With a lot of useful feedback from my students and other alumni, I am currently planning ahead to update my current courses of biochemistry and biomedical science education for Secondary School students in Hong Kong. The Science Academy for Young Talent … Continue reading Planning ahead for STEM education
CUSA2013 Great Discoveries in Biomedical Sciences 2018/19 was offered on 10, 14, and 17 August 2019. I am feeling grateful that in spite of the chaotic … Continue reading CUSA2013 2018/19
In the summer of 2019, two Science Academy of Young Talent (SAYT) coureses were offered: CUSA1103 and CUSA2013. CUSA1103 was a brand new course; while CUSA2013 was offered every other year. As a tradition, many talented Biochemistry students and alumni have been recruited to … Continue reading CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2018/19
As discussed last year, in 2018/19, I tried to employ some new pedagogical approaches to teach Biochemistry for Secondary School students between the age of 12 and 14. A brand new course, CUSA1103 Learning Biochemistry through games, was offered on … Continue reading Learning Biochemistry through games
It has been quite some time since I first started to be a manuscript reviewer, when I was receiving post-doctoral training in Japan. After the completion … Continue reading My journey to be a reviewer
In the Chinese University of Hong Kong, there is a ‘Student Campus Work Scheme’. In this summer, I have applied for the scheme to recruit some outstanding students to test run the virtual lab. We have some fun working on … Continue reading Student Campus Work Scheme
On 2 June (Sunday), I had the pleasure to be the judge of a debate competition between Chu Hai College and the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), with a meaningful topic. The Team from EdUHK was the host and I had a chance to visit the nice campus located in Taipo. It was the third time I served as the judge of a debate competition: I remembered the first time was held in Hong Kong Polytechnic University; while the second time was in the University of Hong Kong. In my humble opinion, serving as the judge is not only a … Continue reading My journey to be a debate judge
‘Biochemistry and Infections‘ was first offered last year; this year, the course was held again on 27 April and 4 May. In spite of the rainy weather, we had two interesting weekends studying something related to the immunity against infection. … Continue reading PGT Biochemistry and Infections in 2019 Spring
I am glad to offer two PGT courses (Applied Biochemistry I & II) again in the winter of 2018/19. ‘Applied Biochemistry I’ was held on 22 and 29 December 2018; whereas, ‘Applied Biochemistry II’ was held on 26 January and … Continue reading PGT winter courses 2018/19
As shared in one of my previous posts, I have been teaching the General Education courses for Chung Chi College and Shaw College for some years. I am feeling grateful right at the beginning of 2019 that my effort in General … Continue reading College General Education
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