Congratulations to the latest crop of new CPS graduates!
|
Sophie Sturup |
Pascal Grange |
|
Jiwat Ram |
Yujia Zhai |
|
Wing C. Lau |
Phil Staddon |
|
Jean Yves Le Corre |
Zheng Liu |
|
David Ruiz-Carrillo |
Kai Liu |
CPS Registration
There has been an important change for new members of staff who would like to complete the Certificate in Professional Studies. The CPS programme now has two registration points throughout the academic year. One is in September and one will be in March. The registration process can be found on e-bridge and the Handbook and other important information can be found on the CPS ICE site. We look forward to working with new colleagues this academic year.
Moderation of the CPS Programme
Last June, the CPS Programme engaged in an internal moderation process, involving AEC staff Dr Dawn Johnson (Director CPS Programme), Dr Henk Huijser (Educational Developer), and Dr James Wilson (Director AEC), as well as an external moderation process.
The external moderation has greatly benefited from the generous input and expertise of Dr Christos Petichakis (University of Liverpool Moderator) and Dr Mark Lyne (External Examiner from the University of Suffolk). Their feedback is being used to make improvements to the CPS programme, and they are also involved in the external moderation of CPS assessments. We are very grateful to both of them.
Welcome!
Welcome to the CPS newsletter page! We hope you enjoy exploring the information, videos and images on this page. Please make sure you also check out the CPS ICE page.
A special thanks to the following colleagues for their generous recent contributions to the CPS Programme: Professor Adam Cross, Isik Cotten, Dr Adrian Lee (NUS), Dr Wibo Bakker, Dr Christiane M Herr, Dr Eoin Jordan, Dr Yi Lin, Dr Chee Seong Chin, Etienne & Beverly Wenger-Trayner, Christos Petichakis (UoL), Dr Mark Lyne (UCS), and all the CPS participants.
Upcoming CPS workshops*
*NOTE: This schedule is subject to changes. For the most up-to-date workshop schedule, please visit the CPS ICE site.
CPS workshops Semester 2, 2016
After the successful Learning and Teaching Colloquium in which many CPS participants took part, a series of CPS workshops were offered in the second semester. By the way, the rich resources from both the participant contributions to the Colloquium and the material related to Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner's visit are still accessible, and are worth exploring.
The workshops early in the semester (in March, before the Colloquium) included Programme design and the importance of learning outcomes, which was facilitated by Professor Adam Cross, and the related workshop about Module design. This was followed during the week of the Colloquium by four additional workshops: Learning from reflection, Quality frameworks for learning and teaching (co-facilitated by Isik Cotten), Principles and practice in assessment (featuring Dr Wibo Bakker), and Small group teaching. Of course, Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner also shared their expertise in a workshop about Planning and assessing the value(s) created by learning in communities. In addition, we were lucky to be able to draw on the expertise of our colleagues from the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong during the workshops in the the Colloquium week.
After the Colloquium, the first workshop was Evaluation of learning and teaching practice in Higher Education, which is a very important workshop in relation to CPS assessment. This was followed by something that is very relevant for most teachers at XJTLU, namely Innovative teaching in large groups, and we were grateful to be able to draw on the expertise of Dr Christiane M Herr. This was followed by Self-assessment, peer assessment and assessing group work.
The final two workshops of this busy semester were Student support for inclusion and diversity in Higher Education, and Research-led teaching. The latter had Dr Chee Seong Chin generously sharing his expertise.
We would hereby like to thank all the CPS participants for being a group of 'engaged students' in a rewarding and stimulating semester of workshops.
Outstanding teacher - Kai Liu
Dr Kai Liu from the Chinese Cultural Teaching Centre at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University has been named as ‘Outstanding Teacher’ at the fourth XJTLU Annual Teaching Prizes for his teaching excellence and innovation.
Organised by XJTLU’s Academic Enhancement Centre, the annual teaching prizes aim to identify and share best teaching practices across the University and are awarded to those staff who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching and the enhancement of students’ learning experiences at XJTLU.
Among the award categories, the prize of ‘Outstanding Teacher’ is given to individuals whose teaching is stimulating, enthusiastic and consistently challenging, stemming from expert knowledge of the subject, how to teach it and how learners learn. The outstanding teacher not only encourages and facilitates active learning, but gives prompt and quality feedback to help students’ learning.
Dr Liu currently teaches the bilingual module ‘Law and Morality’ to Year One students. “Law is a precise and complex discipline, so I need to stimulate students’ interests in this course. Because 80 percent of students will study abroad, I teach them some useful and practical law knowledge combined with my own experiences.
“For example, when it comes to contract law, I’ll refer to real life situations in foreign countries, such as signing a housing rental or labour contract. I teach them how to read the contract items and how to use laws to protect their own rights. The effect of teaching is very good and students often discuss things with me after class,” said Dr Liu.
XJTLU’s Year One public elementary courses were initially taught in Chinese only, however Dr Liu started to try bilingual teaching with the support of centre leaders. He said he has to take into consideration Year One students’ levels of English at the same time as introducing them to commonly used professional English terms and concepts.
Dr Stuart Perrin, dean of learning and teaching at XJTLU and chairman of the Annual Teaching Prizes panel, commented on Dr Liu’s teaching: "He used U-talk, an online chat community and platform for the students to discuss and develop ideas, and he took those ideas and used them in lessons."
Dr Bo Xie, director of the Chinese Culture Teaching Centre, said: “Dr Liu is passionate about teaching and is very innovative. His classes are always well prepared, which makes students participate and learn actively. He is one of the most diligent teachers I have met. Apart from a lot of teaching work, he spends his time on research, which makes him rich in high-quality academic achievements.”
“Dr Liu winning the award helps promote and highlight the work of CCTC,” Dr Perrin added.
Dr Liu joined XJTLU in 2014 and holds a PhD in commercial law, particularly focused on comparative corporate governance, from the National University of Malaysia. He has 12 years’ experience of legal study, research and teaching across countries and dedicates much of his time to academic activities such as exploring teaching reform, conducting comparative surveys, participating in international conferences, giving seminar presentations and drafting journal articles.
The Chinese Cultural Teaching Centre is responsible for teaching general social sciences courses and research, and aims to cultivate students’ active learning habits.