ORIENT: 10-week term?

[McComas Taylor]

Colleagues

I am also very concerned about the 10-week stretch next semester - what 
about a CAP-wide non-teaching week (say, week 6?) to give everyone a bit 
of a break.

McC

Kent Anderson wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> This is an email from a colleague in Law.  It raises and interesting issue.  It would be good to think about it in our individual circumstances, maybe around the coffee machine and corridors, and email chatter.
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> Cheers.
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> kent
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>>>> Daniel Stewart 05/28/08 12:28 pm >>>
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> Colleagues,
>  
> The second teaching and learning forum for this year is on tomorrow, 29/5 from 1-2 in the Moot Court 3rd floor (note change of venue).  Vanilla Bean wraps and sandwiches will be provided.
>  
> The topic for this week is managing the 13 week semester:
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> Second semester this year is split into 10 and 3 teaching weeks, and some staff members have suggested that they intend to split their undergraduate teaching up with a lecture free week to try to better manage workloads across the 10 weeks.  Should we take a College wide approach?  Are there alternative ways to manage workloads, both for ourselves and our students, across what can be a long semester?   
> Possible issues for discussion:  managing workloads over a semester, including
> - How do we currently use the 2 week mid semester lecture break in our teaching?  Is it for assessment? Extra reading? Chance to take a break?
> - Trying something different: how to break things up without confusing and losing the students
> - How much to do before, during and after each class: or why we need the break as much as our students?
> Preparation:
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> How do you currently approach public holidays?  Do you schedule a make-up class?  Wait to see whether you can make up the time in other ways?  What does this say about the 13 week, 39 (or 52) hours of contact time teaching model?  
> For those unable to attend any responses to these questions or the issue of a teaching free week are welcome, by email to me or otherwise.
> Thanks,
>  
> Daniel
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Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
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