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.

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 and Adult Education Service (明愛社區及高等教育服務) from 1969 - 1991 retired, has helped build 27 day- and evening-schools for adults as an alternative to the formal educational system.

After moving to the UK in 1991, Therese helped to establish the Ming-Ai Association to establish links between Hong Kong, China and the UK. In 1992, with support from Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, UK and Caritas Hong Kong the foundation financed the establishment of the Ming-Ai Association and the Ming-Ai (London) Institute 明愛(倫敦)學院. She is the Dean of that Institute for the duration of her life.

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.
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