Category: ◎Winter Institute (Part of)
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Science of Learning: Building for the Future
22 January 2015, Thursday 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter…
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Science of Learning Through the Arts
♦♦♦ REGISTRATION FULL ♦♦♦ 27 January 2015, Tuesday 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation This seminar targets colleagues in the humanities departments of…
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Science of Learning: Lessons Learned about Interdisciplinary Team Science
♦♦♦ REGISTRATION FULL ♦♦♦ 28 January 2015, Wednesday 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm RMS 206, 2/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation This brown bag seminar is NOT open to the…
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Invited Talks on The US National Science Foundation: Advancing interdisciplinary research through international collaboration
22 January 2015, Thursday 5:00 pm – 6:45 pm Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office This set…
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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…
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The US National Science Foundation: Advancing Transformative Science and Engineering Research through International Engagement
22 January 2015, Thursday 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Abstract The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder…
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Analogy, Causality, and Discovery in Science: The engines of human thought
13 January 2015, Tuesday 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm has been changed to RMS 101, Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU, Formerly at RMS 206 Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, US This seminar is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Open a newspaper or webpage,…
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Understanding the self through self bias
12 January 2015, Monday 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong This lecture is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Attempts to understand the self have a long…
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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 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 lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. It…
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Invited Lectures on Science of Learning and the Humanities
12 January 2015, Monday 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Theater T4, 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 Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The…