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香港大學每週活動推介（2015年1月17日至2015年1月24日）

2015年01月16日

 

Winter Institute 2015
Stimulating and Incubating Interdisciplinary Research on Learning
Public Lecture — Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
Inaugural Lecture - Science of Learning Public Lecture Series
Science of Learning - Why it matters to schools and families?
by Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA

Chair by Professor Stephen Andrews, Dean of Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Respondent: Dr. K K Chan, Deputy Secretary for Education, Education Bureau, HKSAR

Date: January 17, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theater, HKU

Abstract
What is the Science of Learning? The 21st Century presents challenges for our children and society like none ever in the history of our species. It is now “normal” for children to interact with, and learn from, machines on a daily basis (e.g., tablets, mobile phones, moocs) spanning home and classroom. Our children will grow up to learn new knowledge that is presently yet to be discovered. While we cannot prepare for every type of new knowledge that is to come, we can best prepare by understanding how we learn. The Science of Learning is an interdisciplinary field that involves the integration of research and knowledge across multiple disciplines to form a powerful new lens on learning. Science of Learning studies yield new discoveries about how we learn most optimally, how different types of knowledge domains draw on different types of learning mechanisms, as learning is not “one size fits all” (learning math is different from learning to read, etc.). Learning both changes the human brain and differs across the lifespan. A critical question is how can we use these research discoveries to design and promote optimal learning across life, as well as educational practice and policy for our children so that they may have the social and cognitive agility to face and survive an ever-evolving technological future? We will explore the roots of this exciting interdisciplinary science and the broad range of questions that researchers ask and answer. Why are combined brain and behavior studies revolutionizing our understanding of learning? (What does the brain tell us anyway?) I will provide an illustrative example of how Science of Learning researchers have provided stunning new insights into the developing brain of the bilingual child. This work bursts old myths about bilingualism, dispels old fears regarding learning, informs us of developmental imperatives for enabling children to achieve the most powerful bilingual learning—and which provides a new view on the very nature of human learning. Policy makers in the Education Bureau, school organizations, principals, teachers, parents and all interested in the future of society are invited to come!

About the speaker
Professor/Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto
Co-Principal Investigator, and, Science Director of the National Science Foundation, Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2).
Scientific Director: Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging (BL2)
Full Professor: Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University
Affiliated Full Professor: Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. USA

Web page: http://www.gallaudet.edu/petitto.html

Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities Lecture
China in Transition: The Impact of Xi Jinping
Date:    January 21, 2015 (Wednesday)
Time:   6pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker:
Professor Roderick MacFarquhar
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
The University of Hong Kong
Leroy B Williams Research Professor of History and Political Science
Department of Government, Harvard University

Website:  http://www.socsc.hku.hk/swk/rmac/

Enquiries: Ms. Florence Luk (Email: floluk@hku.hk )

在港大美術博物館「因地制宜―兩岸四地藝術交流計劃2014」
「因地制宜 ─ 兩岸四地藝術交流計劃2014」將於2014年11月15 日至2015年2月1日在香港大學舉行，在港大美術博物館展出兩岸四地藝術家的作品，今屆交流計劃主策展人馮博一，以及四地策展人包括吳秀華（香港）、吳方洲（澳門）、徐婉禎（台灣）及苟嫻煦（內地），邀請了十三位藝術家參展，十二組作品包括錄像、裝置藝術、繪畫及攝影等，作品種類繁多，盡顯四地藝家之人文薈萃。

展覽詳情:
展出日期: 2014年11月15日(星期六) 至2015年2月1日(星期日)
地點: 香港薄扶林香港大學美術博物館
開放時間:
星期一至星期六，上午9時30分至下午6時
星期日，下午1時至6時;
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