On 4 May 2026, Professor Pasi Sahlberg from the University of Melbourne, Australia, revisited the EdUHK Jockey Club Primary School. The visit was part of his academic exchange activities hosted by the Global Research Institute for Finnish, European, and Global South Education (GRIFE) at the Education University of Hong Kong. A globally renowned scholar in educational reform and equity, Professor Sahlberg has long advocated for play-based, student-centred learning themes that resonate closely with the school’s innovative pedagogical approaches.
Accompanied by Professor Yuzhuo Cai (Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership and Co-Director of GRIFE) and Ms. Ka Yiu Yolaine Wei from GRIFE, Professor Sahlberg was warmly welcomed by the school’s leadership team. The visit centred on the school’s Multiple Intelligence (MI) Programme, a holistic framework designed to identify and nurture each student’s unique strengths spanning linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic domains. Through personalised learning pathways, the MI Programme aims to move beyond traditional academic metrics and instead unlock each child’s latent potential.
During the tour, Professor Sahlberg observed an English lesson . He also engaged in in-depth discussions with educators and studetns regarding the MI programme’s “passport” tool, a developmental portfolio that systematically tracks students’ progress across multiple intelligences, enabling both formative assessment and student self-reflection. These conversations opened up broader explorations of synergies among Australian, Finnish, and Hong Kong educational models, particularly in areas such as teacher autonomy, assessment for learning, and culturally responsive pedagogy. The visit concluded with mutual interest in future comparative research collaborations between the three systems.
