到纽约的两次移民经验。     

‘We spend more time with the children than they do …’: education,care and the work of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Despite the ongoing global financial crisis, there is an increasing deployment of migrant workers across the globe, and in Hong Kong the foreign domestic worker occupies a ubiquitous presence in the lives of many families. Seven domestic workers from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand were interviewed to gain insight into their role in providing education and care for children in Hong Kong. This exploratory study focuses on the educational and care aspects of the work of foreign domestic workers. It considers the nature of their work and their relationship with the mother of the family. Findings reveal the difficulties of maintaining coordinated education and care of children in a culture where the dynamics of the unequal power relations are clearly demarcated. We raise new possibilities for interdisciplinary work to re-theorise the ways in which foreign domestic workers act as educators of young children and we call for new methodologies to enable their potential.     

参考咨询服务的变革:香港的经验

数项新近的研究显示:全球学术图书馆的使用量出现骤降,本科生对图书馆的使用情况尤其如是,借阅量呈递减趋势;杂志与书籍(纸本和电子本)的使用率偏低;以学习、完成作业或休闲阅读为目的的使用率也出现下降。或许跌幅最大、最显著的版块在于向馆员提交查询请求方面,即一般统称的参考咨询服务。这种跌幅背后,隐藏着若干因素,层出不穷的信息查阅模式为其中之一种,而读者对馆员工作范畴与能力的了(误)解程度亦为其原因之一。这种趋势在亚洲,特别是在文化语言多元化的香港,究竟有多明显？在数字时代,要提供切合学术图书馆读者需求的咨询服务,实有必要进行更详细的地区性调查研究,以探讨学术图书馆读者现有的态度和行为。     

阿细祭火民俗旅游资源开发与保护研究--以云南省弥勒市西一镇红万村为例

民俗文化作为一种重要的旅游资源,在民族文化生态旅游中受到了广泛的关注。阿细祭火民俗文化丰富多彩、独具特色,为发展民俗旅游提供了得天独厚的条件。通过对以阿细祭火民俗为代表旅游资源开发与保护的现状、各方的态度、开发原则及效益、存在的问题及对策措施等的探析,更好的传承阿细民族文化,打造具有独特魅力的旅游品牌,提升红万村知名度和影响力,建设社会主义新农村,促进社会、经济和文化的可持续发展。     

论《洪平斋四六笺注》及其文章学价值

《洪平斋四六笺注》是清人撰作的四六文注释之作,有孤本藏于上海图书馆。该书对南宋文学家洪咨夔55篇启文进行了笺注。作为四六文笺注之作,在骈文研究、接受史上颇为独特,特别是笺注中出现的特殊现象,折射出南宋中后期四六文审美的程式化倾向和善于剪裁的特点,具有相当的文章学意义。     

香港理工大学学分制实施与借鉴

香港理工大学学分制非常有特色,它以学生为中心,科学地进行课程设计和学习进度设计,并做好相关规章制度的配套工作,保障实施学分制,让其实现良性互动。香港理工大学学分制的推行和实施,为香港理工大学带来了开创性的变化,对我们有很好的借鉴意义。     

Pre-service teachers' beliefs about the switch of medium-of-instruction and their influence on lesson planning and teaching practice

Studies suggest that pre-service teachers' existing beliefs often serve as a lens to interpret the subject matter to be taught, guide their thoughts in lesson planning and shape their behaviour in classroom practices during their teaching practicum. This study examines how these beliefs affect pre-service teachers' conceptualization of Putonghua-medium-of-instruction (PMI) and their teaching. The findings indicate that the conceptualization of pre-service teachers about PMI ranged from code switching to curriculum integration. Their focus of lesson planning and teaching practice varied from transmission of Putonghua knowledge and detailed explanation of text information to integration of Chinese Language and Putonghua.     

The development and recovery of social capital through community-based adult learning

This paper explores the connection between participation in community-based adult learning (CBAL) and the development of social capital. It is based on a life-history study of participation in community-based adult learning opportunities undertaken in two local authority areas in Scotland. A life-history approach was chosen in order to ensure that the learners' perspectives were at the heart of the research while taking account of the context in which learning took place. Two semi-structured life history interviews were carried out with each of 10 learners and data were analysed in three stages, which led to the identification of cross-cutting themes. The paper explores the learners' experiences of participating in CBAL as described by them. It confirms for CBAL what has been established previously for other types of adult learning, namely that participation can support the development of social capital for some learners. Furthermore, it is argued that other learners were able to recover decreased or lost social capital through their participation. The paper contributes to an understanding of community-based adult learning as part of the continuum of lifelong learning opportunities, as it illustrates the potential of CBAL not only to support the development of social capital, but also to help learners recover capital that might have decreased through their life circumstances.