香港高校课程与教学的发展及启示

Development of College Curriculum and Teaching in Hong Kong and Its Enlightenments

香港高等教育受中西方文化的影响根深蒂固,在"天时""地利""人和"的条件下,香港高等教育快速走上国际化道路。大学教育资助委员会(UGC)作为政府、社会和高校的缓冲器,对高校进行监督、拨款和扶持,提升高校课程与教学的质量,如设立质量保证机制,促进高校在教与学质量的提升、定期拨款资助高校在教学方面的创新性、整顿高等教育的学制,推动高校与国际化接轨等。其次,文章试图探讨在高等教育国际化的引领下,香港高校的通识教育、成效为本、网络信息教学方面的发展现状,并分析如何更有效地推动香港高等教育的发展,从而得出一些启示。

Deeply impacted by both Chinese and Western cultures, Hong Kong s higher education has benefited from n the good timingn n the geographical conveniencen and n the good human relationsn . All these factors can hopefully drive Hong Kongs higher education to the path of internationalization. The remarka-ble achievements of universities funded by the Hong Kong government in terms of curriculum and teaching are partially attributable to monitoring, funding and supporting the universities by the University Grants Committee （UGC） . As a buffer of the government, society and universities, the UGC plays a role by putting the quality guarantee mechanism in place, promoting improvement of teaching and learning quality in universities, peri-odically funding colleges in terms of their teaching innovation, rectifying the college educational system and gearing colleges to the international standards. Besides, this paper also focuses on discussing how Hong Kong push forward the development of its college curriculum and teaching in terms of liberal education under the guidance of internationalization, the outcome as educational base and network information teaching, and draws a conclusion and some enlightenments.