Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences

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Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences

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  • FLAS
  • 文理學院

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      Dates of existence

      September 2005 - 24 August 2008

      History

      The Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences ("FLAS") was one of the two Faculties created to replace the four Schools in September 2005, after the Hong Kong Institute of Education successfully achieved the self-accrediting university status in the year before. FLAS aimed at preparing its students to become professionals with strong disciplinary and educational knowledge to facilitate effective learning; and offered a total of 19 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in primary and secondary education, 11 in-service teacher education programmes supported by government funds, language immersion programmes, exchange programmes and study tours. FLAS was composed of five Departments and a Centre: the Department of Chinese, the Department of Creative Arts and Physical Education, the Department of English, the Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology, and the Centre for Citizenship Education.

      The Institute took further actions in enhancing its academic and research capacities following the submission of the Development Blueprint in 2007. Apart from creating the new position of Vice President (Research and Development) and implementing strategic recruitment and appointment exercises, FLAS and the Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education were reorganized into a three-Faculty structure on 25 August 2008. The five academic departments initially under FPECE came under the Faculty of Education Studies; whereas the newly created Faculty of Languages took over both the Department of Chinese and Department of English, and the restructured Faculty of Arts and Sciences housing the Department of Creative Arts and Physical Education as well as the Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology.

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      Faculty of Arts and Sciences (25 August 2008 - 31 August 2012)

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      Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the successor of Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences

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      School of Foundations in Education (September 1998 - September 2005)

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      School of Foundations in Education is the predecessor of Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences

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      School of Creative Arts, Sciences and Technology (September 1998 - September 2005)

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      School of Creative Arts, Sciences and Technology is the predecessor of Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences

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      Created: 2024-06-06.

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          The description in 'History' was produced in consultation of the following online resources:

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 2004-2005, 2005. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/okdkhgDP

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 2007-2008, 2008. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/r0twBSDZ

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Calendar 2006/2007, 2006. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/MdPHQA7v

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Calendar 2007/2008, 2007. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/qK37oxOC

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Joy of Learning issue 2, 2008. Retrieved from https://www.eduhk.hk/jol/jol18/eng/news.htm

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