Teaching for Student Engagement:High-Impact Pedagogy in US Liberal Arts Education

Abstract:

The speaker will discuss some of the trends that currently animate the evolution of teaching practices in liberal arts colleges in the US. These include efforts to rethink the relationship between learning in and outside of the classroom, the use of technology in teaching, service-learning, learning-by-research, and integrating the curriculum with co-curricular learning and vocational discernment. He will reflect on how his experiences as a teacher in both Hong Kong and the US have influenced his engagement in these practices.

Speacker:

Dr Greg B. FELKER is Associate Professor of Politics at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, USA. He received his B.A. from Boston University and his M.P.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University, and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland, Chulalongkorn University and University of Western Australia. At Willamette, Professor Felker teaches courses in Asian and international politics and the political economy of development. He has served as Chair of the International Studies Program and of the Willamette / Tokyo International University Relations Committee. He served as Chair, Malaysia/ Singapore/ Brunei Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) (2006- 2009), and is an editorial board member of The International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Sukie Cheung at 2948 8874 or cshukyee@ied.edu.hk