Asian  Studies  Teaching  Colloquium  on  Environment   Science  and  Technology     Beloit,  Wisconsin   Spencer  Benson,  Director  Center  for  Teaching  Excellence   University  of  Maryland   VisiCng  Fulbright  Scholar  University  of  Hong  Kong  

 Context      What  is  happening  in  Hong  Kong      What’s  similar  and  what’s  different      Snippets  on  other  East  Asian  Countries      

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None 1 or 2 3 to 5 5-10 More then 10 I am too old to remember

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 Hong  Kong  SAR    

Common Core Courses

Distribution Requirements

 Macau  SAR    China      

General  EducaCon  

 Myanmar  (Burma)    Philippines  

Integration with the Major

Knowledge, skills, & values

 Korea      US      

Global Education

Competency-based

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Provide a pathway for a career Educate for life long learning Build societal capital Betterment of the individual Other - the correct purpose is _____

Asian  view  is  oPen  for  career  training    

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 A  7-­‐year  program  to  reshape  public    

educaCon  in  Hong  Kong    2005    2012      3-­‐3-­‐4  reform    Effects  both  secondary  and  university  level     Primary  and  secondary  13  yrs      12  yrs     University  3  yrs    4  yrs    All  public  universiCes  will  have  a  general  

educaCon  program  and  outcomes  based   learning  (OBL)        

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Current Structure (“3+2+2+3”)

HKALE (36% of students ) HKCEE (98% of students)

3-Year Undergraduate Degree

New Structure (“3+3+4”)

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4-Year Undergraduate Degree (curriculum reform)

Secondary 7 Secondary 6

New Secondary 6

Secondary 5

New Secondary 5

Secondary 4

New Secondary 4

Secondary 3

Secondary 3

Secondary 2

Secondary 2

Secondary 1

Secondary 1

New public examination leading to Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) in 2012 (100% of students)

  Hong  Kong  University     Chinese  University  Hong  Kong     Hong  Kong  University  of  Science  and  Technology       Hong  Kong  Polytechnic  University     City  University       BapCst  University     Lingnan  University     Hong  Kong  InsCtute  EducaCon*    

3.  4.  5. 

Three Five Seven Eight More then 10

  Hong  Kong  University  (HKU)  

  Common  Core  Curriculum  (CCC)       Four  Areas  of  Inquiry    (AoI)   •  ScienCfic  and  Technological  Literacy   •  HumaniCes   •  Global  Issues   •  China:  Culture,  State  and  Society     Chinese  University  Hong  Kong  (CUHK)  

   A  two  course  requirement  for  all  students*     •  In  Dialogue  with  Humanity     •  In  Dialogue  with  Nature    

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90 percent 75 percent 50 percent 32 percent Less than 20 percent

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Four  Areas  of  Inquiry    (AoI)     ScienCfic  and  Technological  Literacy     HumaniCes     Global  Issues     China:  Culture,  State  and  Society   Web  site  h`p://commoncore.hku.hk/index.php  

  The  Nature  and  Methods  of  Science       Science,  Technology  and  Society       Science,  Technology  and  Global  Issues     Science  and  Technology  in  Everyday  Life       FronCers  of  Science  and  Technology     Examples  

  Technologies  Designed  for  the  Developing  World     Human’s  Place  in  the  Universe     InfecCous  Disease  in  a  Changing  World     Origin  and  EvoluCon  of  Life  

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 Global  Issues,  Local  Lives    Challenges  of  Global  Governance    GlobalizaCon  and  Economic  

Development    Global  Ethics  and  CiCzenship    Sample  Courses     Feeding  the  World     Contagions:  Global  Histories  of  Disease  

1.  2.  3.  4. 

Yes No All of the above I don’t know

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Different  structure      Nine  Individual  Colleges       h`p://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oge/curriculum/introducCon_e.html     Four  areas  

       

Dialogues  with  Humanity   Dialogue  with  Nature    

Share  your  list  with  the  person(s)  side   of  you  

Chinese  Cultural  Heritage   Nature,  Technology  and  the  Environment   Society  and  Culture   Self  and  Humanity  

  A  two  foundaConal  course  requirement  for  all  students*    

  In  Dialogue  with  Humanity       In  Dialogue  with  Nature       Readings  in  both  English  and  Chinese    

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  Hong  Kong’s  Public  Liberal  Arts  University    

Joseph Needham Francis Crick Peter Mitchell Sidney Brenner Simon Winchester

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RaConal  Thinking   Values  in  Society   Cultures  and  Ideas   Science        explores  the  culture  of  science:  its   premises,  its  ideology,  and  its  influence   on  modern  life  and  thought.  

Scholarship  in  pracCce     Diversity     Understanding  Plural  SocieCes   Cultural  Competence  

I-­‐courses    

The  I-­‐Courses       Issues,  ImaginaCon,  Intellect,  InvesCgaCon,   InspiraCon,  InnovaCon,  ImplementaCon     h`p://www.iseries.umd.edu/     Marquee  Courses    

  h`p://www.marqueecourses.umd.edu/ courselist.html     Engineering  in  the  Developing  World     HIV/AIDS  in  a  Global  PerspecCve     Physics  for  Decision  Makers:  The  Global  Energy   Crisis  

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University  of  Macau    h`p://www.umac.mo/   China  Zhuhai  United  InternaConal  College     h`p://uic.edu.hk/en/index.php? opCon=com_content&task=view&id=893&Itemid=220  

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Silliman  University  Philippines   A  leading  ChrisCan  insCtuCon  commi`ed  to  total   human  development  for  the  well-­‐being  of   society  and  environment.   The  Five  Cs  h`p://www.su.edu.ph/  

  Myanmar  InsCtute  of  Theology      BARS  (Bachelor  of  Arts  in  Religious  Studies:  

Full  Cme  four-­‐year  program)  

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Yonsei  University      UIC  Underwood  InternaConal  College  

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Bed A beer Family More slides

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Spencer  Benson,  Ph.D.   Center  for  Teaching  Excellence   University  of  Maryland,   College  Park,  MD,  USA   Email:    [email protected]   h`p://www.cte.umd.edu   "Teaching is leading students into a situation in which they can only escape by thinking” UMD Teaching Resource Guide Free Downloadable http://www.cte.umd.edu/TRG.pdf 39

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