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The Development of Education in Hong Kong, 1841-1897: as Revealed through the Early Education Reports of the Hong Kong Government, 1848-1896. Edited by Gillian Bickley.
Supported by the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust.
ISBN 9789628557011. Published 2002. Hbk. 652pp. including Reports, Historical introduction. Biographies of the writers. Indices (one of the Reports, another of the editorial notes and commentary). Bibliography. Extensive Notes.
38 b/w archival illustrations (media include photographs, drawings, oil paintings, painting on porcelain; subjects include portraits, landscapes, cityscapes). approx height 251 mm x width 182 mm.

1. Education – China - Hong Kong - History – 19th century –sources. 2. Educators – Scotland – Biography. 3. Educators – Hong Kong – Biography. 4. Clergy – Hong Kong – Biography.

WRITERS OF THE REPORTS:

EDITOR: Gillian Bickley.

The Development of Education in Hong Kong as Revealed by the Early Education Reports of the Hong Kong Government 1848-1896 publishes for the first time as a complete sequence the full main text of fifty Hong Kong Government Reports on Education, submitted mostly annually by successive Hong Kong Governors to the Colonial Office in London as part of the official record.

The Reports begin when the Government first granted public funds for Hong Kong schools, and the last in this sequence is dated April 1897, fourteen months before Britain's lease of the New Territories from Imperial China expanded and changed the responsibilities of the Education Department considerably and also laid the foundation for the return of the whole of Hong Kong to modern China at midnight, 30 June 1997.

Packed with unique material about schools, scholars, teachers, parents, educational policies and politics, the Reports (discussed and contextualised by ample notes) provide data, dialogue, vivid anecdotes, drama, emotion and ideals. Recognisably the basis of our present experience, with the same hot topics concerning language standards and the medium of instruction, these reports could beneficially inform both our thinking about the past and decisions about the future.

Some of the writing is highly personal, and the book appropriately includes brief select biographies of four of the writers, notable members of the Hong Kong community: George Smith, first Anglican missionary Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong); James Legge, missionary, translator, and first Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Frederick Stewart ( "Founder of Hong Kong Government Education" ( first principal of the first Hong Kong Government Anglo-Chinese school (now Queen's College), first Head of the Government Education Department, and first Government Native English-Speaking Teacher in Hong Kong; and E. J. Eitel, German missionary, writer, lexicographer, journal editor and historian of Hong Kong.

A source book for data and analysis from the perspective of various disciplines, with much interesting reading.

"Following the return of Hong Kong to China, there has been increasing interest in Hong Kong's heritage. There is also increasing interest in the history of Hong Kong. The Development of Education in Hong Kong, 1841-1897: as Revealed by the Early Education Reports of the Hong Kong Government, 1848-1896 is a contribution towards the conservation and understanding of one aspect of Hong Kong's heritage while also providing a resource for the study of Hong Kong history. This book, sponsored by the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, presents as part of Hong Kong's heritage the official record of the early educational work of the British Hong Kong administration, in place from 1841 to 1997. The Reports now published together in sequence, corrected and edited, for the first time, give insight into the development of Hong Kong society, particularly of course its educational system and the administration of education, but also the relationships between and among the different groups of people living in Hong Kong, with their varying aspirations and different ways of living and thinking. This interesting and significant book makes available material which up to now has been virtually inaccessible." — From the "Preface" by Edward S. T. Ho, S.B.S, J.P., Chairman, Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust.

"Knowledge of the history of the education system provides an important additional dimension and gives insights and materials for practical advice, serviceable for present and future, and useful to participants, policy-makers and commentators alike. With the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region now embarking on wide-ranging education reforms aimed at enhancing the quality of its school education and reinforcing its position as a world class city in the 21st century, the advent of this publication is particularly timely. Dr Gillian Bickley (the writer/editor) and the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust (the sponsor) are both to be congratulated for this valuable contribution to the history of the development of education in Hong Kong." — From the "Foreword" by Matthew CHEUNG Kin-chung, J.P., Director of Education, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

"This collection of reports to the Colonial Secretary and (for some years) to the Governor of Hong Kong, giving details on the development of the school system provides fascinating insights into the history of education in the nineteenth century. Every society needs to understand the history of its schools, and this is particularly true for Hong Kong, an international city whose heritage lies in both Chinese traditions of education and the British ideas and patterns introduced by the colonial administration and missionary efforts. As one reads through these reports, it is remarkable how many of the concerns and issues remain relevant today, as Hong Kong enters into a phase of intensive educational reform, in efforts to prepare its schools and teachers for the demands of the knowledge society in a post-colonial era. The language issue is perhaps the most pertinent of these. Readers will be tremendously appreciative of the painstaking scholarly work done by Dr Gillian Bickley, editor of this important volume, in providing thoughtful and often provocative notes for each report. One senses the excitement of the detective's work in some of the subtle and revealing details that are drawn upon from other historical sources! Together with the introduction, biographies of the four main writers of the reports and conclusion, these notes provide a rich and textured historical context for reflection on the reports." — From the "Introduction" by Ruth Hayhoe, Ph.D., then Director, Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

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