This paper discusses the findings of a research study investigating user acceptance of bring your own device (BYOD) practice to support teaching and learning in a Hong Kong university. Forty-four undergraduate students and two teachers participated in the study. To collect their ratings of agreement with respect to several BYOD-related issues, student participants were asked to complete pre- and post-user acceptance questionnaires at the beginning and at the end of a 13-week semester. Post-event focus group interview sessions were also organised to further elicit students’ and teachers’ views on the use of personally owned devices for learning. While most of the findings from this study support the use of BYOD in higher education, a number of concerns about its implementation are raised. Insights derived from this research will help inform pedagogies, research and practices in BYOD-mediated learning environments.
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To respond to the growing concerns about the need for university students to learn generic skills to complement their disciplinary expertise, many universities have included General Education (GE) in their curriculum. A new general education framework entitled “General University Requirements” (GUR) has been implemented at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) since the 2012/13 academic year. A five-year longitudinal project using multiple evaluation strategies was conducted to evaluate the GUR, including objective outcome evaluation (online survey), Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+), subjective outcome evaluation (Student Feedback Questionnaire), and qualitative evaluation (focus groups, longitudinal case studies and document analyses). With reference to the second year of program implementation, results from different evaluation strategies consistently demonstrated that the GUR subjects were effective in promoting the five desired graduate attributes as defined by PolyU (i.e., problem solving, critical thinking ability, effective communication, ethical leadership and lifelong learning) in students. Both students and teachers perceived the subject contents, teaching and learning methods, and teaching staff in GUR subjects favorably though several challenges were also noted.
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This article examines the significance of global trends in higher education (HE) development in Hong Kong between 1997 and 2012. Two trends, massification and internationalisation, are considered key driving forces that shaped Hong Kong’s HE policy during the period. The former refers to government measures to widen participation in HE. The latter is associated with Hong Kong’s regional education hub strategy. Universities in the city revised their governance structure in these contexts. The article first explains why massification and internationalisation entered the HE policy discourse in Hong Kong in the late 1990s, and how they were materialised by neoliberal practices in the 2000s. Subsequently, it reveals how the two trends influenced university governance by examining the development of the University of Hong Kong Group. Based on this review, this article argues that the HE development can be perceived as an extension of structural transformation of the Hong Kong economy.
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This study examined the immediate and long-term effects of an Assessment for Learning intervention on pre-service sports coaches’ attitudes towards Assessment for Learning in sports. The hypothesis that the intervention had an immediate effect on the experimental group towards Assessment for Learning was only partially supported by this research. Nevertheless, the hypothesis that the intervention had a long-term effect was supported. This study has successfully shown that the intervention can be very effective in developing competencies in Assessment for Learning among pre-service sports coaches in Hong Kong. Through the intervention, the pre-service sport coaches made positive changes in attitudes towards Assessment for Learning, as used in sports teaching, and recognised its effect on student learning. Their positive responses serve as a “green light” for introducing Assessment for Learning for all in-service sports coaches and physical education teachers in Hong Kong.
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Short-term study abroad programs have been increasingly emphasized in expanding university curricula since the beginning of the 21st Century. This chapter aims to understand students' perceptions of short-term study abroad programs in the context of Hong Kong Higher Education (HE). Its objectives are to examine students' perceived benefits, concerns and the issues facing them when deciding on their participation in these programs. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, a case study was conducted in the eight universities of Hong Kong. Results show that the students strongly believed that the greatest benefits of taking part in these programs included enhancing their personal growth and intercultural development. The significance of this chapter is to contribute new knowledge to the understanding of students' perceptions and values of outbound short-term study abroad in an Asian/Chinese context.
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香港作為一個多元文化匯集的自由港,各種思想和不同價值觀在此交流碰撞、相融共存,香港學校在與多元文化的磨合過程中,逐步建構起獨具特色的教育體系。這對于隨著改革開放、日漸多元化的內地學校教育來說,具有理論和實踐上的借鑒意義。筆者跟隨廣西協力扶貧基金會的教育考察團到香港進行了為期一周的考察學習,充分感受到了香港教育獨具特色的辦學思想與教育體制。在此,將從香港教育的辦學形式、學制、德育內容、課程設置等方面作進一步的闡述。

近年，不少東亞地區的政府關切到全球大學排名的重要性,紛紛採取不同的策略，參照全球最優秀的大學辦學模式和指標，藉以提升本地區大學的全球競爭力。與此同時，不少大學銳意在全球大學排名榜上力爭上游，嘗試重組它們的大學架構和尋求新的管治策略以晉身成為世界知名大學。在東亞及歐洲大陸地區，大學管治其中一個最主要的變革趨勢是“監管地區主義”(regulatory regionalism)的興起，這類“地區管治”(regional governance)模式的特點是它超越國界，促進地區內大學的合作。跟歐洲的情況相似，亞洲地區的大學管治也逐漸和全球接軌，一方面越來越要符合外界的評審標準，另一方面內部管治程式也要變得更加“管理主義化”(managerial)。在這種政策背景下，本文探討中國內地、臺灣地區、香港地區、韓國、新加坡和馬來西亞的政府採用了什麼主要政策和策略來提升它們的大學至世界級水準。本文集中探討這些國家/城市採取什麼具體策略來發展成為高等教育的地區中心(regional hub of higher education)和如何在區內推廣跨國教育(transnational education) 。

This chapter examines the relationship and effects of perceived discrimination on the integration among new arrivals from mainland China and its implications to the Hong Kong community. It also explores how perceived discrimination, which may affect the integration process of migrants, would mean to higher education in Hong Kong. By exploring the relationship between perceived discrimination and integration, the chapter argues that discrimination or perceived discrimination significantly influences the immigrant’s prospect of successful immigration, which, in turn, affects the future development of society.
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中國大陸、台灣、香港和澳門都是中華民族的地區，但由於歷史因素，香港(1842-1997)和澳門(1887-1999)分別被英國和葡萄牙管治。其後國共內戰，1949年國民黨南遷台灣，形成四地局面。這些歷史背景因素塑造了四地不同的課程取向和特色。本章首先根據第二章至第五章有關四地不同時期的幼兒課程與教學發展作比較，接着探討影響四地幼兒課程與教學發展的因素及當中的問題，最後就四地所論述的議題提出改善建議，並預測香港未來幼兒課程與教學的發展趨勢。