UIC should carry on the mission of education innovation, keeping a dynamic college culture open to new ideas. Ms. Zhang Wen, Deputy Inspector of the Policy Research and Legal Construction Department, China Ministry of Education, said after an inspection at UIC in the afternoon of Nov. 26, 2007.
Ms. Zhang and Mr. Huang Xingsheng, Director of Legislative Affair Office, Department of Policy and Law, Ministry of Education, accompanied with Mr. Wen Chuandao, Deputy Inspector of Department of Education, Guangdong and Ms. Zeng Wanwen, Director of Policy and Law Office, Department of Education, Guangdong, inspected UIC and attended a panel meeting with UIC representatives Prof. Kwok Siu Tong, Executive Vice-President, Prof. Profulla C Sarker, Associate Dean of Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Li Jiayong, Academic Registrar, Mr. Huang Kuangzhong, Director of Student Affairs Office, Dr. Ricky Hou, Deputy Academic Registrar and Dr. Guo Haipeng, Director of Whole Person Education Office.
The officials were impressed by the Innovative education approach of UIC after listening to the detailed reports delivered by UIC representatives. Ms. Zhang pointed out that UIC, as the cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland in education, had set an example for the education reform in China. She said that UIC had pioneered in education innovation by adopting a new educational model that integrated the cultural tradition both at home and abroad. She highly regarded the practice of the Whole Person Education concept and Four Points Education model at UIC. "Essential-Quality-Oriented-Education (Chinese: Shuzhi Jiaoyu) is not a simple task. It covers more than just teaching the students piano or erhu. It is remarkable for UIC to develop such lively teaching approaches that embody the Essential-Quality-Oriented-Education in its full meaning." She said, "I would stay here to try these new teaching approaches if I were still a teacher."
Ms. Zhang reminded that the social environment in Mainland China was different from Hong Kong and abroad. UIC should put more emphasis on localizing the international education model, merging the leading international educational concepts into the Chinese cultural tradition. She hoped that the success of UIC could become a reference to other colleges, secondary schools and even primary schools in future.
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