报告主题

       Teaching University Students to Learn for the Future: Imperatives for High Education

内容简介

       Education is one of the most precious gifts we can give our children and youths. A good education enables them to develop knowledge, skills, behaviours and ways of thinking, as they grow physically, cognitively, socially and emotionally. Education also opens doors. The traditional purpose of a university education is to acquire good knowledge and skills about a discipline or a profession. Students often see getting a degree and a steady job as the ultimate goal of their higher education. This leads to the well-known phenomenon of paper chase. In this talk, I invite you to reflect on the importance of university teaching and learning and why we must help our students learn more effectively, purposefully and holistically through a university education. I put forward the view that Universities must prepare students not only to contribute to the economy, but more importantly, help them become better learners and leaders for the future.  I will discuss how as University teachers we can do this by helping our students look inwards to themselves as learners and outwards to the society. I will also argue that like our students, University teachers must also look inwards and outwards, and identify areas of professional learning for ourselves. I will illustrate my talk with some examples of efforts and innovations that have been put in place in my university to develop learners and leaders for the future.