Preface Promoting the quality of teaching and learning is a major concer n o f th e University Grant s Committe e (UGC ) o f Hong Kong. In 199 8 and 2001, the UGC supported major conference s on this theme. This volume results from th e secon d o f thes e events , which focuse d o n th e scholarshi p o f teaching an d learning . Th e conferenc e plannin g committe e brough t together members fro m al l UGC-subvented institutions. The Universit y of Hong Kong provided th e chai r and secretariat . Before callin g fo r papers , th e committe e identifie d a s a focu s fo r reflection, an d a s the titl e o f th e conference , th e work o f the Carnegi e Foundation o n The