Questions for Discussion Section (Issue #6)
Academic disciplines are defined as ‘cultural phenomena’ and as ‘embodied in collections of like-minded people, each with their own codes of conduct, sets of values, and distinctive intellectual [...]
Editorial – Interdisciplinary teaching and learning (2): Emerging practices within HKU and across institutions – Tracy Zou
Similar to what has happened with the theme of internationalisation, the discussions on interdisciplinarity cannot be fully contained within one issue of Teaching and Learning Connections. To [...]
Is Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) an interdisciplinary undertaking? – Tracy Zou
After writing down the above title, I realised the enormous complexity contained in the topic. Both Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and interdisciplinarity are highly contested [...]
Arts science and artifacts in Chinese cultural heritage: An exciting new HKU led innovative interdisciplinary pedagogical project – Quentin Parker
I’m here to say a few words about an exciting new UGC Teaching and Learning grant recently awarded to an interdisciplinary team I lead at HKU that spans the faculties of Arts, Architecture and [...]
The essence of interdisciplinary teaching and learning: Reconstructing understandings through daily discoveries – Angela Mai Yan Yuen
One of the major goals of the common core curriculum is to promote scientific and technological literacy. The variation of academic background of the students presented a huge challenge for [...]
Message from the Director of CETL – Grahame Bilbow
Before starting my usual introduction to the current issue of Teaching and Learning Connections, I should like to share some very significant news. The University has just signed a three-year [...]
Promoting interdisciplinary learning in graduate teaching assistant programme – Peter Lau
In this summer, the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) organized a forum, Maximising the Impact of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) – Effective Training and Development [...]
Transdisciplinarity at work: The Common Core@HKU – https://commoncore.hku.hk/
In the simultaneously highly disconnected and highly connected context in which we now live on the planet and in Hong Kong, the stakes of higher education are becoming ever more trenchant. One [...]