日前，广东省教育厅发布广东省优秀教材（高等教育类）名单，北师香港浸会大学（BNBU）理工科技学院教授方开泰与副教授彭小令主编的《现代基础统计学》成功入选，获推荐参加第二届全国教材建设奖评选。本次评选工作中，教师教学发展中心（CTL）充分发挥教学支持专业职能，共组织协助完成3个项目的申报工作，提供了全方位的支持。

全国教材建设奖由国家教材委员会主办，教育部承办，作为全国教材建设领域最高奖，旨在总结展示我国教材建设取得的重大成就，表彰奖励优秀教材和对教材建设作出突出贡献的集体、个人，带动教材质量水平整体提升。

此次方开泰教授与彭小令博士主编的《现代基础统计学》由北师港浸大教师教学发展中心统筹组织申报，入围第二届全国教材建设奖评选，成为广东省拟推荐参评的213部高等教育类优秀教材中唯一来自合作办学院校的教材，为学校赢得了独特荣誉。此前，该教材已被列为“十二五”国家重点出版物出版规划项目与广东省高等学校精品教材。

方开泰教授是国际知名的统计学家，在实验设计、多元分析与统计应用等领域成果丰硕，已出版专著、教科书24本，发表研究论文300多篇、科学普及和综合评论45篇、数学和统计文化文章16篇。其研究在推动统计学理论发展的同时，还被广泛应用于工业、医学和社会科学等多个领域。因在均匀设计理论方面作出奠基性贡献，被称为“均匀设计之父”。

彭小令博士在教材编写、教学创新等方面成果丰硕。她主导的“商业统计”课程被评为广东省课程思政示范课程与省一流本科课程，参与打造的“随机模拟”课程获广东省高校教师教学创新大赛基础课程副高组三等奖。彭小令博士还主持和参与了多个省级教改科研项目，亦多次获得校级教学比赛奖项，展现了技术赋能的教学创新。她于2024年获北师港浸大校长奖杰出教学奖。

彭小令博士（左）与方开泰教授

On 4 September 2025, the Department of Education of Guangdong Province announced the list of Outstanding Textbooks (Higher Education Category). Modern Elementary Statistics, co-authored by Prof. Fang Kaitai and Associate Prof. Peng Xiaoling from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), won the provincial Outstanding Textbooks Award and was subsequently recommended for the 2nd National Outstanding Textbooks Award. In this selection process, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) fully leveraged its professional expertise in teaching support, organizing and assisting in the completion of 3 application projects, providing a comprehensive assistance.

The National Outstanding Textbooks Award, organized by the National Outstanding Textbooks Committee and administered by the Ministry of Education, is the highest honor in the field of textbooks in China. It aims to summarize and showcase key achievements in textbook development, recognize outstanding textbooks and honor groups and individuals who have made significant contributions to the field, thereby driving overall improvement in the quality of textbooks.

Modern Elementary Statistics, co-edited by Prof. Fang Kaitai and Dr. Peng Xiaoling, was coordinated and organized for submission by BNBU’s CTL. The textbook has been shortlisted for the 2nd National Outstanding Textbooks Award. It is the only shortlisted textbook from a joint-venture university among the 213 outstanding higher education textbooks recommended by Guangdong Province, bringing unique honor to the university. Previously, this textbook had been listed as a Project for National Key Publication of 12th Five-Year Plan and recognized as a Guangdong Higher Education Outstanding Textbook.

Prof. Fang Kaitai is an internationally renowned statistician with prolific achievements in experimental design, multivariate analysis, and statistical applications. He has published 24 monographs and textbooks, over 300 research papers, 45 popular science and comprehensive review articles, and 16 articles on mathematics and statistical culture. His research not only advances statistical theory but is also widely applied across various fields, including industry, medicine, and social sciences. Recognized for his foundational contributions to uniform design theory, he is widely recognized as the "Father of Uniform Design."

Dr. Peng Xiaoling has remarkable achievement in textbook compilation and teaching innovation. The course "Business Statistics," which she leads, has been recognized as a Guangdong Province Curriculum Ideology and Politics Demonstration Course and a Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Course. She also contributed to the development of the "Stochastic Simulation" course, which won the 3rd Prize in the Sub-senior Group of Fundamental Courses at the Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Innovation Competition. Dr. Peng has presided over and participated in multiple provincial-level teaching reform and research projects and has received numerous university-level teaching awards, demonstrating her innovation in technology-enhanced teaching. In 2024, she was awarded the BNBU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.