Shak, Wai Han, Therese
Dr Shak, Wai Han, Therese (石慧嫻)(BA 1957; MA 1972; MEd 1982; PhD 1989)(1932-2010) Shak completed her Bachelor of Arts in English 1957 at the University of Hong Kong. In 1972 Shak received her Master of Arts and received a Master’s of Education in 1982, both awarded from the University of Hong Kong. Further obtained her doctoral degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1989. [1]
She set up the first adult education centre of Caritas, Hong Kong, in 1966. Since 1969, she worked as a senior management staff in the Caritas Adult & Higher Education Service. Therese was then in charge of the Hong-Kong Caritas Higher & Adult Education Service from 1969 - 1991 retired, has helped build 27 day- and evening-schools for adults as an alternative to the formal educational system. [2]
After moving to the UK in 1991, Therese helped to establish the Ming-Ai Association 明愛(倫敦)學院 to establish links between Hong Kong, China and the UK.
Selected Recent Publications
- Shak, T. W., Crisfield, E., & Collins, J. B. (2010). Lifelong education: consensus in characteristics and practices. Macau: Associacao de Educacao Permanente de Macau.
- Shak, W. (2008). Administrative arrangements and a curriculum for a university training programme for adult educators in Hong Kong. New Horizons in Education, 56, 47-54.