Student Research and Writing Advisory Tutorials: a multi-faculty TD Pilot Project

Project Title

Student Research and Writing Advisory Tutorials: a multi-faculty TD Pilot Project

Project Leader

Prof Barry Sautman and Prof James Lee

School / Dept

SHSS / SOSC, HSS

Project Duration

Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

Project Description

The project aims to complement the present undergraduate curriculum to strengthen students' research skills . Teacher-scholars will be enlisted to guide and train students with various means. With the developed elementary research skills, students may further collaborate with faculty to work on specific research projects.

Project Outcome

1. By the end of  2015/2016 fall term, 8 SHSS courses have joined the project with in total 13 tutorial sessions launched to the students covering 166 participants.
2. We also newly launched research and writing tutorial workshop exactly for RPG TAs with 5 faculties joining as the guest speakers for the aim of training TAs better coach UG students on academic writings.
3. We optimize recourse efficiency by integrating the resources of RWAT teams, CLE and library to provide tutorial support.

The project team have developed a bunch of e-learning resources on research and writing in HSS undergraduate courses for students, faculty and HSS TAs in order to make the project as a long-term sustainable one.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

Full Project