TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
My current teaching philosophy is based upon the coach-player relationship in a sports team.
I believe that as a teacher, I am responsible for pushing and motivating the students toward forming a deep understanding of the knowledge in a field.
Just like a coach leading a sports team, I feel obligated in adaptively developing various strategies to help students acquire the prescribed knowledge.
After all, I regard
effective teaching as a two-way communication process where the teacher and the students both take part in the learning process.
TEACHING AWARD
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- In 2009, I received this interational award for my curriculum development efforts
- This is a highly competitive, peer-reviewed recognition for designing high-quality, tested, society-focused project courses for junior engineering students worldwide
- My award-winning project is called
"Electrocardiogram Amplifier Design Using Basic Electronic Parts",
which also forms the backbone of MEDE 2008 that I teach at HKU
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CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS
I have been an active member of the
Medical Engineering Program
and the
Common Core Curriculum.
Over the past few years, I led or took part in a number of new courses, including the following:
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- Senior elective on the technical principles of ultrasound and its use in imaging & therapy
- Year-two course on hands-on guided design of an electrocardiogram monitor
- Teaching pedagogy received international recognition (IEEE Real World Engineering Project)
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- Entry-level course on the societal impact of science and technology in a developing-world context
- Entry-level course on the sociological perspective of information technology and the Internet
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SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
I am currently involved in two education research projects in collaboration with other academics in Hong Kong.
These projects are funded by a
HKU Teaching Development Grant
and the
Sciences of Learning Strategic Research Theme.
The following is a brief description of each project:
- Transferrable Skills Development in the Engineering Discipline
- Study the transferable skills of engineering students and how integrative project courses in individual disciplines have (or have not) contributed to the development of these transferable skills
- Learning Sciences of Engineering Courses
- Investigate the epistemology of technically-oriented courses and connect engineering education inquiries to the rich body of findings in learning sciences
My current efforts in the scholarship of teaching and learning are
strategically aimed at promoting all-round development of engineering students in Hong Kong
using an evidence-based teaching development approach.
ENGINEERING EDUCATION COLLABORATORS
It is my honor to collaborate with other enthusiastic academics who have a strong sense of mission to take
higher education to new horizons. Through our multi-disciplinary effort, we have identified a number of important
issues that warrant investigation.
Cecilia Chan

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Carol Chan, Rosanna Chan

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Kevin Hung

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