ORIENT: 10-week term?

[Shun Ikeda]

Dear all,

Are you suggesting a 12-week (teaching week) semester?

Shun Ikeda
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On 29/05/2008, at 9:25 AM, Roald Maliangkay wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I very much like McComas's idea; it would also be a nice thing for  
> the students to look forward to after our mid-term exams which we  
> could then organise at the end of the 6-week period. He has my vote  
> (and so does Pedro).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roald
>
>
>
>
>
> On 29/05/08 9:16 AM, "McComas Taylor" <McComas.Taylor at anu.edu.au>  
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >>
> >> Cheers.
> >>
> >> kent
> >>
> >> ___________________________
> >> Professor Kent Anderson
> >> Director, Faculty of Asian Studies
> >> ANU College of Asia-Pacific and ANU College of Law
> >> The Australian National University
> >> Canberra, ACT 0200
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> >>
> >>>>> Daniel Stewart 05/28/08 12:28 pm >>>
> >>>>>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________
> >>
> >> Daniel Stewart
> >> Director, Teaching and Learning
> >> ANU College of Law
> >>
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