| 16 December 2012 (Sunday) |
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09:00 – 09:30
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Registration |
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09:30 – 10:00
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Opening ceremony |
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10:00 – 10:10
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Break |
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10:10 – 11:00
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Keynote Speeches
Moderator: Prof. Fan Xitao, Dean of Faculty of Education, University of Macau
Keynote 1:
Focusing on Quality: An Implementation of a New Assessment Scheme for
Undergraduate Teaching in HEIs of Mainland
China
–
Reform and Development of Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Evaluation
Methodology
Speaker: Prof. Ji Ping, Director, Higher Education
Evaluation Center, Ministry of Education, China
Keynote 2: The Principles of External Quality Assurance of Higher Education
Speaker: Prof.
Yiu-Kwan
Fan, Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for
Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) |
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11:00 – 11:15
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coffee break |
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11:15 – 12:30
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Session 1 – How to Enhance the Quality of Teaching and Learning through Higher Education Accreditation
Moderator: Prof. Michael Hitchcock, Dean of Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism
Management,
Macau University of Science and Technology
Topic 1: University Ranking and Evaluation in Higher Education Quality: Ideal
and Reality
Speaker: Prof. Liu Baocun, Director, Center for Comparative Education,
Beijing Normal
University
Topic 2: The Portuguese Agency for the Assessment and Accreditation of
Higher Education
Speaker: Prof. João Duarte Silva, Executive
Member, Administrative Council, The Portuguese Agency for the Assessment and
Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)
Topic 3: Quality Assessment: Pitfalls and Promises
Speaker: Prof. Peter Stilwell, Rector,
University
of Saint Joseph |
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12:30 – 14:30
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Lunch |
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14:30 – 15:45
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Session 2 – International Trend of Accreditation on Higher Education
Moderator: Prof. Zhu Mingxia, Professor, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau
Topic 1: Turning to the Back of Evaluation – The International Trend of
Development of Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Its Implications to China
Speaker: Prof. Zhang Shaojie, Vice President,
Northeast
Normal University
Topic 2: Higher Education Accreditation in Student-centred Learning – An Example
of Taiwan
Speaker: Prof. Wang Liyun, Professor, Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan
Topic 3: Challenges and Opportunities on Quality Assurance
Speaker: Mr. Peter P. T. Cheung,
Secretary-General, Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
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15:45 – 16:00
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coffee break
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16:00 – 17:15
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Session 3 – Implementation of Higher Education Accreditation in
Macao: Opportunities and Challenges
Moderator: Prof. Fok Kai Cheong, Vice-President,
Macau
Millennium College
Topic 1: Higher Education Accreditation System of Macao: Development and Vision
Speaker: Prof. Xie Anbang, Professor, Macao Polytechnic Institute
Topic 2: Navigating between a Rock and a Hard Place: Implementing Higher
Education Accreditation in Macau
Speaker: Prof. Keith Morrison, Registrar, Macau University
of Science and Technology
Topic 3: Implementation of Higher Education Accreditation in
Macao: Opportunities and Challenges – An
Example of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau
Speaker: Prof. Van Iat Kio, President, Kiang
Wu Nursing College
of Macau
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17 December 2012 (Monday)
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09:00 – 10:40
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Session 4 – A Study on Academic Quality Assurance and Evaluation Methodology in Higher
Education
Moderator: Prof.
Chan Lai Kow, Dean of Faculty of Management and Administration,
Macau University
of Science and Technology
Topic 1: TBC
Speaker:
Prof. Wu Daguang, Vice President,
Xiamen
University
Topic 2: Quality Assurance: A Path to Enhance Sustainable Growth in Higher
Education
Speaker: Ms. Susanna Lee, Head and Senior Registrar, Hong Kong Council for
Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications
(HKCAAVQ)
Topic 3: Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Revisiting Course Design for
Accreditation
Speaker: Prof. Gertina Johanna Van Schalkwyk, Head of Department of Psychology,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau
Topic 4: The need for an Epistemological Change in Tertiary Pedagogy to
Meet 21st Century Requirements
Speaker: Dr. Laurie Anne Baker Malungu,
Lecturer, Institute for Tourism Studies |
10:40 – 10:55
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coffee break
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10:55 – 12:10
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Session 5 – A Comparison of Higher Education Accreditation Systems in Greater China
Region
Moderator: Prof.
Hu Xiaoxia, Associate Professor,
Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau
Topic 1: A Study on Accreditation System for Postgraduate Education in Mainland China
Speaker: Mr. Wang Hongqi, Deputy Director, China Academic
Degrees & Graduate Education Development
Center (CDGDC), Ministry of Education,
China
Topic 2: Higher Education Accreditation Policy in Taiwan: Challenges, Strategies and Visions
Speaker: Prof. Kuo Tien-Tsai, Dean of Graduate Institute of Education,
Taiwan
Shoufu University
Topic 3: Australian Higher Education Reforms and Quality Control Experience:
Implications to Macao
Speaker: Prof. Aliana Leong, Vice Rector,
City University of Macau |
12:00 – 12:30
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Concluding Remark
Speaker: Prof.
Zhang Shuguang, Standing Vice Rector, Macau University of Science and Technology
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Note: The Organising Committee reserves the right to make changes to
this Programme as necessary without prior notice.
