As part of the Community of Practice on Developing, Recognising and Rewarding Excellent Teaching, our team has solicited views, opinions, advice and inspiring stories from key stakeholders of PolyU (teachers, researchers, administrators, employers, etc) on a core theme of What will it take to educate the next generation of thought-leaders for a complicated world? Please click the thumbnails and see the responses from the interviewees:
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PolyU stakeholders (teachers, researchers, administrators) |
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Prof. Roger Ball
Professor, School of Design, PolyU |
Prof. Iris Benzie
Chair Professor of Biomedical Science, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, PolyU |
Dr. Chan Hin Wang, Kevin
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Social Sciences, PolyU |
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Prof. Winnie Cheng
Professor, Department of English, PolyU
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Prof. Kaye Chon
Dean of School and Chair Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, PolyU
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Dr. Doris Chong
Clinical Associate, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, PolyU
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Mrs. Dorinda Fung
Director of Student Affairs, PolyU |
Mr. Ho Wing Kee, William
Section Head (User Experience & Outreach)
Pao Yue-kong Library, PolyU |
Mr. Dean Anthony Fabi Gui
Language Instructor, English Language Centre, PolyU |
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Dr. Basak Denizci Guillet
Associate Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, PolyU |
Prof. Cathy Hsu
Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, PolyU |
Prof. JJ Hsieh
Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, PolyU
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Dr. Helen Law
Assistant Professor in Radiography, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, PolyU
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Ms. Chloe Lau
Instructor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, PolyU |
Mr. Anthony Lee
Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Design, PolyU |
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Ms. Wanze Li
Senior Manager, Institute of Advanced Executive Education, PolyU
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Prof. Cecilia Li
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, PolyU
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Dr. Anthony Lok
Visiting Fellow / Programme Director, Department of Management and Marketing, PolyU |
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Mr. Henry Ma
Associate Dean, School of Design, PolyU
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Mr. Stephen Mau
Assistant Professor, Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU |
Dr. Prakash Metaparti
Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, PolyU |
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Dr. Vincent Ng
Associate Head & Associate Professor, Department of Computing, PolyU
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Mr. Johan de Rooy
Teaching Fellow, School of Accounting and Finance, PolyU
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Mr. John Sager
Educational Development Officer, Educational Development Centre, PolyU
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Dr. Sunny Sun
Assistant Professor, School of Accounting and Finance, PolyU
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Prof. Eric Tsui
Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, PolyU
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Mr. Kelvin Wan
Project Assistant, Department of Social Sciences, PolyU |
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Dr. Robert Wright
Associate Professor,
Department of Management and Marketing, PolyU |
Prof. Calvin Wong
Associate Head & Professor, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, PolyU |
Dr. Joanne Yip
Assistant Professor, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, PolyU |
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Dr. Queeny Yuen
Placement Co-ordinator for Veterinary Nursing, Royal Venterinary College, University of London |
Prof. Peter Yuen
Dean, College of Professional and Continuing Education, PolyU |
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Business Leaders>Insights on the Burning Question |
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Dr. Ritchie Bent
Group Head of Human Resources, Jardine Matheson Ltd
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Dr. Hubert Chan
Chairman, Hong Kong Communications Co. Ltd. |
Dr. Kelvin Leung
Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Ms. Kwan Kin Mei
Executive Director, Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management |
Mr. Ajmal Samuel
Chief Executive Officer, Octo3 Technologies |
Dr. Wong Kam Shing
Managing Director, Kowloon Watch Group
Ms. Wong Nga Chi
Executive Director, Kowloon Watch Group
Mr. Kevin Wong
Business Development Manager,
Kowloon Watch Group
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Educating Tomorrow's Thought-Leaders: Distinguished Scholars Answer a Burning Question |
It was an unashamedly simple and courageous plan: Approach leading scholars from around the world and see if they would take up the challenge to answer a burning question (within 200-300 words): What will it take to educate the next generation of thought-leaders for a complicated world?. As you will see in the pages that follow, the response has been overwhelming and we owe them all our deepest gratitude!
Click HERE to download the booklet
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Acknowledgements:
On behalf of our entire Community of Practice on Developing, Recognising and Rewarding Excellent Teaching, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all our interviewees who so graciously gave us their valuable time to share their thoughts about our burning question.
Indeed their sharing provides us all with valuable insights in improving our practice. In the true spirit of Community> their diverse views brings us together in pursuit of a common goal, and in the process, help make this world a better place
Thanks also goes to Miss Loretta Ho (Project Associate of Educational Development Centre) for her wonderful coordination efforts and in ensuring that this pioneering One-minute Video project gets done! Finally, a big word of thanks to our student helpers who demonstrated great team-spirit and professionalism throughout the entire project in interviewing and editing the videos: Mr. Lee Trevor Man Hon, Mr. Leung Tsz Hin (Castor), Mr. Tang Mo Tin (Peter) and Mr. Yam Chi Him (David). Well done team!
Dr. Robert P. Wright
Co-Facilitator
Community of Practice on Developing, Recognising and Rewarding Excellent Teaching
(DRRET CoP), PolyU
August, 2014
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