Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities

The Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities is designed to attract scholars of top distinction to spend a period of time at the University. These extended engagements will have a substantial impact on the intensity and quality of interactions between these world-class scholars and teachers and students at HKU.

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May 26, 2015 Subtheme 1※Integrating Neural, Cognitive and Pedagogical Approaches to Learning Research and Educational Intervention, Subtheme 2※Learning and Assessment Design Enhanced with Technology, ◇Supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities, ◎Summerfest (Part of), ◎Workshops

Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Neuroimaging Technology and Advances for Studies of the Science of Learning

17 June 2015 (Wed) & 18 June 2015 (Thu)

9:00am – 1:00pm & 2:00pm – 5:00pm

MW550, 5/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA; Co-PI & Science Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2

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December 15, 2014 Subtheme 1※Integrating Neural, Cognitive and Pedagogical Approaches to Learning Research and Educational Intervention, ◇Supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities, ◎Public lecture, ◎Winter Institute (Part of)

◎Public lecture

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?

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

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

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

This public lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished…

◎Research Seminar

Invited Lecture — Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities

Humanities and the Science of Learning: Revealing the essence of human thought

12 January 2015, Monday

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

This lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. It is also one of…

◎Research Seminar

Seminar — Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities

My Journey as a Science of Learning Scientist, the co-Founder of Educational Neuroscience, and a Former Dean of Education

8th January 2015

2:15pm – 3:30 pm

MW408A-409A-410A, 4/F., Meng Wah Complex, HKU

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

This seminar is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. About the speaker Professor/Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto Co-Principal Investigator,…