| Date: | 19 January 2022 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 12:30pm – 2:00pm |
| Venue: | Online Mode through Zoom |
| Speaker: |
Dr Sylvia KWOK LAI Yuk-ching Ms Loretta LEUNG Mee-kuen |
| Moderator: | Dr William CHEUNG Educational Development Manager, LTTC, EdUHK |
| Target: | All staff and students |
| Language: | Cantonese |
Participation in this seminar can be counted towards the Certificate Course “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” under the theme, “Seminars/Workshops in Learning and Teaching”.
Abstract
Joint University Mental-wellness Project (JUMP): Enhancing Wellbeing and Positive Learning Experiences of University Students
JUMP is led by Dr Sylvia Kwok from the City University of Hong Kong, with Miss Loretta Leung from the Education University of Hong Kong, Professor Danial Wong from the University of Hong Kong, Dr Siu Ming To from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dr Jiayan Pan from Hong Kong Baptist University as team members. The project aims to enhance students’ wellbeing and foster positive learning experiences. To achieve these objectives, the team has developed and implemented a positive transformational learning pedagogy, which employs a strength-based and process-focused approach to maximise students’ potential by transforming their attitudes, values and beliefs. Through a variety of activities, including both formal and informal learning, around 7000 university students, staff, and members of the wider community have benefitted from the project.
Speaker
Dr Sylvia KWOK LAI Yuk-ching
2021 UGC Teaching Awardee (Teams)
Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences
City University of Hong Kong
Dr Sylvia KWOK LAI Yuk-ching's Bio
Dr Sylvia Kwok is an Associate Professor and the convenor of the positive education laboratory in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. She has published more than 60 papers related to children and adolescent mental health, parenting and positive psychology in different international refereed journals, and have been invited as speaker in over 60 conferences and symposiums. She got the University Grants Committee Teaching Award (Team) in 2021 and Teaching Innovation Award (Team) by the City University of Hong Kong in 2019.
Ms Loretta LEUNG Mee-kuen
2021 UGC Teaching Awardee (Teams)
Former Associate Director, Student Affairs Office
Head, Wofoo Whole Person Development Centre
The Education University of Hong Kong
Ms Loretta LEUNG Mee-kuen's Bio
Ms Loretta Leung Mee-kuen, former Associate Director of Student Affairs Office and Head of the Wofoo Whole Person Development Centre at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), received twice the President’s Award of EdUHK and University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Teams) 2021. Miss Leung is a professional practitioner in student development and wrote “the Construction of Student Leadership Development Model in HKIEd”.