This year, PolyU is very proud that the Leadership and Intrapersonal Development team led by Professor Daniel Shek (Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) & Chair Professor of Department of Applied Social Sciences) received the award in the General Faculty Members/Teams category. Our another nominee, Dr Shara Lee (Assistant Professor of Department of Health Technology and Informatics), was shortlisted for the final round of the Award in the Early Career Faculty Members category.
For more details, please follow this link: https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/ugc/about/press_speech_other/press/2018/pr06092018.html.
The Leadership and Intrapersonal Development team led by Professor Daniel Shek (in the middle), with members: Ms Yammy Chak (4th from the left), Dr Lu Yu (5th from the left), Dr Cecilia Ma (5th from the right) and Dr Li Lin (4th from the right), receiving the award certificates and taking a group photo with other award recipients, the UGC Selection Panel members and UGC Chairman, Mr Carlson Tong, SBS, JP, at the award presentation ceremony on 6th September 2018.
(photo credits: The University Grants Committee)
The Leadership and Intrapersonal Development Team, recipient of the 2018 UGC Teaching Award (General Faculty Members/ Teams)
(photo credits: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Advancing Our Formal Undergraduate Curriculum for Holistic Youth Development
Professor Daniel Shek leads a team of four dedicated teachers to launch the innovative Leadership and Intrapersonal Development (LIPD) initiative with four different yet related subjects in the undergraduate curriculum in 2010. The aim is to nurture essential personal and social competences in the students through the experiential learning approach, and to enhance the undergraduate curriculum, thus providing a holistic learning experience for every first-year student in the new four-year undergraduate curriculum.
The Team recently expanded the LIPD Initiative to more students through collaborations with other universities and post-secondary institutions in Hong Kong, mainland China and belt-and-road countries. To date, the LIPD Team and Initiative have served over 35 organisations and 36,000 people, including primary school, secondary school and university students, other participants, schools, NOGs and communities. The Team also actively engages in evaluations and self-reflections to facilitate evidence-based practice. The Team demonstrates its academic leadership in the scholarship of teaching and learning. The team leader and members have published over 140 papers, and the Team has hosted four international conferences on the topic of LIPD. The significant impact and value of the work of the Team have earned it local and international recognition. Two years in succession, in 2016/17 and 2017/18, the four LIPD subjects won four awards at QS Reimagine Education Award, a prestigious international competition rewarding innovative initiatives aimed at enhancing student learning outcomes and employability.
