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Rex Ip-fu Li (born 1953) is a psychologist and educator in Hong Kong. He set up the Gifted Education Council in 1988 (serving as its founding chairman), then founded the Hong Kong Mathematical Olympiad School in 1995.[1] Li’s most lasting contribution has been establishing G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College (1996).[2] The school became Band 1 – a top-tier ranking in Hong Kong – for both its primary and secondary sections.[3] His research deals mostly with gifted education, multiple intelligences, and John Dewey’s ideas about learning. In 2011, Hangzhou News wrote about Li’s work, highlighting how he blends Dewey’s ideas with Chinese educational traditions.[4]

Early Life and Education

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Li was born in 1953 in Hong Kong and went on to attend Wah Yan College, Hong Kong for secondary education. In 1976, he received a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Pace University in 1983 and a Doctor of Education from Columbia University in 1995.[5]

Career

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Li started his first school, the English Medium Tutorial School, in 1977. Eight years later he founded the Supermind Institute of Learning. Then in 1988 he founded the Gifted Education Council (GEC), which became a registered Hong Kong charity the following year.[6] In 1995, he organized the International Gifted Youth Summit and co-hosted the 11th World Conference of Gifted and Talented Children in Hong Kong. That same year, he founded the Hong Kong Mathematical Olympiad School.

In 1996, Li founded G.T. College, a Band 1 secondary and primary school in Hong Kong which was later renamed to G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College. The school is a DSS English-medium school that uses the International Baccalaureate programme and focuses on multiple intelligences and gifted education[7]. The college has engaged in cross-border educational exchanges, including with Guangzhou schools, to explore new teaching methods.[4]

In 1997, Li was appointed Visiting Professor at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Li went on to create the G.T. Education Foundation in 2002, building on the work of his earlier institutions.[5] In 2016, he became a Visiting Professor at Fudan University, where he collaborated on editing Selected Works of John Dewey and helped establish the Fudan-Dewey Lecture Series.[8] In 2024, he became Adjunct Professor at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.

Research on John Dewey

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Li's work has centered on the educational theories of John Dewey with a focus on experiential learning, and multiple intelligences which he has applied in both his established schools along with his International M.I Forums. He edited Dewey's Selected Works – Psychology and Education (2017) and authored Rediscovering John Dewey: How His Psychology Transforms Our Education (2020).

Li has criticised Hong Kong and other Asian education systems for focusing on exams and rote learning. He pushes for more experiential, inquiry-based methods.[5] His Dewey-based programmes at the Gifted Education Council and G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College has broken the old education model for hundreds of students, moving them toward hands-on learning.

Multiple Intelligence Forums and International Engagements

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Li has organized Multiple Intelligences (M.I.) Forums bringing together educators from Asia and Western countries. In 2020, he established Research MI, a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on multiple intelligences. In 2023, he organized the 3rd International M.I. Education Forum in Hong Kong, which led to the formation of the Global Multiple Intelligences School Network (G-MISNET). Li was elected the first president of G-MISNET.[9]

Publications

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1996

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  • A Theory of Conceptual Intelligence: Thinking, Learning, Creativity, and Giftedness. Praeger. (ISBN: 0-275-95326-2)

1997

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  • Maximizing Potential: Lengthening and Strengthening Our Stride (Edited with Chan, Jimmy & Spinks, John). Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong. (ISBN: 962-7558-26-5)
  • Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Thinking, Singapore (with Chan, Jimmy)
  • Multiple Intelligences in Hong Kong (June 1–6)

1998

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  • Education for the 21st Century. Gifted Education Council, Hong Kong.

2004

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  • Handbook of Creativity for Teachers (In Chinese; with Chan, Michael). Gifted Education Council, Hong Kong.

2006

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  • Helping Gifted Children Soar – 15 Stories of Gifted Children in Hong Kong (In Chinese; with Chan, Michael). Gifted Education Council, Hong Kong. (ISBN: 988-98081-4-5)
  • Small Class Teaching Is Not a Dream (In Chinese; with Chan, Michael). Gifted Education Council, Hong Kong. (ISBN: 988-98081-5-3)

2012

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  • Nurturing Gifted Youths and Future Leaders: The Evolving World Education Systems of the 21st Century. G.T. Education Foundation / Gifted Education Council, Hong Kong. (ISBN: 978-988-98081-3-6)

2014

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  • Ten Ideas on Education. G.T. Education Foundation, Hong Kong.

2017

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  • Reconstruction of Experience: Selected Works of John Dewey's Education and Psychology. East China Normal University Press.

2018

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  • John Dewey's Education and Psychology: An Introduction. Dewey Centre of Fudan University, Shanghai and G.T. College, Hong Kong.

2020

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  • Rediscovering John Dewey: How His Psychology Transforms Our Education. Palgrave Macmillan.

2021

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  • Gardner's Education Philosophy – Part 1. Research MI, 2(1), 9-15.
  • What's New About Gardner. Research MI, 2(2), 9.
  • A Summary and Review of Herbert Gintis' Gene-Culture Co-evolution Thesis. G.T. College, Hong Kong.

2022

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  • Kieran Egan's Five Kinds of Understanding. Research MI, 3(1), 10-14.

2023

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  • The Scholarship of Howard Gardner. Presented at the Third International MI Education Forum, Hong Kong.
  • AI and Education: Risks or Opportunities? G.T. College, Hong Kong.

References

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  1. ↑ "香港优才书院李业富教授奖学金计划正式发布". yuloo.com (in Chinese). 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  2. ↑ "History – G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College". Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  3. ↑ "優才（楊殷有娣）書院 好唔好？評價 Band 1B・第70位｜DSE 2026". 中學排名 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  4. 1 2 "怎样把你的孩子通过后天培养变成天才？-杭州新闻中心-杭州网". hznews.hangzhou.com.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  5. 1 2 3 周 (1996). "香港高智教育研究专家李业富". 现代特殊教育 (1): 1.
  6. ↑ "Introduction". www.giftedcouncil.edu.hk. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  7. ↑ "優才書院 探索多元教育路向 點亮學童成長潛能 | 《香港學校網》". schoolchoice.hk (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  8. ↑ 复旦大学哲学学院 (2022-10-20). "大咖云集！"复旦-杜威讲座"第四期：实用主义的时间观". mp.weixin.qq.com (in Chinese). Fudan University Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  9. ↑ Wu, Shanying (2022-07-13). "【優才書院】第二屆多元智能教育論壇 國際知名學者分享「後疫情時代」的教育心得". ohpama.com. Retrieved 2026-05-28.

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