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Dr K K Chan, Deputy Secretary of Education Bureau of HKSAR (first row left 3); Professor Nancy Law, Director of CITE and Associate Dean of Faculty of Education of HKU (first row right 4); Dr Gwang-Jo Kim, Director of UNESCO, BKK (second row left 1); Dr Yves Punie, Senior Scientist of Institute for Prospective Technology Studies of European Commission (second row left 5); Professor Stephen Andrews, Dean of Faculty of Education of HKU (second row left 6); Professor Cheng Kai Ming, Co-Convenor of Strategic Research Theme on Science of Learning of HKU (second row right 1) and our honorable guests.

The Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), its Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) and the European Commission (EU) jointly organized a high level expert seminar today (January 23) at HKU.  The theme was “How do we know if an Education Reform is Successful? – Insights from European and Asian Education Innovations”.

The Public Forum involved the key figures in education in the world, among them, they were Professor Cheng Kai Ming, Co-Convenor of Strategic Research Theme on Science of Learning of HKU; Dr Yves Punie, Senior Scientist of Institute for Prospective Technology Studies of European Commission; Professor Nancy Law, Director of CITE and Associate Dean of Faculty of Education of HKU; Dr Gwang-Jo Kim, Director of UNESCO, BKK; and Dr K K Chan, Deputy Secretary of Education Bureau of HKSAR.  Professor Stephen Andrews officiated at the Public Forum.

Based on the experience and interest of the speakers and audiences in education, the questions on the ways in identifying the outcome of education reform; the variables that were achieved or failed to achieve; and the lessons that we learned for achieving the reform goals, were addressed.

Throughout the presentations and discussions, it brought forward a message, “These debates and questions over education reform are not only found in Hong Kong, but in many countries and systems around the world.  Often, the debates are not about whether the goals are appropriate, but whether there have been the targeted impacts, and even more importantly whether the impacts are sustainable in the longer term and whether the changes and impact are scalable”.