Anissa Chan Wong Lai Kuen (Chinese: 陳黃麗娟) is a Hong Kong educator. She served as principal of St. Paul's Co-educational College and is Chair of the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum of the Hong Kong Government.
Anissa Chan | |
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| Occupation | Chairperson |
| Employer | Government of Hong Kong |
Education
editIn 1980, Chan earned her bachelor's degree in science from the University of Hong Kong.[1] She earned her master's degree in education from the University of London in 1985 and her Ph.D. in education from Monash University in 1993.[2]
Career
editChan was a chemistry teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School. Then, she became the principal of SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School for eleven years, subsequently serving as a principal at St. Paul's Co-educational College from 2004 to 2017.[3][4]
During her tenure at St. Paul's Co-educational College, she made several reforms to the school, including introducing a Rites of Passage programme in Australia, Students' Activities Week and the International Baccalaureate curriculum for senior form students.[5]
After her retirement, she was invited by the government to chair the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum. She has discussed proposals to reform the Liberal Studies curriculum of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE), by replacing the scale of seven levels from Level 1 to Level 5** with pass/fail.[6][7] She is a member of the prize selection panel of the Lui Che Woo Prize.[2]
She was named an honorary fellow (榮譽院士) at the Education University of Hong Kong in recognition of her contributions to education.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Dr Anissa Lai Kuen CHAN WONG - Distinguished Alumni 2019 - Alumni - Faculty of Science, HKU".
- ^ a b "Dr. Anissa CHAN". Lui Che Woo Prize. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ 任, 智鵬 (31 March 2004). "陳黃麗娟接任聖保羅男女校長 Anissa Chan taking up the job at St. Paul's (In Chinese)". Wenweipo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "直資名校又成功挖角 陳黃麗娟跳槽聖保羅男女中學 Anissa Chan's new job at St. Paul's (In Chinese)". Apple Daily. 27 March 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "陳黃麗娟本周退休 聖保羅度豐盛人生 Anissa Chan retires this week, a fruitful life at St. Paul's (In Chinese)". Sing Tao Daily. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "專責小組檢討學校課程料須兩年 The Task Force reviewing school curriculum takes up approximately two years (In Chinese)". Ta Kung Pao. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "無收通識改革方案 課程小組疑食死貓 Liberal Studies Reform Plan 'not received' (In Chinese)". Apple Daily. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "陳葒等四人膺教大榮譽院士 Chan and three others awarded honorary fellowship at Education University (In Chinese)". Wen Wei Po. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.