此論文探討大陸、台灣、香港及新加坡等地區小學語文科課文的生字識字量、生字選編問題、及根據台灣地區的小學語文科課文生字識字量問題和生字選編問題，提出具體可行的改進意見。（何文勝整理）

此文借中國大陸中學語文教材中文言文課文設置的特點，論述語文學科的性質和任務；並提出建構建語文學科體系，建立語文教學新體系，和語文教學科學化等方法。（何文勝整理）

This paper reports the findings of a project pursued to examine the social-cultural influences which emerged from the spatial representation in drawings of children from Hong Kong and Japan. The authors also investigated how and why social-cultural factors influenced children's cognitive and affective developments in spatial judgement. The project has two components: a six-year study in Japan (since 1992) and a two-year study in Hong Kong and China (since 1996). The authors report that the studies have shown that certain spatial characteristics in drawing frequently appear in Japanese and Chinese children and are accounted for by their cultural and environmental context.

作者於論文指出其研究從課程社會學的觀點出發，探討香港、台灣的小學課本是否擔負再生產的功能，研究選取兩地正規課程中最通行的教科書版本，以國語、社會科為主，倫理／宗教科為輔，進行內容分析。

The author reports that a research was conducted to examine how English lessons were organized in junior forms in secondary schools in Hong Kong in order to find out whether schools situated in different socioeconomic and sociocultural contexts provided their Cantonese-speaking students with differential access to the socioeconomically dominant English linguistic and cultural resources in Hong Kong.

Education in colonial Hong Kong was basically apolitical in nature. Civic education was introduced as a social control mechanism to reflect colonial heritage, and emphasizes the passive, obedient and law-abiding role of citizens, and prevents the development of nationalism and indigenous cultural identity. However, in response to the Joint Declaration, there was a pressure for the Government to prepare pupils to become competent citizens of the Special Administrative Region (SAR). However, various research findings reflect that young people are apathetic in political and community affairs, weak in basic civic knowledge and social awareness. In response to the re-definition of the national identity status of Hong Kong citizens, there is an urgent need to cultivate the sense of belonging of the younger generation toward the SAR as well as the PRC as a whole. The author believes that even after reunification, civic education should not be overlooked as an important educational element in tertiary education. This element should compliment the academic subjects offered by various departments and be integrated in the themes of personal development programs offered by the student affairs office in tertiary education settings. Civic education programs, either co-curricular or extra-curricular in nature, should focus on both nationalistic and democratic themes through the adoption of a participatory-oriented approach, so that students could be provided with ample opportunities to participate in the decision-making process on issues directly affecting their well-being. Arguments for and against this standpoint are presented in the context of the Hong Kong educational system.
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