Faculty of Education - University of Macau newsletter 2nd...PhD candidate Mr. Chan Keng Lim...

Faculty of Education

NEWSLETTER

Issue 2

Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009

� “Seminar Series by Renowned Scholars

in Education” No.5

� CESHK Annual Conference 2009:

Post-Colonial Education Development

� FED Reading Salon for Postgraduates

� “From Hunch to Publishing” Sharing

Meeting

� FED PhD Dissertation Proposal Report

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FED NEWSLETTER

Mission

To disseminate educational ideals and

academic and student activities of FED;

to provide an easy and user-friendly

platform for academic staff; to promote a

sharing culture and boost teacher

education and professional development.

Editorial Board

Prof. Sylvia S.L.Ieong (Centre)

Cady (left) Sophie (right)

Address: J527

Tel: 8397 8727

Email: [email protected]

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Issue 2 Contents

Student Activities

FED Reading Salon for Postgraduate 1

Lunch Seminar Series III “Achievement in Spirituality

Education: Who is the ‘Boss’?”

2

FED PhD Dissertation Proposal Report Meeting 2

“From Hunch to Publishing” Sharing Meeting 2

Mathematics Education Group Research Series 3

Staff Activities

Conference Series on Education Development in Chinese

Society---Curriculum and Instruction 2008

4

Dr Tse Kin Shing’s Participation in the 5th Conference on

PPRDR Education

6

“Seminar Series by Renowned Scholars in Education” No.5:

Rethinking Teacher Professional Development and Moral

Education in the 21st Century

6

Academic Exchange in Kaohsiung and Tainan 7

Prof. Sylvia Ieong and Dr. Wang Ping Cheng on

Adjudicating Panel of “The 18th Delta Asia Cup Quiz---for

Secondary Schools”

8

Eleven FED Teachers Led by Prof. Shan Visited Anhui

Normal University

9

CESHK Annual Conference 2009: Post-Colonial Education

Development

10

Prof. Qiang was Invited to Give a Seminar on Foreign

Language Immersion Instruction to Macao Teachers

12

FED Faculty “Retreat Day” 13

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FED Reading Salon for Postgraduates

Organized by Educational Research Centre (ERC),

FED Reading Salon for Postgraduates had their

first meeting on 17 December 2008. Dr. Vong Sou

Kuan, Director of ERC, hosted the salon.

Dr. Vong first stated the reason why she organized

this salon. She said: “Every postgraduate should

read certain classical books, especially those

majoring in education, because they may face a

potential threat that their horizon might be

narrower and narrower. Thus, extensive reading

can have their vision expanded. Meanwhile,

members of the salon may inspire each other

while exchanging ideas.” Then, each member

shared the reason why they took part in this salon.

Yin Dan, a postgraduate from Curriculum and

Instruction, said: “Reading is a part of my life.

Book to me is like water to fish. I hope reading

could become a pleasure as stated on the poster of

the salon. I wish I can take to reading like duck to

water”

All members shared their favorite books, and

recommended classis to each other. Also, they

made appointment for next gathering.

Lunch Seminar Series III

“Achievement in Spirituality

Education: Who is the ‘Boss’?”

17 December, 2008. Lunch Seminar Series III

“Achievement in Spirituality Education: Who is

the ‘Boss’?” organized by the Educational

Research Centre (ERC) of the Faculty of

Education was held at Rm. J217. Dr Tang Wai

Yan from the Hong Kong Institute of Education

was invited to give a talk, with Dr. Vong Sou

Kuan, Director of ERC, Chairing the seminar.

Nearly 70 students from various faculties and




departments of the university participated.

Dr Tang pointed out that the development of

spirituality was very important for students. He

showed the audience a video clip in order to

answer two questions on this topic: 1. What kind

of regulations and rules of this society restrict the

liberty of our spirituality? 2. What kind of

regulations and rules of education today restrict

the liberty of students’ spirituality? Dr Tang’s

deconstruction of traditional education ideas set

students thinking more about education.

Incidentally, it happened to be Dr. Vong’s birthday

that day, so all students present gave their best

wishes to her.

FED PhD Dissertation Proposal Report

Meeting

FED PhD dissertation proposal report meeting

was held at Sliver Jubilee Building on 7 January.

PhD candidate Mr. Chan Keng Lim presented his

Dissertation Proposal entitled “A study of the

Problem of Fairness in Macao’s Non-Tertiary

Education from the View of PISA 2006”. Prof.

Shan, Dean of FED, Prof. Cheng Chun Wai,

Associate Dean of FED, Prof. Cheung Kwok

Cheung and Prof. Vong Sou Kuan were the

committee members, and many students from

FED also participated in this meeting.

Prof. Shan first delivered a speech, and then Mr.

Chan Keng Lim reported his PhD Dissertation

Proposal. Next, Prof. Cheung Kwok Cheung, Mr.

Chen’s supervisor made a general assessment of

Mr. Chan’s research in past two years. Finally,

committee members raised a number of questions

about the proposal, pointing out both the strengths

and weakness of the proposal and gave some

suggestions.

This is the first FED PhD Dissertation proposal

report since FED was created more than 20 years

ago. It provides an example for other doctoral

programs later as well as a precious learning

opportunity for other graduate students.

“From Hunch to Publishing” Sharing

Meeting

From hunch to publishing -- this is not an easy job.

The process could be tortuous and complicated.

How to succeed in academics?




On 15 Jan., Prof. Puncky Paul Heppner from the

States, together with Prof. JIN Shuh Ren and Prof.

SZE Tat Ming of FED, answered this question

and unveiled the mystery of doing research at a

sharing meeting with FED students.

Prof. Heppner first gave the students a brief

introduction to his academic life. He maintained

that as academics you should stick to your own

beliefs and trust yourselves. His introduction was

greatly appreciated. Then, Prof. Heppner, Prof. Jin,

and Prof. Sze together gave a clear explanation

about the bewilderedness and doubts of

present-day students. Towards the end of the

meeting, Prof. Heppner shared his experience

about how to ease the stress during the research

process so as to have a healthy attitude towards

academic research.

Appendix

Introduction to Prof. Heppner :

Prof. Heppner is a psychology professor at the

University of Missouri– Columbia. He has

copious publications and extensive research

interests, including clients’ thinking and decision

making, social psychological process in

counseling, research in counseling. His most

famous publications are about counseling research

methodologies and thesis composition.

Mathematics Education Group

Research Series

Guided by Dr. Sun Xu Hua, Program Coordinator

of B.Ed in Math, students majoring in Math

education have had a series of Math research

activities, and achieved gratifying results in paper

publication & open classes, as given below:

1. SUN, Xu-hua, CHAN Ka Hou, LEONG

Weng In, CHANG Chan U, ZHENG Sio Pan,

WONG Ka Sim, LEONG Meng Fong , FENG

Kuok Hou, ZHE Kam Cheng, LEONG Kin Chu,

TAM Pak Wai, MAK Kin Keong, LAM Kuok

Wang, LAM Kin Cheong, WU Kam Hong.

Multiple Solutions to One Problem: An Effective




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Way to Arouse Students’ Interest in Mathematics

in DSEJ Teachers Magazine, P.54-58, 2008

2. SUN, Xu-hua, CHAN Ka Hou, LEONG

Weng In, CHANG Chan U, ZHENG Sio Pan,

WONG Ka Sim, LEONG Meng Fong , FENG

Kuok Hou, ZHE Kam Cheng, LEONG Kin Chu,

TAM Pak Wai, MAK Kin Keong, LAM Kuok

Wang, LAM Kin Cheong, WU Kam Hong. More

on Multiple Solutions to One Problem: Spiral

Variation Curriculum Design Theory in Journal of

Mathematics Education, Vol.17, No.6, Dec., 2008

3. With the help of his supervisor Dr. Sun, Mr.

CHANG Chan U, an undergraduate majoring in

Math education gave an open class on “the

characteristics of the right angle with a 30°acute

angle” in Pui Ching Middle School, and was

praised by the teachers and students of the school.

4. Led by Dr. Sun, the Lingnan research group

consisting of LAM Kuok Wang, WU Kam Hong

& LEONG Kin Chu held a research class on the

topic “the characteristics of isosceles triangle”,

which was praised by the students and teachers of

the school.

Conference Series on Education

Development in Chinese Society

---Curriculum and Instruction 2008

Organized by the University of Macau (UM) and

hosted by the Faculty of Education (FED) of UM,

Conference Series on Education Development in

Chinese Society---Curriculum and Instruction

2008 was held from 22 to 24 November at the

University Library and Silver Jubilee Building.

Nearly two hundreds scholars and experts in

education participated.

The opening ceremony was held at 9:30am on

22nd Nov. at the UM Cultural Center. Prof. Zhao

Wei, Rector of UM; Mr. Sou Chio Fai, Director of




DSEJ; Ms. Lau Sin Peng, Vice President of

Chinese Educators’ Association of Macau; Fr.

Chang, Tai Kay Alphonsus, Head of Macao

Catholic Schools Association; Prof. Yang Szu-wei,

Rector of the National Taichung University

(NTU), and Prof. Wang Shang Tao from the

Capital Normal University and Prof. Shan

Wen-jing, Dean of FED of UM, were all present

at the ceremony. Prof, Zhao, new Rector of UM,

delivered a welcome speech and the Dean of FED

of UM Prof. Shan gave an opening address. Ms.

Lau presented a book on history of Macao

education. And a memorandum was signed

between UM and NTU, and between the FED of

UM and other schools in Macao.

The seminars, both parallel sessions and plenary

sessions on special topics started immediately

after the opening ceremony. They mainly focused

on the improvement of curriculum & instruction

in different fields and at different stages, and the

influence of PISA on the improvement of

curriculum & instruction and other issues.

Scholars from various Chinese societies voiced

their opinions freely and fully. While presenting

their own research papers, they shared ideas with

one another and discussed possible projects of

cooperation.

After the closing ceremony, scholars visited both

public and private schools, and discussed

cooperation and exchange programs. They

rounded off their visit to Macao with a cultural

trip to the Historic Centre of Macao, a world

cultural heritage site.

The Conference Series on Education

Development in Chinese Society---Curriculum

and Instruction is a big annual event for FED. It

provides a good opportunity for academic

communication, and promotes the improvement

of curriculum & instruction in Chinese societies.

The next conference, themed on “School

Improvement and University-school Partnership”

will be held in May, 2009. And Chinese

University of Hong Kong, East China Normal

University, Beijing Normal University, National

Normal University, Capital Normal University,

Northwest Normal University and Central China

Normal University are to be invited to

co-organize the conference. We look forward to

continuous attention and support from schools

and educators in Macao.




Dr Tse Kin Shing’s Participation in the

5th Conference on PPRDR Education

On behalf of the University of Macao, Dr Tse Kin

Shing, appointed by the Dean of FED, attended

the Fifth Conference of Pan Pearl River Delta

Region PPRDR Education Associated

Universities on 20th to 24th Nov.. The conference

was hosted by Hainan Normal University. Other

participating universities included South China

Normal University, Yunan Normal University,

Jiangxi Normal University, Guizhou Normal

University, Fujian Normal University, Hunan

Normal University, Guangxi Normal University,

Sichuan Normal University, the Hong Kong

Institute of Education and FED of the University

of Macau.

Dr Tse presented his paper on “The Path for the

Development of Normal Universities:

Introversion or Extroversion”, which mainly

introduced the development experience of FED of

University of Macau. In addition, he suggested

that universities should start external service and

strengthen human resources to achieve faster

growth. Dr Tse also made friends and discussed

possibilities for further cooperation with other

universities during the conference.

“Seminar Series by Renowned

Scholars in Education” No.5:

Rethinking Teacher Professional

Development and Moral Education in

the 21st Century

6 November 2008. Hosted by the Educational

Research Centre of University of Macau, and

co-organized by The Chinese Educators

Association of Macau and Macao Catholic

Schools Association, the fifth “Seminar Series by

Renowned Scholars in Education”: Rethinking

Teacher Professional Development and Moral

Education in the 21st Century, was held at the

Confucius Hall of the Education and Youth

Affairs Bureau (DSEJ).

Guest speakers included Associate Prof. Choi Po

King from the FED of The Chinese University of

Hong Kong (CUHK), Program Director of

Gender Research of CUHK and Prof. Chen

Xiangming from the FED of Peking University,

who is supervisor of PhD student, Director of

Basic Education and Teacher Education Centre,




member and supervisor of Yuanpei Plan

Committee, part-time professor of Beijing Normal

University, and trustee of The Chinese Society of

Education. Prof. Choi Po King gave a talk entitled

“The Dressmaker and Teacher--- The Challenges

of Moral Education in the Context of

Globalization”. She illustrated her presentation

with rich and realistic stories, which left a deep

impression on the audience, and Prof. Chen

Xiangming answered the question “Do Teachers

Possess Unique Knowledge of Their Own?” by

referring to the research products of her team in

the past two years.

All the participants benefited a great deal from the

brilliant speeches, which helped them gain a

better understanding of moral education and

teachers' professional knowledge.

Academic Exchange in Kaohsiung and

Tainan

5-9 December, 2008, Prof. Shan Wen Jing, Dean

of FED, led a group of teachers and students to

Kaohsiung and Tainan for a series of academic

activities. The group consisted of 11 members

from PISA-Macau Centre, FED Centre for

Information & Communication Technology in

Education (CICTE), and Mr. Wai Fai Leong, Vice

Principal of Pui Tou School and a Math teacher of

School Brito.

The whole group visited National Kaohsiung

Normal University (NKNU) on the first day and

was warmly welcomed by Mr. Dai Chia-Nan,

President of NKNU and other leaders. The two

parties had a pleasant communication for two

hours. In the afternoon, they visited Kaohsiung

Metropolitan Lin-ya Junior High School (KMLJS)

accompanied by Mr. Shiue Dung-Bu, Principal

KMLJS. And their program “Information

Technology in Teaching Research” was

introduced.




All members attended the “Annual Meeting of

Taiwan Association for Educational

Communications and Technology 2008” at

Wen-zhao Foreign College. During one of the

special sections, Prof. KC Cheung, on behalf of

Macau-PISA team, shared “Experience Learned

from the Preparation of the Electronic Reading

Literacy Assessment”, while Dr. LM Zhang, on

behalf of CICTE team, reported “The Recent

Development in Information & Communication

Technology in Macao”. And Mr. Wai showed their

product “Multi-purpose Math Lab”. In the

evening, all had a tour on the campus.

On the third day of their visit, the Macau-PISA

team took part in “Discovering Technology

Development of Metropolitan Kaohsiung” trip

arranged by Wen-zhao Foreign College, while

CICTE team went on a trip--"Discovering

Technology Development of Southern Taiwan".

And Prof. Shan went to Tainan to exchange ideas

with Dr. NH Liu about their cooperative program

in “Early Childhood Education”.

On 8 December, Prof. Shan, together with

Macau-PISA team, met with Taiwan- PISA team

for a sharing session on items editing and coder

training, and had lunch with Mr. Huang

Hsiu-Hsuang, President of National University of

Tainan (NUT). Four significant things were

discussed at the meeting:

(I). FED will propose a short-term student visit

program in Taiwan next summer. This has been

FED’s traditional student communication activity

since 2005.

(II). Prof. KC Chueng and Mr. Huang

Hsiu-Hsuang will co-edit a special issue for

Curriculum and Instruction Journal to be

published in year 2010. This journal is on Taiwan

Social Science Citation Index (TSSCI).

(III). Prof. KC Chueng will support Mr. Huang

Hsiu-Hsuang for their proposed “Electronic

Reading Literacy Assessment” project, based on

the Macao PISA experience.

(IV). Mr. Huang Hsiu-Hsuang promised to back

“The 6th Renowned Educators Lecture Series”

which is to be held at University of Macau next

April.

The academic exchange activities in Taiwan

lasted four days, with fruitful results. First, FED

established an extensive long-term cooperation

with the universities and schools in Taiwan.

Second, the experience of “Macao PISA

Electronic Reading Literacy Assessment” project

was shared. Last but not the least, FED student

exchange plans for next year were further

discussed and confirmed.

Prof. Sylvia Ieong and Dr. Wang Ping

Cheng on Adjudicating Panel of “The

18th Delta Asia Cup Quiz--for

Secondary Schools”




The 18th Delta Asia Cup Quiz for Secondary

Schools, organized by Delta Asia Society for

Social & Cultural Development(DASSCD),

co-organized by Education and Youth Affairs

Bureau (DSEJ), and sponsored by the Secretary

for Social Affairs and Culture (SSAC), was held

on 14 and 15 December at Macau Polytechnic

Institute. Themed on “New Era, New Youth”, the

competition has attracted 279 teams from 25

schools, approximately 1,100 students. FED

Associate Professor, Dr. Sylvia S. L. Ieong was

elected Chair of the adjudicating panel for this

competition. After two days’ intense competition,

six teams won the respective championships of

the Junior Group and Senior Group.

Mr. Stanley Ao, Director-General of DASSCD,

stated in his address at the opening ceremony that

the development of youths’ character and morality

was crucial, as today’s youths were the pillars of

the society in future. Madam Leong Lai, Deputy

Director of DSEJ, and Acting Chief of SSAC,

also pointed out in her speech that this

competition greatly promoted exchanges and

enlargement of knowledge for the students.

Holding high the concept “Educating the talents,

Creating the future”, the participating

organizations have shouldered great responsibility

of popularizing general knowledge among high

school students. And they have consistently

expanded the scale as well as the educational

contents of this activity through efforts of many

years. Their great sense of responsibility should

be highly appreciated.

Eleven FED Teachers Led by Prof.

Shan Visited Anhui Normal University

December, 2008, an FED team had academic

exchanges with Anhui Normal University (ANU).

The team consisted of 11 members: Prof. SHAN

Wen Jin, Prof. CHEUNG Kwok-cheung,

Associate Professor CHENG Chun Wai, Associate

Professor IEONG Sao Leng, Assistant Professor

HO King Yan, Assistant Professor YEUNG Siu

Kwai, Assistant, Assistant Professor WEI Bing,

Assistant Professor ZENG Qi, Professor SHIEH

Jing Jy, Assistant Professor JIANG Chun Liang,

and Assistant Professor SUN Xu Hua.




On December 28, the group arrived at Wu Hu and

was warmly welcomed by Vice President Prof.

ZHU Shi Qun and other leaders of ANU. In the

evening, all members were invited to attend a

postgraduate gathering celebrating the New Year.

Next morning, an official welcome ceremony was

held by the School of Educational Science (SES).

The two parties briefed each other on the current

state of the faculties. Then, a heated discussion

was followed on the development of basic

education in China. In the afternoon, the11

members shared research experiences with about

150 teachers and postgraduate students of ANU,

and answered questions raised by them.

On December 30, the group visited the ANU

Affiliated Middle School and had a discussion

with the teachers about the instructional

management and teaching reform of the school. In

the afternoon, a tour to the library located in new

Hua-Jin Campus and the Guan-chi Temple nearby

was arranged.

ANU is the most famous normal university in

Anhui Province. Particularly, the SES of ANU is

the host of the National Program—Educational

Science and National High Quality Class—Public

Psychology as well as rich educational resources.

And the SES offers educational science,

educational technology, psychology, elementary

education, pre-school education and photographs,

a total of six majors for undergraduates, which is

quite similar to the FED of UM. After this

academic exchange, the two parties have had a

better understanding of each other other’s

strengths so as to promote further cooperation

between the FED & SES and UM & ANU in the

future.

CESHK Annual Conference 2009:

Post-Colonial Education Development

“CESHK Annual Conference 2009: Post-Colonial

Education Development”, organized by




Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong（ CESHK） , hosted by the University of

Macau(UM), and sponsored by Tertiary Education

Services Office, was held on 17 January. It

brought together scholars from different parts of

the world, with 40 papers presented.

Prof. Crain Soudien of University of Cape Town,

world-renowned scholar and WCCES President,

was invited to deliver a keynote speech, entitled

“What are the questions that post-colonialism

asks of comparative education?”, in which he

sought the way to solve the old educational

problems of oppression, discrimination,

marginalization, etc. within the new post-colonial

framework.

Dr. David K K Chan of City University of Hong

Kong, CESHK president, pointed out in his

plenary address that post-colonial critics used

neo-colonialism to criticize the “colonialism” in

economics, culture, media, language, education

and religion after “political de-colonization” , and

that the globalized education, in fact, was a

“re-colonization of education” according to the

criteria of the Anglo-American paradigm.

Prof. Wen Jing SHAN of UM, CESHK Vice

president，made a welcome speech, emphasizing

that on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of

CESHK, 10th anniversary of Faculty of Education

of UM, and the 10th anniversary of Macao SAR,

Macao has emerged from the colonial into the

post-colonial era and that Macao education has

gradually gone public and systematized. Thus, the

post-colonial reflections may help Macao carry

out thoroughgoing reforms, tackle problems at the

roots and minimize the negative effects of

changing situations.

Other papers presented at the parallel sessions

discussed higher education, early childhood

education, common education, bi-lingual

education, multi-cultural education, gender

education, teachers’ training etc. in different

countries and regions such as, China Mainland,

Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Indonesian,

Russia, the Philippines, America, Japan and so on,

and the global financial crisis, post-modernism,

the relationship among parents, government,

society and schools were also explored.

Dr. David K K Chan of City University of Hong

Kong, CESHK president, made the annual report




of CESHK 2009 at the closing ceremony of the

conference.

The theme “Post-Colonial Education

Development” was highly relevant, considering

the particular background of the colonialism in

Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. That many

renowned scholars from different parts of the

world came to Macao to share their ideas about

post-colonial education greatly contributes to the

education in Asia and even the world.

Prof. Qiang was invited to give a

seminar on Foreign Language

Immersion Instruction to Macao

teachers

The Seminar “Foreign Language Immersion as an

Educational Innovation in the World: Its Effects

and Experience in China”, organized by the

Faculty of Education, University of Macau and

Education Alumni Association of South China

Normal University, was held in the Auditorium of

Macao Chinese Educators’ Association, on 16

January 2009. Prof Qiang Haiyan of the South

China Normal University (SCNU) was the invited

speaker and Prof. Sylvia Sao Leng Ieong of

University of Macau chaired this seminar. Senior

Macao educator, Ms. Lao Sin Peng also

participated and shared some success stories of

Macao Tong Nam School.

Prof. Qiang Haiyan focused on the principles,

origins, features, development and its influence of

foreign language immersion in the world. She

illustrated the development of English immersion

in China with her own research, experiment and

practice. To be specific, she shared her

achievements in her eight years’ middle school

English immersion experiments in Guangzhou,

Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Dongguan,

Shenzhen and Macao from 1997 to 2003, as well

as the challenges.

Towards the end of the seminar, Ms. Lao Sin Peng

shared some success stories of English immersion

in Macau Tong Nam School.




The seminar was proved to be a great success.

About 150 teachers from all parts of Macao

participated and raised their questions about

English immersion, which indicates Macao

teachers, especially English teachers, are

interested in English immersion instruction and

are eager to learn new things to innovate teaching

and learning.

FED Faculty “Retreat Day”

6 Feb, 2009. All FED faculty members had a

whole day retreat from 10:00 to 18:00 at Adelson

Advanced Education Centre, Venetian

Macao-Resort-Hotel. Prof. Simon Ho, Vice

Rector-designate (Academic Affairs), University

of Macau, joined the FED faculty members in the

morning session.

From 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., general matters were

reported. Prof. SHAN Wenjing, Dean of FED, and

Prof. Cheung Kwok Cheung, Chairman of

Academic Committee (AC), chaired this meeting.

First, Prof. shan introduced new FED

colleagues.Then, representatives from AC and

Graduate Studies Committee, Research Project

investigators, Centre Directors and Programme

Coordinators made annual reports respectively.

From 11:00a.m. to 13:00p.m., Prof George Cheng,

Associate Dean of FED, chaired the Curriculum

Reform Meeting. Prof. Simon Ho addressed the

faculty and offered constructive suggestions on

curriculum reform. Then, 5 Program Coordinators

gave their presentations. And a heated discussion

was followed after the presentations.

From 15:00 to 18:00p.m., Prof. Vong Sou Kuan,

Director of Educational Research Centre, chaired

Criteria of Academic Performance Evaluation

Seminar. The brainstorming was followed by two

group discussions and an Open Forum, which

brought the day to a close.

The “Retreat Day” summarized and reflected on

the achievements and deficiencies of FED in 2008

from three perspectives: General Matters,

Curriculum Reform, and Criteria of Academic

Performance Evaluation. And future prospects

were also discussed. All FED staff members




participated actively, and voiced their opinions

freely, and mutual communication was fully

achieved. Every teacher had the opportunity to

speak out, and gave his own suggestions on the

future development of FED.

A note on “Retreat Day”

Everyday we gasp for breath in this hustling and

bustling world. We hope that one day we can

retreat from this busy and noisy environment to

enjoy the quiet and peace of mind so that we can

really ponder and reflect. The answer coming up

from this “retreat” is the true answer of our heart.

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