馬敬言教授
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maclean@eduhk.hk

Rupert Maclean is a Former Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development, Chair Professor of International Education, and UNESCO Chair Professor in Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning, at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). He was the foundation Director of UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Education in Bonn. His previous appointments include those of: Director, Section for Secondary Education at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris; Acting Director of the UNESCO Principal regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok; Chief of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development (ACEID) at UNESCO Bangkok; and, UNESCO Chief Technical Advisor for the United Nations project to strengthen and upgrade teacher education throughout Myanmar.His scholarly work in education, and particularly in technical and vocational education and training, is well known from his numerous publications. He is recognized internationally as a leading change agent in education for social development. He has a thorough understanding of TVET in the Asia-Pacific region, contextualized by his broad grasp of educational issues, developments and scholarshipworld-wide. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for Australia ‘for distinguished service to technical and vocational education particularly through UNESCO’ in 2011.