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- 13 February 2003 -28 July 2005 (Creation)
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2 archival clamshell boxes (8 paper folders)
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Administrative history
The School of Foundations in Education (SFE) was part of the new academic structure which came into effect at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) from the 1998/99 academic year until September 2005, when HKIEd underwent another academic restructuring.
In line with the upgrading of HKIEd to a university-level institution and the development of Bachelor and Postgraduate programmes, a working group was set up by the Academic Board to recommend a new structure after wide consultation with all staff. On 5 June 1998, the Academic Board's recommendation to create four Schools and twelve Departments was endorsed by the Council for commencement in the 1998/99 academic year. Under this new structure, the four Schools were responsible for organising academic programmes, whereas the twelve Departments were reorganised within the four Schools and they focused on extending their expertise in the different programmes and courses organised by their respective School.
The SFE was responsible for organising all primary and special needs education programmes, including HKIEd's flagship Bachelor of Education in Primary programme, the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programmes, and many in-service professional development courses. The SFE was committed to playing an active role in the advancement of teacher quality and professionalism in Hong Kong by integrating the teacher education experiences of the previous Colleges of Education with the latest research and best practice. The SFE also comprised the greatest number of Departments and Centres out of the four Schools. By July 2005, the SFE consisted of five Departments and four Centres. They included the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Policy and Administration; Educational Psychology, Counselling and Learning Needs; Science; and Social Sciences; as well as the Centre for Citizenship Education, the Centre for Special Needs and Studies in Inclusive Education, the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Centre, and the Professional Studies Learning Centre.
With the attainment of the self-accrediting university status in May 2004, HKIEd decided to realign its organisational structure by merging the four Schools into two Faculties from September 2005: the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences, and the Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education. Major academic and research developments were to be coordinated at the Institute level with implementation taking place at the Faculty and Department levels. The SFE and the other three Schools therefore ceased to exist from September 2005.
Archival history
The file was maintained in the custody of the Faculty of Education and Human Development before transfer to the EdUHK Archives.
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Scope and content
This file includes proposals for major and minor course revisions, curriculum frameworks, themes and modules, revamping and restructuring of programmes, field experience arrangements for individual strands, block credit exemption proposals, and annual programme reports and summaries, together with related correspondences and supporting papers.
Records relate to the following committees:
- Academic Validation and Monitoring Committee (AVMC) (later was replaced by Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC))
- Academic Planning Development Committee (APDC)
- Committee on Qualification Recognition and Credit Transfer (QRCT)
- Institute-School Partnership Committee (ISPC) (later was renamed School Partnership and Field Experience Committee (SPFEC))
File list:
- AVMC/APDC (13 February 2003 - 6 April 2004) (3 paper folders)
- AQAC/APDC/ISPC/QRCT (18 April 2005 - 28 July 2005) (2 paper folders)
- AQAC/ISPC/APDC/AVMC (7 April - 3 December 2004) (3 paper folders)
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Records of multiple committees are interfiled due to the manner of accumulation and small volume.
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Closed for 30 years from the last creation date.
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Any request to use or publish materials from the University Archives will be subject to approval by the University Librarian and the Senior Management. Requestors should submit a request to libarchives@eduhk.hk stating the reason(s) and/or information of the proposed publication.
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Both the AVMC and the APDC were set up in 1995-96 to assist the Academic Board in formulating policies and regulations, and performing various academic functions.
The AVMC performed major vetting and endorsement roles, and all course revisions must be subject to its strict scrutiny process. AVMC later was replaced by Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC) with effect from 1 September 2004.
The APDC played a particularly important role in rationalising the process of academic planning through the establishment of a number of Programme Development Committees (PDC) and Course Development Committees (CDC).
In 1997-98, an Institute-School Partnership Committee (ISPC) was set up to co-ordinate the development of partnership with schools at different levels. The Committee was renamed School Partnership and Field Experience Committee (SPFEC) since October 2007, in order to reflect its remits and responsibilities more precisely.
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The description in 'Scope and content' was produced in consultation of the following online resources:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 1995-96, 1995. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/annual-report-YFcguaBN
The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 1997-98, 1997. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/annual-report-VtHkSaFP