Bulletin Number Two 1982

New Chai rman for the SCO ID In the autumn of 1982 Mr. John Gannon retired from the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Instructional Development (SCOID) after expertly launching it and leading it for six years, first in the form of a committee under the Administrative and Planning Committee and then as a Senate Committee for four years. Dr. Ho Hsiu-hwang, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, graciously agreed to become the new chairman of the Committee from September 1982. Dr. Ho has been described as “a teacher, an essayist, a writer of books on logic ， semantics, methodology and philosophy. . . . He is currently contemplating a book on the meaning of the Twentieth Century." Some sections of his new book have already been written and published as separate articles. His most recent publications are A Glossary of Logical Terms (Hong Kong, 1982) and articles on "Logic and Justification", “Perception of a Leader", "Language, Meaning and Understanding", "Cantonese, Hong Kong Culture and the Chinese Tradition" and "On the Future Development of Chinese Philosophy". Dr. Ho first joined the University in 1972 and since then has been dedicated in the many contributions he has made, both academic, administrative, social and cultural. He was, inter alia, Chairman of the Board of Studies in Philosophy, Chairman of the Integrative Basic Studies and Education Committees of Chung Chi College and is currently serving on numerous Senate committees such as that on Academic Planning, on the University Library System, on Staff-Student Relations, and on the Dual Teaching System. He has been a Fellow of Chung Chi College since 1979 and is a member of the College Cabinet. It is his deep interest and concern in the art of good teaching and learning that particularly fits Dr. Ho for his new responsibility as Chairman of the SCOID. From his earliest days at the University, he has been interested in new techniques as well as the improvement of traditional ones for both teaching and learning, and has always been able to give quiet encouragement and wise advice to colleagues and students who need them. One of the first new projects undertaken by the Committee under his leadership is the preparation of a campus news-sheet Teaching and Learning at The Chinese University, Its purpose is to provide information on developments on course design, teaching, learning and evaluation techniques at university level and especially as they occur in our institution. It will be a forum for the exchange of ideas about teaching and learning. It is hoped that Teaching and Learning will be of interest not only to staff who are professional teachers, but also to students, who for their four undergraduate years might be regarded as forming a body of professional learners. There will be emphasis on the skills of being a student alongside a continuing interest in innovative teaching, instructional development and teaching services which have been the main concern of the SCOID ever since its inception. The Senate Committee is very fortunate in having such a man as Dr. Ho to guide its activities in the coming years. —R. F. Turner-Smith 18 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS