A collaborative effort led by the School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has recently yielded a publication in the International Journal of Educational Research Open. The study highlights a compelling finding: A teaching style with a standardized planned humour incorporation method is highly correlated to student-perceived performance across three different disciplines.

Full article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374025000044


This achievement is part of a large-scale Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) project spearheaded by Dr. Alex C. Koon. The interdisciplinary team includes educators from five prominent universities in Hong Kong: CityU, CUHK, HKBU, HKU, and PolyU. Together, they share a vision of leveraging appropriate humor to boost student motivation and academic performance.

With over HKD 1.6 million in funding, the TDLEG project has also organized impactful events, such as the inaugural International Symposium on Humour Pedagogical Approaches held in May 2024. This initiative continues to pave the way for innovative teaching strategies that inspire both educators and learners.

Dr. Koon will be sharing his insights on this topic at the upcoming Pedagogic Research Knowledge Exchange organized by CLEAR. The session is scheduled for Wed, 22 January 2025, at 11:00 AM on Zoom. Interested participants can register here:
 https://cuhk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eVYeI0vhPBNqgui

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Prof. Hon-Ming Lam is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is concurrently the Director of the Molecular Biotechnology Programme in School of Life Sciences, the Director of State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), the Director of RGC-Areas of Excellence Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, and the Director of Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability.

In an exciting collaboration with CRRIST and SBG, Prof. Lam launched the first agricultural research project in space in 2023. This groundbreaking initiative aims to investigate the potential mutagenesis of soybean and rhizobium under space conditions. The team is set to conduct comprehensive analyses of specimens returned from space, seeking to unravel the mutation mechanisms of soybean seeds. The ultimate objective is to achieve significant breakthroughs in agricultural technology and identify new soybean seed materials with promising applications, thereby enriching national strategic agricultural germplasm resources.

 

Lam space project 2   Lam space project 3

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