Organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Series Abstract
Signature pedagogies refer to the “characteristic forms of teaching and learning that organize the fundamental ways in which future practitioners are educated for their new professions” (Shulman, 2005, p. 52). Different faculties in HKU are known for their signature pedagogies such as problem-based learning in clinical disciplines. Despite being rooted within a particular discipline, much can be learned from these signature pedagogies that could be potentially applied to our own teaching and learning. However, these signature pedagogies have mostly been designed and delivered in face-to-face mode. With the pandemic necessitating constant shifts among face-to-face, online, and hybrid modes of teaching and learning, signature pedagogies need to evolve in lockstep. Moving forward, HKU in its newest Teaching and Learning Strategy recommends that we consider the best blend of face-to-face and online learning (Recommendation # 21). Hence, this summer sandbox series will focus on addressing the following questions:
- What are the different signature pedagogies across faculties/disciplines?
- What can we learn from these signature pedagogies and how can we apply them to our own teaching and learning?
- How have these signature pedagogies evolved to address the challenges of online and hybrid teaching and learning?
- How can we blend the best of face-to-face and online modes in our signature pedagogies?
- Presentation: This part will involve a presentation on key aspects of the signature pedagogy being featured.
- Group discussion: The second part will involve group discussions organized into theme-based breakout rooms allowing us the chance to join a community of learners.
Signature Pedagogy in Clinical Dentistry during Pandemic Times
Case-based and team-based learning for Interprofessional education: Learning together to work together
Time : 1:00pm - 2:30pm (HKT)
Hybrid Venue : Zoom
Speaker :
and Health Sciences Education, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
by Prof. McGrath, Colman
TBC
About the speakers
by Dr. George Lim Tipoe and Dr. Fraide Ganotice, Jr
Through interprofessional education, students from various expertise are expected to learn from, with, and about each other to foster transformative innovation to improve health systems and outcomes. Interprofessional collaborative competencies should not, however, be taken as innate and therefore we need pedagogies as means in achieving IPE outcomes. In this sharing, we will discuss the use of collaborative learning pedagogies (e.g., case-based learning, team-based learning, constructive controversy framework) in running a large-scale inter-institutional interprofessional education and in achieving its behavioural and cognitive outcomes.
About the Speaker
Crit, Jury, Review: Public Facing Assessment in the Teaching of Architectural Design
Get Out!! Teaching ‘Plants and Planting Design’ With and Without Field Trips
Time : 1:00pm - 2:30pm (HKT)
Hybrid Venue : Zoom
Speaker :
by Mr. Sony Devabhaktuni
The ritual of the critique is often described as a defining characteristic of architectural design pedagogy. Also called a “jury” or a “review”, students stand before a panel of faculty and professionals to present their work for between 5-10 minutes before receiving feedback. Each 20 minute event takes place in front of the student’s peers and can be open to a public. The talk will look into the origins of this teaching method and consider contemporary debates about its relevance and a shift to on-line learning are generating important and perhaps enduring transformations. The talk will open towards a discussion for other disciplines where problem-based learning, design-thinking methodologies and presentation-format assessments, have become important tools.
About the speaker
by Mr. Gavin Coates
In Landscape Architecture, field trips are a fundamental component of teaching plants and planting design in particular. So what happens when suddenly they’re not allowed? Gavin walked his field trips alone or in groups of two, recording over 700 videos of plants and other landscape features. In this talk he will reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of using videos, social media and other technologies to maintain and improve teaching and learning in this literally down-to-earth subject. At present he is working with TELI and DLL (Digital Literacy Lab) on compiling a ‘Digital Arboretum’ which is intended to serve as a permanently accessible teaching reference and gallery for student projects.
About the speaker
He is a Registered Landscape Architect in Hong Kong, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, Chartered Member of The Landscape Institute (UK) and a Member of the Chartered Society of Designers (UK).
From the early 1980s until joining HKU in 2015, he worked as a landscape architect in Hong Kong, participating in key projects for the Hong Kong Government, including Tseung Kwan O New Town infrastructure, Yuen Long Town Park, the design of the waterfall area of Hong Kong Park, and the planting of over 20,000 street trees under the Greening Master Plan programme between 2004 and 2015.
Gavin is also well known as an illustrator and author of environmental children’s books.
HKU Eco-Leaders Training Programme – A Field-based Teaching and Learning Programme
Let's gather in a social distancing way – Social Innovation and Global citizenship internship
Time : 1:00pm - 2:30pm (HKT)
Hybrid Venue : Zoom
Speaker :
by Dr. Billy C.H. Hau
Biodiversity is under severe threats and nature conservation is one of the keys to sustainable development. It is the objective of the Major in Ecology and Biodiversity at HKU to empower students with the knowledge and skills in nature conservation, as well as inspire them with the professionalism, pragmatism and dedication of ecologists. Field-based learning is also fundamental in nurturing students’ love of nature. The HKU Eco-Leaders Training Programme was founded in 2005 which involves a six-month field-based training in Hong Kong followed by a field trip to an overseas biodiversity hotspot. In this seminar, the pedagogy, assessment, funding and evolution of the programme will be introduced.
About the speakers
He is also interested in promoting urban biodiversity through applied research. He is a local expert in ecological restoration on man-made slopes and natural terrains and often engaged in contract research projects on slopes in Hong Kong. His contribution to the “Comprehensive Street Tree Management Plan for Hong Kong” for the Development Bureau in promoting urban biodiversity through the planting of appropriate tree species in urban Hong Kong has made him a Winner in Landscape Policy and Research of the Landscape Institute Awards 2014 (UK).
He has been teaching ecology and biodiversity at HKU for more than 10 years and is currently the Programme Director of the MSc in Environmental Management. He has been instrumental in developing experiential learning and knowledge exchange programmes for his students. He is very keen in promoting biodiversity conservation to different sectors of the community through teaching, research and field study programmes. He is a mentor of many young conservationists in Hong Kong who are now contributing to environmental conservation locally, regionally and internationally. Dr. Hau strongly believes in the importance of youth development as the society’s future leaders. He is currently the Deputy Master of New College, an intellectual residential hall of HKU and was previously the Warden of Morrison Hall.
In terms of professional services, he has been serving various environmental NGOs and government committees on ecology and conservation. He is currently a member of the Town Planning Board .
by Ms. Elsa Lam
Social Innovation and Global citizenship internship is one of the core requirements of social sciences graduates at HKU. In every April, students after spending two semesters out of the classroom for a term-time internship will gather together for an “Impact Story Telling Poster Presentation.” The event is for students to share their internship experience and insights with their fellow students, teachers and community partners. The pandemic has completely changed this practice in the past two years. In this sharing, we are going to share how the teaching team used an online platform for students to meet and greet virtually with more dynamic movements and interactions in a social distancing way.
About the speakers
Elsa received a degree in Journalism and Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, an LLM in Law in Development from the University of Warwick as a British Chevening Scholar and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University as a Mason Fellow.
Pushing the boundary and exploring the 'adjacent possible' in teacher preparation: From Face-to-Face Practicum, ePracticum to HyFlex Practicum
Moving clinical practicum online: challenges and successes
Time : 1:00pm - 2:30pm (HKT)
Hybrid Venue : Zoom
Speaker :
by Ms. Leung Kin Yi, Promail
In the past two years, face-to-face classes in Hong Kong have been suspended multiple times due to the covid-19. Since the teaching practicum is an essential component in any teacher preparation program, student teachers’ field experience, teaching competency and assessments were at stake with sustained school closure. In response to these challenges, the School-University Partnership office was pushed to explore the ‘adjacent possible’ of the teaching practicum throughout the pandemic crisis.
To unfold our fruitful learning journey, this session will i) discuss how we reimagine and reposition the teaching practicum from the conventional Practicum, ePracticum to the HyFlex Practicum; ii) illustrate how to collaborate with partners and stakeholders within and beyond the university to create new opportunities for students’ learning, and iii) share the forward-thinking on how to extend the boundary of the teaching practicum in the post-pandemic times.
About the speakers
Promail has received multiple awards in her teaching career, notably the University Early Career Teaching Award (2021) by the University of Hong Kong. She was also the first awardee of the Singapore Outstanding Educator-in-Residence (OEIR) Programme (2011) and awardee of the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2006) in Hong Kong. She has recently completed a Students as Partners QEF Project on ‘Developing innovative hands-on and minds-on learning and teaching packages in Physics/STEM education’.
by Dr. CHAN, Karen M.K.
Teleclinic or telerehabilitation in speech therapy refers to delivering communication and swallowing assessment and treatment via teleconference. This has not been a common service delivery mode in Hong Kong as most patients and clinicians prefer face-to-face interactions. However, teleclinic became the only service delivery mode under the pandemic because many clinical settings were closed to visitors or services were suspended. Clinical practicum is an essential component in the BSc. (Speech & Hearing Sciences) program, students complete at least 300 hours of supervised clinical practice during the program. Our clinical team quickly switched all clinical practicum online when classes went online and clinical services were suspended. In this talk, we will share our early challenges and some solutions that facilitated our switch. Teleclinic will become a regular mode of clinical practicum from 2023, some preliminary feedback from different stakeholders on their perception of teleclinic will be presented and how they might help to plan future online clinical practicum will be discussed.
About the speakers
For information, please contact:
Ms. Lavina Luk, CETL
Phone: 3917 5272; Email: ytluk89@hku.hk