Land, Labour, and Life: Education for Rural Development – Launch Symposium: China Rural Education Literature Database 生根．生產．生活：面向農村發展的教育 — 《中國農村教育研究文獻資料庫》發佈會暨論壇

Land, Labour, and Life: Education for Rural Development
Launch Symposium: China Rural Education Literature Database

In 1926, a renowned Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi sharply criticised the direction of rural education in China: “China’s rural education has gone down the wrong path! It teaches people to flee the countryside for the city, to eat rice without growing grain, to clothe themselves without growing cotton, to build houses without planting trees. It teaches people to envy luxury and disdain agricultural labour.” Unfortunately, nearly a hundred years later, rural education continues to be urban-oriented. It is alienated from the social and economic development of the countryside and runs counter to the trend of revitalisation in rural areas. Today, rural education is facing urgent challenges. It must reorient its relationship with rural society, to better serve the sustainable development of the countryside.

To aid systematic investigation into the question of rural education and seek new ways forward, the Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has established the China Rural Education Literature (CREL) Database with the support of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation and mark the launch of the CREL Database, the Faculty will host an online symposium on rural education in December 2022. The symposium will feature keynote speeches by three scholars in the fields of education and rural development. Through interdisciplinary dialogue, we hope to spur educational innovation that supports rural development.

All are welcome!

生根．生產．生活：面向農村發展的教育 —
《中國農村教育研究文獻資料庫》發佈會暨論壇

早在1926年，中國著名教育家陶行知先生就曾指出 “中國鄉村教育走錯了路！他教人離開鄉下向城裡跑；他教人吃飯不種稻，穿衣不種棉，蓋房子不造林。他教人羡慕奢華，看不起務農。” 遺憾的是，在近百年後的今天，農村教育仍然面向城市，背離鄉土，與農村的社會經濟發展格格不入，與鄉村振興的浪潮背道而馳。農村教育面臨急迫的挑戰，需要重新定位與鄉村社會的關係，以促進農村的可持續發展。

為了系統地探究農村教育問題，開拓農村教育的出路，香港大學教育學院在田家炳基金會的支持下，建立了《中國農村教育研究文獻資料庫》，將於2022年12月於線上舉辦本文獻資料庫的發佈會暨農村教育論壇，並為田家炳基金會成立四十周年誌慶。是次論壇邀請教育領域和農村發展領域的三位專家發表主題報告，通過跨學科對話，尋求以促進鄉村發展為核心動力的教育創新！

歡迎各界人士參加！