Lecture 1 | Flippin' Shakespeare: Teaching Literature Through Theatre Practice Theme: Flippin' Shakespeare: Teaching Literature Through Theatre Practice Date & Time: 14:00 pm - 15:30 pm, 22 September 2023 Speaker: Dr. Katrine K. Wong, PhD, PFHEA, FTCL, LTCL Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement; Associate Professor, Department of English University of Macau Venue: T2-302 Language: English Abstract: Performance is always a pedagogical component in my teaching repertoire, from first-year introductory literature modules to postgraduate-level courses. This session will share how a flipped literature classroom helps address challenges instructors typically face in a learning environment with a mixture of native English-speaking and ESL students. Participants will also participate in a mock Shakespeare class meeting by working with selected excerpts from Macbeth. Lecture 2 |高等教育普及化、科教兴国战略与教师发展 Theme: 高等教育普及化、科教兴国战略与教师发展 Date & Time: 15:30 pm - 17:00 pm, 22 September 2023 Speaker: Dr. Lixin Sun孙丽昕博士 (广东省教育研究院 高等教育研究室主任) Venue: T2-302 Language: Mandarin Abstract: 高等教育普及化是在毛入学率达到50%后在高等教育系统产生的一种现象。报告主要阐述在新一轮科技革命和产业革命正深刻影响人类社会发展、新一轮经济全球化正深刻影响世界竞争格局及中国进入高质量发展阶段等叠加背景下，同时面对科教兴国战略对高等教育发展提出的新使命、新要求、新任务，对正处于超大规模普及化阶段的中国高等教育发展面临的主要问题和挑战及大学教师发展的主要着力点进行分析。
Part 1 - T&L Sharing Topic: Maintenance of Teachers' Professional Mental Health in the Post-epidemic Period 疫情后时期教师职业心理健康维护 Date &Time: 12:00 -13:00 pm, Sep 28 (Thu), 2023 Presenter: 张军 副教授 Venue: CC-323 Language: Mandarin Eligibility: Teaching/Teaching support staff About the Presenter: 硕士生导师，日本新泻大学客座研究员, “教师学习与发展共同体（LDC)”(中加澳国际合作项目）核心成员，广东省“应用心理学特色专业建设项目”负责人 Abstract: 本讲座结合新冠疫情，从积极心理学的视角，透析大流疫给人们心理健康带来的冲击和影响，聚焦教师群体的工作场景，尊重其个人叙事和观点，帮助教师了解职业心理健康对有效工作的重要意义，初步掌握克服职业枯竭、提升心理幸福、提高教育教学质量的有效的策略方法和途径。 Part 2 - Social Gathering An informal and relaxed occasion for chatting, sharing and meeting colleagues. Welcome to join us. Date & Time: 13:00-14:00, Sep 28 (Thu), 2023 Venue: CC-323 Eligibility: Teaching/Teaching support staff
SMP is designed to provide mentoring relationships for new academic staff at the Lecturer or Assistant Professor ranks, with the goal of fostering professional development during their first teaching year at UIC. This initiative presents an exceptional opportunity for both mentees and mentors to establish meaningful relationships, exchange experiences, and advance your professional development.
Furthermore, two Staff Mentoring Workshops are scheduled to provide you with valuable insights and opportunities for mutual learning and harnessing your character strengths for professional growth:
Workshop 1: Exploring Character Strengths for Enhanced Professional Growth Date and Time: 27 Sep (Wed), 1:50 pm – 4:05 pm Venue: T4-405 Agenda Highlights: • Icebreaker: Embracing Signature Strengths in Practice • Staff Mentoring in UIC: Roles, Communities, and Character Strengths • Fostering Character Strengths for Effective Course Delivery: Action Planning
Workshop 2: Navigating Challenges and Sustaining Growth Date and Time: 6 Dec (Wed), 1:50 pm – 4:05 pm Venue: T4-405 Agenda Highlights: • Navigating Challenges of Using Character Strengths: Action Evaluation • Character Strength Beatitudes: A Calling to Flourishing: Group Discussion
The Second UIC Teaching Contest for Young Teachers, 2023
To promote teaching excellence at UIC and nominate outstanding young teachers for the 7th Guangdong Teaching Contest for Young Teachers in 2024, we are pleased to launch the 2023 UIC Teaching Contest for Young Teachers. The theme of this contest is “Deliver a Quality Course.” Detailed requirements, guidelines, and scoring criteria are listed in the attachment. The rubrics are the same as the ones used for the provincial contest.
Eligibility: 1. Teaching staff under age 40 (born after Aug. 31st, 1983). 2. Has at least one year of teaching experience at UIC.
Note: Teaching staff who have won first place in the previous university-wide Teaching Contest for Young Teachers cannot participate in this competition.
How to apply: 1. Non-native Mandarin-speaking teaching staff is highly encouraged to submit the applications in English at the university-wide Contest. Participants are responsible for translating the application materials into Chinese when they are nominated to the provincial Contest. 2. Please pack application materials into a zipped file and send it to ctl@uic.edu.cn. The filename is titled 2023 UIC TCYT + Teacher’s Name (example: 2023 UIC TCYT Arie Jin) by November 6th (Monday), 2023.
Awards: 1. Award certificates and cash prizes will be provided for Grand Prize, First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, and Honorable Mention. 2. The top 15 participants will be recommended to participate in the contest at the provincial level. The result will be announced around mid-November 2023.
Contact: Ms. Arie Jin at 3620 692 or ariexjin@uic.edu.cn for further questions and support.
The Recordings and PPT Slides of T&L Lecture and Workshop last week
Lecture Topic: Improving Teaching Quality and Participating in the Teaching Contests 提升教学水平与参加教学竞赛 Speaker: Prof. Yanan Lin林亚南教授 (国家级名师、UIC教发中心特聘顾问教授，厦门大学特聘教授)
Workshop Topic: E-learning: Brief Introduction and Tutorial of iSpace Speaker: Ms. Suri Suyi LI (Senior IT Technician, ITSC)
The recordings and PPT Slides could be found on iSpace "CTL Teaching and Learning Resources" (see the folder "T&L Activities (Semester 1 of 2023-2024)".
Copy the link in the text document to the Browser, and you could see the video recordings. If you encounter any problems, please contact Ms. Arie Jin at 3620692 or ariexjin@uic.edu.cn.
Organizer: Center for Language Education, SUSTech (Southern University of Science and Technology) Date: December 2, 2023 Theme: Creativity in Teaching and Inspiration for Learning Proposal Submission (DDL: October 22, 2023): cle_conference@sustech.edu.cn
Organizer: eLearning Forum Asia Co-organizer: Singapore University of Social Sciences Date: November 30- December 1, 2023 Venue: Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Theme: Digital Futures of Work and Learning: Forging the Way Ahead Early Bird Registration (DDL: September 25, 2023): Please click Here Submission of Abstracts (DDL: September 25, 2023): Please click Here Submission for eLFA Awards (DDL: September 25, 2023): Please click Here
