The records comprising this series include minutes, reports, correspondence and circulars regarding the appointment of senior academic staff of the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the non-approval of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) programme.
Division of Primary EducationThis record series contains randomly selected samples of the meeting records of the Board of Examiners of the School of Foundations in Education.
Usually, every School or Faculty in EdUHK has it's Board of Examiners. The role of the Board shall be:
(a) to assure the overall academic standard of the programme for which the Board is responsible;
(b) to assure fair and consistent assessment of academic performance of students and to adjudicate any cases with irregularities;
(c) to consider the overall performance of students, and approve the assessment results of modules;
(d) in accordance with the General Academic Policies and Regulations, to determine the remedial work for problem/failure cases and cases of extenuating circumstances that need special consideration, and to determine cases for discontinuation of studies;
(e) to recommend the lists of graduates for the award of degrees and other academic awards to the Faculty Board/ Higher Degrees Committee/ Academic Quality Assurance Committee for endorsement;
(f) to report its decision on students' progression and assessment to the Faculty Board/ Higher Degrees Committee/ Academic Quality Assurance Committee;
(g) to set up a Core Team to act on its behalf;
(h) to form a panel to hear discontinuation case(s), if necessary.
School of Foundations in EducationThis series consists of records generated, received or accumulated by the research and administrative activities of the Office, which mainly document HKIEd’s strategic development planning, working progress on University title, HKIEd academic development, UGC visits and the organisation of strategic events such as senior management retreat and roundtables of presidents of universities of education.
Strategic Planning OfficeThe series consists of records generated by the Academic Board and its Committees. The reports include meeting notes, discussion papers and report regarding Institutional Review, committee membership, and the development of Bachelor of Education ("BEd") programmes between 1996 and 1997.
Academic BoardThe series consists of both administrative and programme records of the Association of Lecturers at Colleges of Education dated 1966 to 1985, including meeting notices and minutes, constitutions, bank statements, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, and members' lists; in addition to published materials of the Hong Kong Institute of Education's Development Blueprint dated 2007.
Academic Staff Association of The Education University of Hong KongThe series comprises records relating to the programme administration of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Primary) (Three-year Mixed Mode) (also known as "3-Year MM BEd(P)") offered by the School of Foundations in Education (“SFE”) between 2000 and 2004.
The 3-Year MM BEd(P) programme was introduced in the 2000/2001 academic year as an add-on degree for holders of the Hong Kong Institute of Education ("HKIEd")'s :
1) Certificate in Primary Education,
2) In-service Course of Training for Teachers in Primary Schools and
3) Certificate in Secondary Education.
This programme provided an alternative mode of attendance to the two-year full-time Bachelor of Education Programme implemented in September 1999, as it combined part-time evening and Saturday classes with full-time summer blocks in order to cater for teachers who work full-time. The coordination and delivery of this mixed mode programme was assumed by the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences ("FLAS") in the 2005/2006 academic year, when SFE ceased to exist. The programme admitted its last cohort of students in the 2014/2015 academic year.
School of Foundations in EducationThe series comprises various academic records, including syllabuses, outlines, timetables, assignments and student assessments.
Department of Economic and Public Affairs, Grantham College of EducationOn 26 February 1998, the new campus of The Hong Kong Institute of Education in Tai Po was officially opened. This series contains newspaper clippings that relate to the official opening ceremony in 1998 and the topping-out ceremony on 16 April 1997.
The Education University of Hong KongThis series consists of project proposals, design layout plans, meeting notes, correspondence, cost estimates, budget plans, questionnaires and application forms for a variety of matters, relating to the preliminary activities undertaken by the Proposed Community Creative Arts Complex Project Planning Committee in order to obtain funding from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for the proposed Community Creative Arts Complex Project ("CCA Complex Project").
The CCA Complex Project proposed to synergize the educational and artistic expertise of the Hong Kong Institute of Education ("HKIEd") with local arts organisations to enhance the cultural well-being of the north-east district of the New Territories. The ultimate goal of the CCA Complex Project, as the Project title suggests, was to lead to the construction of a Community Creative Arts Complex within HKIEd's Tai Po campus. However, the CCA Complex Project fell through and the construction was unable to come true.
The Proposed Community Creative Arts Complex Project Planning CommitteeThis series consists of meeting papers, minutes, circulation, and correspondences of the School of Foundations in Education.
The series relates to the academic works of the School. Subjects and activities covered by the documents include curriculum, module revision, programme examiner, programme re-validation; student exchange programme, appointment of professor, student disciplinary and fund application.
This series also documented the membership and works of several committees within the School, including the Advisory Committee on Primary Teacher Education, Student Disciplinary Committee; and School Projects; Initiative Funding Committee; Academic Validation and Monitoring Committee; and Academic Planning and Development Committee.
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