scholarly journals Developing a New Generation of Leadership at the University of Calgary: Case Study of the Maier Student Leadership Program

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Cowe Falls ◽  
Robyn Paul ◽  
Gord Aker
Keyword(s):  
Student Leadership ◽  
Leadership Program ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

scholarly journals Representation and identity issue between globalism and localism: The case of Hong Kong pavilion at the Venice Biennale

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190
Author(s):  
Wah Kit
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Social Critique ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Art Installation ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Venice Biennale

In this presentation Lee Kit's art installation at the Venice Biennale in 2013 is used as a case study of the ways in which artworks represent and help to construct representations of Hong Kong's challenge to and subversion of an aggressive and powerful rising China. In contrast with the explicit social critique and grandeur of artworks exhibited in the China Pavilion, Lee Kit's art installation - "an impressionistic house" - in the Hong Kong Pavilion appears not only abstract but mundane and even trivial. As the artist was handpicked by the organizer, without any prior public consultation, there has been heated public debate on the extent to which it is representative of Hongkongness. I argue that the apparently trivial and ordinary elements of Lee's work constitute rather than reflect the new generation of Hong Kong art. These elements may also be part of a strategy for negotiating the political identity inescapably imposed on Hong Kong by China. Hong Kong art now has the potential to distance itself from or express skepticism toward the grand narratives presented by China, to paraphrase the writing of art historian David Clarke (1997). I believe part of the aims of the international conference on "Hong Kong as Method" held at the University of Hong Kong in December 2014 is to use the ordinary to destabilize and challenge Hong Kong's taken-for-granted political identity and thereby promote diversity and inter-Asian cultural dynamics.

Student leadership: a case study at the University of Granada, Spain

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Lorenzo Delgado ◽  
Mª Pilar Cáceres Reche ◽  
Francisco Javier Hinojo Lucena ◽  
Inmaculada Aznar Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Student Leadership ◽  
The University

Establishing Transdisciplinarity Within a University

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Louise J. I. McWhinnie
Keyword(s):  
Radical Change ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Transdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

The emergence of a growing debate surrounding transdisciplinary collaboration is a reaction to the increasing speed of change that confronts our society and the complexity of the dynamic and networked problems we face. The University of Technology Sydney instituted its first transdisciplinary program in 2014, resulting in the formation of a faculty 3 years later. This chapter provides an example of the integration of transdisciplinarity within a university’s mission and its early educational development and delivery. Highlighting the lack of precedent for such a radical change and the inherent challenges that educational institutions themselves may present to a successful implementation and integration, the author provides a case study to enable others to learn from this early adoption. The intent is to inform and aid the further development of industry and institutional transdisciplinary collaboration. In examining this real-world experiment, there are lessons to be learned. These will aid recognition of the potential of this new educational paradigm to enable a new generation to engage with complex problems in new ways in a rapidly changing world.

scholarly journals Deakin Launch Network: an employability network that improves engagement, graduate outcomes and wellbeing by connecting and leveraging the expertise of diverse students and alumni

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trina Jorre de St Jorre
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Graduate Employment ◽  
Project Deliverables ◽  
The University

Graduates require opportunities to gain experience and develop professional networks to enhance their employability and career progression. However, students’ access to relevant networks and opportunities to gain experience is not equitable, and this contributes to gaps in employment outcomes at graduation and beyond (Harvey et al., 2017; Tomaszewski et al., 2019). This paper showcases key principles underpinning the design and success of a student and alumni-led network designed to enhance employability. In addition to creating networks between students and alumni, Deakin Launch Network, leverages their skills and experience to identify and create opportunities to enhance the employability of Deakin graduates, especially for those more likely to face disadvantage in the graduate employment market. In doing so, the network provides students with valuable connections, experience, and knowledge relevant to employability. Students also report that the connections and collaborations supported by the network, contributed to their wellbeing and sense of belonging during remote learning, and satisfaction with their educational experience. For alumni, the network has provided motivation and opportunity to reconnect or remain connected to the university. Our case study shows that students and alumni are a valuable source of networks, experience and influence that can, and should, be better utilised by universities. Furthermore, distributed student-leadership and purposeful inclusion can positively impact the outcomes of student-staff partnerships, including project deliverables, the student experience and learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Academic librarian collaborations in inquiry based learning: A case study, reflections and strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
James E Murphy ◽  
Laura Koltutsky ◽  
Bartlomiej Lenart ◽  
Caitlin McClurg ◽  
Marc Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University ◽  
Skill Building

Five academic librarians at the University of Calgary were invited to collaborate on an inquiry-based learning course. Each librarian represented different liaison responsibilities and expertise and was paired with a course section of primarily first-year students, an instructor, and a teaching assistant. The range of experiences among the librarians provided insights into issues of library partnerships, embedded librarianship, and information literacy instruction. Benefits of the collaboration included opportunities for instruction, positive student perceptions, skill building, and teaching innovations, while areas for further development included sustainability and role definition. Proposed areas of future growth include quantitative exploration of librarian involvement in inquiry- based learning.

Thai Buddhist Meditation Practice Tradition and a Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
Somboon Watana, Ph.D.
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Meditation Practice ◽  
Master Teachers ◽  
Buddhist Meditation ◽  
Good Deed ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University ◽  
The Buddha

Thai Buddhist meditation practice tradition has its long history since the Sukhothai Kingdom about 18th B.E., until the present day at 26th B.E. in the Kingdom of Thailand. In history there were many well-known Buddhist meditation master teachers, i.e., SomdejPhraBhudhajaraya (To Bhramarangsi), Phraajarn Mun Puritatto, Luang Phor Sodh Chantasalo, PhramahaChodok Yanasitthi, and Buddhadasabhikkhu, etc. Buddhist meditation practice is generally regarded by Thai Buddhists to be a higher state of doing a good deed than doing a good deed by offering things to Buddhist monks even to the Buddha. Thai Buddhists believe that practicing Buddhist meditation can help them to have mindfulness, peacefulness in their own lives and to finally obtain Nibbana that is the ultimate goal of Buddhism. The present article aims to briefly review history, and movement of Thai Buddhist Meditation Practice Tradition and to take a case study of students’ Buddhist meditation practice research at the university level as an example of the movement of Buddhist meditation practice tradition in Thailand in the present.

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