通識午餐聚會 GE Lunch Seminar
協作學習：提升導修及研討課學習效益的技巧
Collaborative Learning: Techniques for Effective Tutorials and Seminars

不少研究指出，與單純聽老師講課相比，學生主動參與課堂活動的學習效率較高。是次通識午餐聚會，將集中探討如何營造合適的氛圍以鼓勵同學主動參與課堂討論。講者首先介紹一些常用方法，然後讓與會者因應他們的課堂目標來討論課堂的編排；因為就著教學目標來組織討論，更能幫助學生建立批判思考，啟發創意。我們亦會一起探討學生不積極參與課堂小組活動的原因，並建議相應的教學策略。無論您曾否應用小組討論式的教學，都歡迎您前來體驗和實踐這種活動教學模式。

Studies show that students learn more effectively through active teaching and learning than through lectures. In this workshop we will focus on how to create an environment in the classroom that encourages students to take an active role in discussions. After an explanation of some strategies, participants will focus on their own classes and the goals they have for discussion.  Structuring discussions to achieve your particular goals can help students learn critical thinking skills as well as become more creative in their thinking. We will also look at some of the reasons why students may not participate in group activities and some strategies that work well to engage them. This workshop is for faculty who have never tried group work as well as for those who have. We will begin with your experience and you will engage in some types of group work during the workshop.

講者簡介

Professor Susan Fiksdal 是長青州立學院語言學學系及法文系教授，本年度香港浸會大學布萊特 (Fulbright) 通識教育計劃的訪問學者。她是社會語言學家，對會話尤有研究，曾出版The Right Time and Pace: A Microanalysis of Cross-cultural Gatekeeping Interviews一書，並在不同的學術文章及書籍章節裡面發表有關會話中性別與隱喻，親密與尷尬時刻的研究。此外，Professor Fiksdal一直致力研究提升教學質素的技巧，在過往的五年裡面，她除擔任長青州立學院國際生及兼讀生課程的教務長以外，更八次帶領學生到法國進行體驗學習，並曾以訪問學者的身份於古巴及日本等地任教。Professor Fiksdal現正協助香港浸會大學的本科與通識課程過渡334新學制。

About the Speaker

Prof .Susan Fiksdal has studied conversation in seminars since 1990 as a sociolinguist and as a faculty member interested in improving teaching and learning. She has published a book, The Right Time and Pace: A Microanalysis of Cross-cultural Gatekeeping Interviews, and articles and book chapters on uncomfortable moments, rapport, timing in conversation, and metaphor and gender. She is a professor of Linguistics and French at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington where she also served as Academic Dean for International Studies and Evening/Weekend Studies for five years. She has taken students to France for experiential learning 8 times. As an exchange faculty she taught in Kobe, Japan for one semester. Currently she is a Fulbright Scholar at Hong Kong Baptist University helping with the transition to a four-year undergraduate degree and the GE curriculum planning.

活動詳情 Details of the Talk
日　期 Date: 2012-2-27 (星期一 Monday)
時　間 Time: 12:30 pm to 2:15 pm
地　點 Venue: 香港中文大學 許讓成樓 G1 Hui Yeung Shing Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
講　者 Speaker: Professor Susan Fiksdal (Evergreen College)
語　言 Language: 英語 English

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