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1 August 2013 (Thursday) |
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9:00 – 9:30 am |
Registration (Participants are expected to be seated by 9:30 am) |
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre | |
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9:30 – 9:40 am |
Opening by Ms Marjorie Yang Mun-tak, GBS, JP, Chairman of Council |
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9:40 – 9:45 am |
Presentation of Souvenirs by Prof. Philip Chan, Deputy President and Provost |
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9:45 – 10:45 am |
Open Science Lecture: “Stopping Time” Time is of philosophic interest as well as the subject of mathematical and scientific research. Even though it is a concept familiar to most, the passage of time remains one of the greatest enigmas of the universe. The philosopher Augustine once said: "What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks me, I do not know." The concept time indeed cannot be explained in simple terms. Emotions, life, and death - all are related to our irreversible flow of time. After a discussion of the concept of time, we will review historical attempts to "stop time," i.e. to capture events of very short duration and then present an overview of current research into ultrafast processes using short laser pulses. |
Prof. Eric Mazur |
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10:30 – 11:00 am |
Break | ||
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11:00 – 12:30 pm |
Open Education Lecture: “Confessions of a Converted Lecturer” "I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance significantly." |
Prof. Eric Mazur | |
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Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University and Area Dean of Applied Physics. An internationally recognized scientist and researcher, he leads a vigorous research program in optical physics and supervises one of the largest research groups in the Physics Department at Harvard University. In addition to his work in optical physics, Dr. Mazur is interested in education, science policy, outreach, and the public perception of science. He believes that better science education for all -- not just science majors -- is vital for continued scientific progress. To this end, Dr. Mazur devotes part of his research group's effort to education research and finding verifiable ways to improve science education. In 1990 he began developing Peer Instruction a method for teaching large lecture classes interactively. Dr. Mazur's teaching method has developed a large following, both nationally and internationally, and has been adopted across many science disciplines. Dr Mazur is author or co-author of 259 scientific publications and 23 patents. He has also written on education and is the author of Peer Instruction: A User's Manual (Prentice Hall, 1997), a book that explains how to teach large lecture classes interactively. In 2006 he helped produce the award-winning DVD Interactive Teaching. |
