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HKU weekly notice (from November 26 to December 3, 2016)

25 Nov 2016

Hong Kong Students’ Performance in Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015
TIMSS is the largest international study of mathematics and science education in the history of comparative studies. It is conducted under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). TIMSS consists of an international test of student achievement in mathematics and science, and it also probes into different factors that account for student achievement through a set of questionnaires.

Nearly 60 countries/regions participated in TIMSS 2015, testing more than 580,000 4^th and 8^th grades students worldwide. The Hong Kong component of TIMSS is conducted by the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, 3,600 Primary 4 students from 132 primary schools and 4,155 Secondary 2 students from 133 secondary schools participated in the study.

We cordially invite the press to attend a press briefing on Hong Kong students’ performance in TIMSS 2015 at HKU. The details are as follows:
Date:     November 29, 2016 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:45 pm (tea reception starts at 4:15 pm)
Venue:    Room 408-410, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Speakers: Professor Frederick K.S. Leung and Dr. Alice S.L. Wong
Guests:   Ms. Chan Lai Ping, Deputy Headmistress of Ying Wa Primary School
Language: Cantonese (Q&A session in Cantonese, English and Putonghua)

At the press briefing, the following issues will be addressed:
1.          Performance of Hong Kong students in TIMSS 2015:
(i) international ranking of Hong Kong students in terms of mathematics and science achievement;
(ii) trend results over a time period of 20 years (TIMSS 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015);
(iii) comparative strengths and weaknesses of Hong Kong students.

2.          Hong Kong students’ attitudinal results on mathematics and science:
(i) students’ positive feeling about the subjects of mathematics and science;
(ii) students’ confidence in learning mathematics and science; and
(iii) students’ value about mathematics and science.

3.          Sharing and discussion:
(i) lessons for mathematics and science education in Hong Kong; and
(ii) experience sharing of a teacher: progress and development of science learning in primary school.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).

The Birds of America – John James Audubon – 21st Century Edition

Period: 21 November – 5 December 2016

To renew John James Audubon's masterpiece for the 21st century, the iGroup Press and Yushodo have photographed the original edition of The Birds of America using an 80 megapixel camera. Craftsmen in Japan have hand made a four volume set comprising four hundred and thirty five 100 cm x 68 cm digitally processed images that are as elegant as the originals. The result is an edition of admirable detail, a completely new and never-before-seen version of The Birds of America in a four volume work of art with magnificent detail and an elegance rivalling John James Audubon’s 19th century masterwork.

The Library will exhibit the four volume set and a number of the images from the collection.

Details of the Exhibition

Time: 08:30 – 22:00 (Monday to Friday) / 08:30 – 19:00 (Saturday) / 10:00 – 1900 (Sunday)
Closed on Public Holidays
Venue: 2/F Atrium/Exhibition Area of the Main Library, HKU
Website: http://lib.hku.hk/exhibit/BirdsOfAmerica/

Admission: Free
HKUL Website: http://lib.hku.hk/

Connect with the Libraries on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hkulib/
YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/HKU-Libraries

Media Contact: Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903

UMAG exhibitions
1. Nostalgia for Ancient Times: Contemporary Chinese Art to showcase contemporary techniques and styles in Chinese ink

Period: November 2, 2016 (Wednesday) to January 8, 2017 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will collaborate once again with the Chinese Modern & Contemporary Art Document Research Centre and ZArt to present Nostalgia for Ancient Times: Contemporary Chinese Art. This innovative exhibition of contemporary Chinese ink paintings presents recent works by six young, established artists: Cheng Bao-zhong, Hao Liang, Kang Chun-hui, Liu Qi, Peng Jian and Qin Ai.

When viewed as a group, the exhibiting artists refer to a shared nostalgia that each expresses through ink on paper. Whether it is Cheng Bao-zhong’s finely rendered landscapes, Hao Liang’s depiction of a scholar or Peng Jian’s boldly coloured scholars’ books, the theme suggests a melancholic return to the past. Kang Chun-hui’s bird painting and Liu Qi’s “bamboo” further underline the contemplation of traditional painterly topics. In so doing, the painters appear to long for ancient times, as they depict some of the best-known and most celebrated motifs of bygone eras.

This development is no isolated phenomenon, but rather a more general trend as Chinese cultural practices are being re-explored more broadly. Artists — both nationally and internationally — have taken creative inspiration from China’s continuum of traditional arts. In the tradition of scholar artists, this young generation of highly skilled talent is steeping itself in the system of applied materials and techniques while moving forward through modes of self-cultivation and reflection.

Venue: 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Pictures of the Past: Hungarian Photographer Dezső Bozóky in Hong Kong -- captured Hong Kong’s past through a foreign lens

Period: September 26, 2016 (Wednesday) to January 8, 2017 (Sunday)

Poised to learn more about Asia and to experience China firsthand, naval doctor Bozóky (1871–1957) travelled to the East during the first decade of the twentieth century, recorded his journey in a diary and photographed and self-developed hundreds of images that today present rare visual resources of the former colonial city and its busy and world-famous Victoria Harbour.

In an ever more developing Hong Kong, Bozóky’s beautiful black-and-white and hand-coloured pictures present historic documents that allow us to re-trace their master’s steps and offer insights into the bustling merchant town, culturally mixed society and lush natural landscape that he encountered. Bozóky’s images displayed a foreign world to his compatriots at home where they formed a treasure trove of information in the early 1900s Budapest, just as they do today.

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Connect with UMAG on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umag.hku
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UMAG_HKU
Instagram: #SpanningTime, #HKUMAG
Weibo: @香港大學美術博物館UMAG

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk .

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