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Vision and Mission
願景及使命
Our Vision
願景
我們專注教育領域的研究、發展及創新，並進 一步加強本校在亞太地區及以外的先導地位， 藉著高質素的研究及學術發展，持續提升在本 地、區內與國際上的地位和影響力。我們矢志 培育出色、關懷社群的教育及專業人士，為香 港以至海外的社會經濟可持續發展作出貢獻。
使命
秉承「教育為本，超越教育」的理念，我們以 帶領教育創新為首要使命，藉著培育優秀而具 道德承擔的教育及專業人士，鼓勵其終身學 習，推動及支持教學、教師教育及教育相關學 科的策略發展。
我們將會:
• 提供教育以外的跨學科學習及研究環境， 促進知識追求、言論及思想自由、政策倡 議及實踐，以及推動協作及多元化發展;
• 透過創新課程優化專業教師、教師教育， 以及與教育相關學科，豐富學生經歷，讓 他們實現個人潛能及其教育和事業上的抱 負;
• 培養學生成為教育及專業人士，並且能夠 理論與實踐並重、具有創意及創新思維、 敏於思考、具企業精神、關懷社會，以及 放眼世界;
• 建立活躍的研究文化和環境，促進知識增 長、提升學術成就及創新，為社會進步及 改進人類生活帶來可持續的影響;及
• 參與知識轉移活動，以促進本校及廣大社 群的發展，為本地、亞太區以至全球教育 及社會發展的所需服務。
核心價值
• 專業
• 創新
• 道德責任 • 社會關懷 • 全球觸覺
We will further enhance our role as a leading university in the Asia Paci c region and beyond, with a focus on educational research, development and innovation. We will continue to raise our pro le and impact locally, regionally and internationally through our high quality research and scholarship. We are committed to nurturing outstanding and caring educators and professionals who contribute constructively to sustainable social and economic development in Hong Kong and beyond.
Our Mission
Committed to the Education-plus approach, our primary mission is to
lead educational innovation, and to promote and support the strategic development of teaching, teacher education and disciplines complementary to education by preparing outstanding and morally responsible educators and professionals while supporting their lifelong learning.
We will:
• provide a multidisciplinary learning and research environment beyond education that is conducive to intellectual pursuits, free thinking
and speech, advocacy of policy and practice, and the promotion of collaboration and diversity;
• enhance professional teacher and teaching education programmes and programmes in disciplines complementary to education with innovative curricula which will enrich students’ experiences and enable them to realise their personal potential as well as their educational and career goals;
• prepare our students to become educators and professionals who
can integrate theory and practice, and who are creative, innovative, intellectually active, entrepreneurial, socially caring and globally aware;
• foster a vibrant research culture and environment which contributes to the advancement of knowledge, scholarship and innovation, with a sustainable impact on social progress and human betterment; and
• engage in knowledge transfer activities which contribute to the development of the University and the wider community while serving the needs of educational and social development locally, regionally and internationally.
Our Core Values
• Professionalism
• Innovation
• Moral responsibility
• Societal caring
• Global awareness
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Annual Report 2015-2016