Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2011/12: Stage I

The Centre for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) has been established to work with and support the University, its faculties and staff to improve students’ learning outcomes.

Some research postgraduate students take on teaching duties during their studies. CETL has a course designed to help those teaching assistants to perform better in their teaching, to develop their potential as teachers and to better help their students to learn.

Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Stage I, will prepare participants for teaching small groups. The course is largely practical. Participants will be encouraged to use the interactive style of teaching. Emphasis will be placed on cooperative learning and group work. Near the end of the course participants will have the chance to prepare and conduct a 30-minute class session.

New research postgraduate students who register in September 2011, and thereafter, will be required to complete the CETL Stage I Certificate course in teaching and learning before undertaking teaching or assessment duties for their various departments.

The outcomes of the course for each successful participant will be:

• a systematic method for carrying out preparations for teaching
• presentation skills including explanations that are clear and easy to follow, effective use of teaching aids, time management and confidence building
• well developed strategies for teaching small groups of students using the interactive teaching method.

Upon successful completion of the course participants will receive a CETL certificate for Stage I.

Course Outline (2011/12)

Those interested in attending the Stage I course should register online with the CETL

Should you have any enquiries, please contact Ms Ivy Lai at 2219 8996. 
(Email: laichun2@hku.hk)

Stage I course groups for 2011-12 Semester 2 will be Groups J2 to Y2. Participants should select the course group that is most convenient for them. Sessions will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, Mondays and Thursdays, Tuesdays and Fridays as outlined below:

2011/12 Schedule - Stage I

RR: Run Run Shaw Building
KK: KK Leung Building
KKLG: KK Leung Lower Ground Floor

Summer Term, 2011-12
Stage I course groups for 2011-12 Summer Term will be Groups Z2 to C3. Participants should select the course group that is most convenient for them. Sessions will be held on Mondays and Thursdays, Tuesdays and Fridays, as outlined below:

2011/12 Schedule - Stage I – Summer Term

RR: Run Run Shaw Building

Registration Deadlines for Stage I Course

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Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2011/12: Stage II

Participants who wish to pursue further study and development in support of students' learning in higher education after completing the Stage I course are invited to consider entering the Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Stage II.

The second course further develops the knowledge and skills acquired in Stage I. The course begins with an introduction to ideas about the way students learn and examines different perspectives on the nature of knowledge, research, teaching and learning. Following this, the course covers how to design a course of study, how to deliver effective lectures and how to assess students' work.  The course then concludes with a study of one particular form of enquiry-based learning which is used in some faculties at HKU, that is problem-based learning.

Participants will be given the opportunity to plan and deliver class sessions in an interactive style.  They will have the chance to further develop their teaching skills.

The outcomes of the second course for each successful participant will be:

• a fundamental grasp of the philosophic underpinnings of student learning and the foundation of a personal philosophy of teaching and learning
• a systematic and effective method for preparing and teaching courses in higher education
• a well developed sense of the value of variety in assessment as well as practical knowledge of a number of innovative assessment methods
• basic familiarity with problem-based learning theory and processes including the nature of the curriculum, the roles of teachers and learners and two common difficulties associated with problem-based learning

Upon successful completion of the course participants will receive a CETL certificate for Stage II.

Course Outline (2011/12)

Those interested in attending the Stage II course should register online with the CETL

Should you have any enquiries, please contact Ms Ivy Lai at 2219 8996. 
(Email: laichun2@hku.hk)

2011/12 Schedule - Stage II

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