Pedagogy is a challenging subject, it has a wide scope comprised of theory and practice, and it couples with the new demand of the global trend to promote teaching innovations. This project applies design thinking to the curriculum design of pedagogical courses by incorporating two simultaneous phases based on five design-thinking skills. In the problemContinue reading “Implementing a Design Thinking Curriculum in Pedagogy Courses to Nurture Creative Teachers”
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Harnessing the power of Assessment to support pre-service teachers’ learning and professional development through an innovative Blended Learning approach (A+BLe)
It is always challenging for teachers to well organize the teaching/learning content so that all students are more likely to actively participate in the learning process, and meanwhile to adequately assess students’ learning involvement and outcomes in each learning unit/session. This TDG project developed several online assessment tools that can be integrated to each sessionContinue reading “Harnessing the power of Assessment to support pre-service teachers’ learning and professional development through an innovative Blended Learning approach (A+BLe)”
Enhancing Professional Excellence: Developing Motivational Strategies of Pre-service Teachers in Chinese Language Classrooms
According to the Chinese Language Education – Curriculum Document (Education Bureau, 2017), the learning objectives of the language include nurturing learners’ interest, attitudes and habits in learning Chinese language. Nevertheless, teaching and learning of Chinese language has been focused on developing four skills and language learning strategies of learners. In order to enhance the understandingContinue reading “Enhancing Professional Excellence: Developing Motivational Strategies of Pre-service Teachers in Chinese Language Classrooms”
The Use of Learners’ Spoken Corpus as a Teaching Tool in ESL Classrooms
This project aims to develop a corpus-based training program to help teachers, learners and researchers have a better understanding of the major problems in learning English pronunciation by Hong Kong, Mainland Chinese and non-Chinese speakers in Hong Kong. According to Aston (2000), there are basically three fields for which corpus data can be used inContinue reading “The Use of Learners’ Spoken Corpus as a Teaching Tool in ESL Classrooms”
Developing Personal Knowledge Management Training Curriculum Guide and Resources
This project aims to develop a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) curriculum guide and resources to teacher educators for nurturing pre-service teachers’ PKM competencies and instructional design skills. Supporting the sustainable development of teachers as professionals in the knowledge society is a critical issue in teacher education. Developing a teacher education curriculum that could nurture pre-serviceContinue reading “Developing Personal Knowledge Management Training Curriculum Guide and Resources”