ORIENT: 10-week term?

Thu May 29 11:34:33 AEST 2008

Isn't the reason to match the university break with the school holidays?

This was in response to a committee that was trying to bring the uni  
breaks in line with the schools to help make the uni more family  
friendly.

I agree with McComas though that a break in the middle would be good.

I don't know how the students would respond to Roald's suggestion of  
classes during the official mid-semester break as many of the country  
students plan to go back home for this break.

Carol

On 29/05/2008, at 9:52 AM, Shun Ikeda wrote:

> Roald et.al.,
>
> For years, the university was operating a 9-4 (i.e., 9 weeks - 2-week
> break - 4 weeks in October) system and it suddenly changed to 8-5 in
> 2006 and finally (to my surprise) adopted 7-6 last year.  I don't
> understand why the Chancelry decided to revert to, yet worse, 10-3
> this year.
>
> Does the College have a discretion of changing the university
> calendar, as far as the teaching weeks are concerned, to the Roald's
> model (6 teaching weeks - 1 week break - 4 teaching weeks - 1 week
> break - 3 teaching weeks = 13 teaching weeks)?  If it does, I'd vote
> for the model.
>
> Perplexedly yours,
>
> Shun
> -------------------
> On 29/05/2008, at 9:42 AM, Roald Maliangkay wrote:
>
>> Dear Ikeda-sensei,
>>
>> Good point. No, how about we sacrifice the first week of October
>> for this (leaving the second week including labour Day for us to
>> drink and be merry like true labourers)? We would still have a 13-
>> week semester. I thought it was silly from the start, the fact that
>> we had two weeks off before the last three weeks of the semester.
>> One week should be enough, no?
>>
>> Roald
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29/05/08 9:37 AM, "Shun Ikeda" <Shun.Ikeda at anu.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting a 12-week (teaching week) semester?
>>>
>>> Shun Ikeda
>>> -----------
>>> 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
>>>>>> Tel +61-[0]2-6125-5125
>>>>>> ANU CRICOS Code 00120C
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My diary can be checked at http://calendar.yahoo.com/fas.director
>>>>>> ___________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Building #5
>>>>>> The Australian National University
>>>>>> Canberra  ACT  0200  Australia
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> F: +61 2 6125 0150
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>>>>>>
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Dr Carol Hayes
Lecturer
FAS- Educational Technologist
Japan Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
Australian National University
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