Experience Sharing on Teaching Practices

Prof. Winton Au
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teaching Sharing Forum

An essential approach to continuously improve and to develop a community of practice in teaching is to share our teaching experience. We are all looking for better ways to conduct our lectures and tutorials. New teachers and assistants are curious to know the tricks of the masters; and experienced ones are eager to discover new ways to spice up their proven techniques. In this one-hour sharing session, there will not be any speakers or presentations. All participants will be divided into small groups regardless of their disciplines and teaching experiences to share their teaching practices. The objective is to learn how each other conducts their lectures and tutorials. Each participant is expected to bring a question that they want to ask (e.g., how to promote classroom discussion), and a learning activity that they want to share (e.g., a Wikipedia group project). You may or may not be able to get the answer to your question, but surely you will be able to gain some insights into teaching innovation. Participants outside the Department of Psychology are welcome but all are expected to participate in the discussion.