ORIENT: 10-week term?
Sue Mills
Sue.Mills at anu.edu.au
Thu May 29 11:39:37 AEST 2008
Yes. Andrea Benson just let me know this was the reason. Still not
entirely sure why it was a good idea........
Carol Hayes wrote:
> 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
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>>>>>>>
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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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Building #5
>>>>>>> The Australian National University
>>>>>>> Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
>>>>>>>
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