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Encouraging Deep Learning Through Collaborative Projects And Publicexhibition, Lee Kwok Lang
Encouraging Deep Learning Through Collaborative Projects And Publicexhibition, Lee Kwok Lang
Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)
This paper will present the advantages in the use of methodologies and tools of project based learning (PBL) in the teaching of a group of year one product design students in the Hong Kong context. The use of projects within the curriculum is not a revolutionary idea in design education nor education in general. In fact, PBL within design education at the tertiary level is common practice because its content is similar to real world jobs, in which tasks and projects are encountered by workers in their everyday jobs. Through PBL students can investigate things and explore some new insights …
Three Littleppigs In A Sandwich: Towards Characteristics Of A Sandwiched 5 Storytelling-Based Tangible System For Chinese Primary School English, Todd Cochrane, Hongwei Pan, Eddy Hui
Three Littleppigs In A Sandwich: Towards Characteristics Of A Sandwiched 5 Storytelling-Based Tangible System For Chinese Primary School English, Todd Cochrane, Hongwei Pan, Eddy Hui
Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)
Work towards identifying characteristics of sandwich storytelling based tangible systems for Chinese Primary School English instruction starts with principles determined for Chinese primary school children when learning English. These principles are considered in the context of sandwiched storytelling. A review of a number of tangible projects for education presents the scope of tangible systems as they are applied in education. These lead to emerging themes, such as scale, that determine constraints on interaction design. A snippet from the traditional story the Three Little Pigs is used to reflect on characteristics of the design and implementation of this tangible system.
Higher Education In Macau: Challenges, Dilemmas, And Prospects, Anthony Chi Lek Chow
Higher Education In Macau: Challenges, Dilemmas, And Prospects, Anthony Chi Lek Chow
Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)
Macau, one of the smallest territories in Asia with a population of only 0.6 million istransforming its higher education system unobtrusively after its sovereignty was returned to China in1999. The Basic Law states that Macau is authorised to exercise a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049. In recent years, Macau’s higher education system has undergone many significant changes with a speed and pattern never seen before in any other small territories in the world. Thisdevelopment has generated a significant amount of new human and social capital for Macau andenhanced its overall competitiveness in the region.