Cheng Jieming
Cheng Kai-ming SBS JP (Cheng Kai Ming, born 10 September 1944[1]) is a Hong Kong educator. He is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong and Chair Professor at its Faculty of Education. He is a founding member of the China Education Thirty Forum.[2]
Early life
Cheng Kai-ming was born in Kunming, Yunnan Province. His parents, both natives of Shanghai, fled to Kunming during the Second Sino-Japanese War, where he was born. At age four, he emigrated with his family to British Hong Kong in 1949.[3] His younger brother is former LegCo member Cheng Kai-nam. He attended Salesian School, Salesian English School, and Pui Ching Middle School (Form Six in 1961), where he was classmates with interior designer Ko Man-on. He passed the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination in 1961, achieving Grade C in English, Mathematics B, Physics, and Chemistry.[4]
He graduated from New Method College (Form Seven, 1963) and then read Mathematics at the University of Hong Kong, obtaining a Third Class Honours BSc in 1967.[5] He taught at Pui Ching Middle School before founding the private Pui Yuen English College in Shau Kei Wan in 1970, serving as principal until its closure in 1979 when the government declined to grant it aided‐school status.[6]
Academic career
Cheng pursued a part‐time MEd at the University of Hong Kong[7] and earned a PhD in Planning & Policy Analysis from the Institute of Education, University College London in 1987.[8] In 1990, he was elected to the executive committee of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management. In a 2018 interview, he argued that Hong Kong’s traditional education and exam systems are ill‐suited to STEM education and called for reforms in science teaching, assessment, and university admissions to cultivate future talent.[9]
Publications
- Cheng Kai-ming (1993). _The State of Education in Mainland China_. The Commercial Press (Taiwan). ISBN 9570507314
References
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E4%BB%8B%E6%98%8E#cite_ref-1
- ↑ Hong Kong University Faculty of Education Chair Professor Cheng Kai-ming: Mainland China’s Educational Philosophy Is Advanced but Constrained, Sohu, 2014-12-16.
- ↑ “The Unorthodox Educator Cheng Kai-ming,” China.com.cn (reprinted from New Weekly).
- ↑ Hong Kong CEE Results, Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Daily, 19 July 1961.
- ↑ HKU Degree Congregation Results, Wah Kiu Yat Po, 16 November 1967.
- ↑ Salesian Bulletin Issue 3; Pui Yuen English College advertisement, Wah Kiu Yat Po, 23 July 1973.
- ↑ “Cheng Kai-ming: Transcending Borders in Educational Observation,” Shanghai Education Magazine, April 2005.
- ↑ Cheng Kai-ming PhD Thesis (1987), Institute of Education, University of London.
- ↑ “Training Excellent Science and Technology Talent Requires Educational and Assessment Reform,” OpenSchool.uk, 2018.
External links
- “To HIT Personality: Teaching Your Younger Brother Feels Interesting,” Apple Daily, 2006-10-26.
- “Cheng Kai-nam & Cheng Kai-ming Reunite on Current Affairs Decoded,” Phoenix TV, 2012-06-15.
- People from Kunming
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- Hong Kong businesspeople
- Hong Kong secondary school teachers
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- Hong Kong stage actors
- Salesian School alumni
- Salesian English School alumni
- Pui Ching Middle School alumni
- New Method College alumni
- University of Hong Kong alumni
- UCL Institute of Education alumni
- Hong Kong radio actors
- Hong Kong Roman Catholics
- Cheng family
- Graduates of the University of London