This research project examines whether the new 4-year curriculum is for local student development in the future and internationalization is the primary espouse of the reform. 8 in-depth interviews were conducted in five local universities. Student development is framed from a multi-functional mindset in which students get exposed to all kinds of possibilities, expand their intellectual thinking and capabilities as well as become self-reflective. There are changes in student demographics, workplace environment, social convergence and intercultural tolerance. The urge of graduates with global mindset, higher-order thinking and multiple skill sets is geographically indivisible. In elaborating on the findings, internationalization is one of the factors leading to student all-roundedness, the centrality of the curriculum reform. Realizing that there was learning experience re-conceptualization, participants evaluated the reform tended to be structural and administrative. There is little spared time for university teachers’ inspirations on students inside or even outside classrooms. But governmental and institutional foci are still put on more research than teaching in which participants were disheartened. A structural change could help little. In a long run, a revolution on the university teaching to wholly facilitate student development is vitally essential. To inspire students to be self-reflective and have sustainable growth, university teaching staff needs time for inspiring works and interdisciplinary co-operations. Too many research and administrative burdens hinders teaching practices, even though teachers are passionate. It is time for the government, UGC, universities and individual professors to put all small pieces together and make the current reform in a more holistic way. / published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Quality Education for college students, which aims at overcoming the problems made by specialization education in the globalization of higher education and the fierce competition of comprehensive national power, has been carried out at universities in Mainland China since mid-1990s. The general education curricula at some universities are similar to American ones. This study focuses on teachers' understanding of general education curriculum, their practical general education curriculum design model and the influential factors in their course planning. / The research constructs a descriptive model for general education course design, finds out that curriculum orientation acts as the key influential factor of teachers' general education course planning, reflects the characteristics of general education course planning, works as the orientation of teachers' course design. Furthermore, the findings show that the background, interests and needs of college students should be taken into account in general education curriculum design. At the same time, the teachers' decision-making in general education courses can be analyzed from two-dimensions---"endemic and exotic, individual and policy". / The researcher adopted qualitative research method, took one comprehensive university as a case study to explore the teachers' general education course designs. Based on document analysis, classroom observation and interviews, six teachers unique in their course design have been selected as research subjects. The study gives a deep description of their understanding of curriculum elements such as curriculum objectives, selection and organization of learning experiences, assessment and evaluation; constructs the general education course design model; and explores the reasons for the general education course design from the macro, organizational, and micro levels. / The study explores the curriculum orientation of teachers in the field of college curriculum. The findings will develop college curriculum theories, deepen the understanding of the concept of curriculum orientation, provide plenty of practical experiences for teachers who give general education courses, and give suggestions for future college general education curriculum program improvement. / 徐慧璇. / Advisers: Hin-Wah Wong; Ping-Kwan Fok. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3022. / Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-527). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Xu Huixuan.

歐陽敬孝. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2002. / 參考文獻 (p. 248-270). / 中英文摘要. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Ouyang Jingxiao. / Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2002. / Can kao wen xian (p. 248-270).

陳霜叶. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 258-270). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 258-270). / Chen Shuangye.