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This article is a preliminary investigation into the relations between 'education' and 'law' in the philosophical, religious, and literary expressions of the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Hebrews. While the Greek concept of education emphasised the cultured free man as a citizen and the philosophers urged the city state to legislate in support of such education, the Hebrews stressed the law as divine ordination and expected education to conform to the revealed law.

In contrast, the ancient Chinese placed education far above law, and restricted the latter to the incorrigible. This contrast should lead to rewarding studies in the future.

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The identity crisis of adolescence has traditiondly been thought of as invloving two processes: (1) a confusion among alternatives and (2) a making of commitments. Thirty-five autobiographies of Hong Kong youth were analyzed for degrees of confusion and commitment in four areas: occupation, political ideology, religious ideology and attitudes toward love affairs and marriage. The validity of including both political and religious ideologies as major contents of youth identity in the Chinese culture was questioned. Research hypotheses were formulated for futher inquires.

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between intellectual education and cognitive development. The exploration is primarily based on relevant theories and research findings and occasionally on the author's observations. It is carried on in four sections: (1) the aim and environment of intellectual education, (2) the home and intellectual education, (3) the school and intellectual education, (4) personality and academic achievement. The main purpose of intellectual education is to facilitate cognitive development. To maximize the effectiveness of intellectual education, optimal environmental conditions should be provided in the home and the school. While academic achievement is a common indicator of cognitive development, it is closely related to, among other factors, the students' personality.

摘要

本研究以問卷調查方式，尋求本港三類（官、津、私）中學學生對新數學課程的意見，包括各主要課題之學習難度及學習困難之來源。結果發現學生對新數學學習，大致抱良好態度。而三類學生之意見，雖相互平行，但在程度上卻有顯著的差異。

摘要

從事教育工作者，多對最受愛戴之教師及理想教師之特質，甚感興趣。早期之有關研究，多從教師本身之立場著眼，或以教師為研究對象；近數十年來，則有不少學者，改以學生為研究或調查對象，或從學生之立場評鑑教師。學生既為教育之接受者，其對教師之評估或評鑑，自然值得重視。根據歷來學者之研究，學生之評鑑甚為可靠，與教育專家之判斷，頗為接近。本研究乃以香港八百餘位中學生，師範生及在職教師為調查對象，以期獲知最受愛戴教師及理想教師應具之素養(特質與能力)，俾供教育專業人士之參考。

Abstract

Exercise physiology concerns with physiological changes which occur in the body during exercise. This paper presents an overview on cardioresperatory fitness, body composition, nutrition and endurance, exercise effects on level of serum cholesterol, muscle fiber characteristics of athletes, and the implications of reports on hyperplasia ( an increase in the number of muscle fibers ) after heavy exercise.

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In this article the writer compares the two major schools of cognitive development — the Piagetian and the "Associatives". He then reviews the recent research on cognitive development in the field of mathematics and science learning. These research findings show that children of the same age may be in different stages of development and that their performance to a large extent depends on their cognitive maturity.