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Appointed Dean of Student Learning in April this year, Professor Lilian Vrijmoed has begun to set out the strategic direction and plans related to grooming students to become reflective learners and competitive professionals.
The Quality Assurance Committee has announced the winners of the Teaching Excellence Award for 2004-05, paying tribute to five distinguished teachers for their commitment to providing excellent professional education.
About 150 secondary school teachers and students gathered at CityU on 22 January, to attend a seminar on the “Learning to Learn” programme to prepare secondary students for lifelong learning, using "problem-based learning".
A forum stimulating reflection upon the role of universities in secondary education curriculum reforms kicked off CityU’s Teachers Update Course (TUC), 12 May. More than 80 secondary school principals and teachers, and 40 CityU staff members attended to celebrate the event. TUC is a professional development programme CityU offers secondary school principals and teachers to update their knowledge on subject content and pedagogy.
A delegation from the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB), HKSAR, explained the to-be-implemented "3 + 3" structure in secondary education to some 40 CityU staff members, on March 13, in a meeting organized by the University's Education Development Office (EDO). There was discussion on its subsequent impact on university intake and admission at the end of the briefing session.
Whether a student succeeds in university, or not, is, to a large extent, determined by his first month on campus, according to Mr Joseph Chan, CityU's Acting Director of Student Development Services (SDS) at the First Year Experience Seminar, 11 October. If the first year is an important one, the first month of that year is certainly crucial, and ideal graduates don't just happen¡Xthey need to be nurtured.
To meet the ever-changing challenges of a knowledge-based society in the 21st century, it is important to keep up with the latest developments in society through self-improvement and life-long learning. Frontline teachers duly have to look for opportunities for professional development.