Enhancing Teaching and Learning Quality in Higher Education
提升大學的教與學質素

Teaching and Learning (T&L) Round Table Series – invitation

Date: Friday 28 May 2010
Time: 2.00-3.30pm
Venue: Club IEd
Language: Cantonese

The T & L committee warmly invites you to a seminar that explores the issues of what constitutes "good teaching" and how effective instruction can lead to quality teaching in higher education. The seminar will provide an opportunity for colleagues to reflect on the relationships between teaching and its impact on student learning. The T & L committee is much honored to have Professor LAU Siu-ying, Patrick and Professor YEUNG Sau-chu, Alison, both the recipients of the Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award in CUHK, talk about their experiences in this area. Colleagues are very much encouraged to capitalize on this opportunity to share their individual teaching experiences and wisdom. This seminar can be seen as a platform for like-minded academics to get together for dissemination in a bid to promote the quality of teaching and learning in the higher education sector.

Background of the speakers Professor YEUNG Sau-chu, Alison Associate Professor and Vice Department Chair Department of Curriculum and Instruction B.A, Dip.Ed., M.A. (CUHK), Ph.D (UCLA) Professor Yeung is a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award (2003). She has been offering PGDE courses on subject and curriculum teaching of Chinese History, World History, Liberal Studies and General Studies, and a M.Ed. course on Humanities Curriculum. She is the coordinator for B.Ed. (Liberal Studies) program since Sept 2008 and the co-leader of STILLS Project (Support for Transition to the Implementation and Leadership of Liberal Studies 2008-2010) funded by the Education Bureau of HK SAR govt.

LAU Siu-ying, Patrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor. BSc, DipEd, MA(Ed), PhD (CUHK) Department of Educational Psychology Served as Teacher in Lai Chack Middle School, Principal of China Holiness College, Part-time Lecturer in Faculty of Education of HKU and CUHK, Assistant Professor of Department of Education Studies and Course Leader of Postgraduate Diploma in Education of Hong Kong Baptist University. Teaching areas include Guidance in Schools and related courses.