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The aim of this module is to help Year 1 students to acquire a basic understanding of university education, general education and learning, to examine preliminarily the diverse nature and approaches of various academic disciplines and the inter-connectedness thereof, and to burgeon in students an intellectual ability of inquiries related to contemporary issues of the 21st century.
The format of this module is a combination of lectures, tutorials and a guided project on a contemporary issue.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. identify characteristics of university education, general education and learning
b. develop an awareness of diversity in intellectual inquiries
c. describe preliminarily the intellectual differences of and inter-connectedness between disciplinary fields from their concentration position
d. intellectually examine current social, political and cultural issues in Hong Kong and the world from different disciplines.
e. apply skills in communication, team work and presentation
1. University education, general education and learning
1.1 Mission and ideals of a university
1.2 Ideas of general education
1.3 Roles and social responsibilities of university students in the global community
1.4 Manifestations of a university student in regard to worldview, value orientation, abilities in life-long
learning
2. Diversity of intellectual inquiries
2.1 Exploring social sciences
– Brief introduction to its historical development, nature, scope, approach, assumption, methodologies and consequences thereof
2.2 Exploring humanities
– Brief introduction to its historical development, nature, scope, approach, assumption, methodologies and consequences thereof
2.3 Exploring science
– Brief introduction to its historical development, nature, scope, approach, assumption, methodologies and consequences thereof
2.4 Exploring moral reasoning
– Brief introduction to its historical development, nature, scope, approach, assumption, methodologies and consequences thereof.
3. Connections among disciplines
3.1 Analysis on global/local issues to enhance integrating ability from multi-disciplinary approach.
3.2 Preparing presentation: basic research skills
3.3 Student presentation
1. Class participation (10%)
2. In-class quizzes (20%)
3. Mid-term test (30%)
4. Project (40%)
There is no single textbook in this module.
Part One
1. Altınay, H., & Brookings Institution. (2011). Global Civics Responsibilities and Rights in an Interdependent World, ProQuest Ebook Central.
2. Howard, C. (1992). Theories of general education : A critical approach (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Press.
3. Kerr, C. (2001). The uses of the university (5th ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
4. Oakeshott, M. (2003). The idea of a university. Academic Questions, 17(1), 23-30. University Press (China) Limited.
5. Paterson, M. (2012). Global Citizenship & Globalization (concepts & Applications), ProQuest Ebook Central.
6. Tarozzi, M., Torres, Carlos Alberto, author, & 丘忠,融, translator. (2019). 全球公民教育與多元文化主義危機:當前挑戰與觀點辯論 (初版. ed., 教育通識系列). 新竹市:國立交通大學出版社.
7. 金耀基. (2000). 大學之理念 = The idea of a university. 香港: 牛津大學出版社.
8. 金耀基. (2017). 再思大學之道 : 大學與中國的現代文明 (First ed.). Hong Kong: Oxford
9. 黃俊傑, & 華藝數位股份有限公司. (2015). 大學通識教育探索 臺灣經驗與啟示, IRead eBook.
Part Two
Social Sciences
1. Harrison, B. (2017). Power & society: An introduction to the social sciences (14th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
2. Hunt, E., & Colander, David C. (2011). Social science: An introduction to the study of society (14th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education/Allyn & Bacon.
3. Kagan, J. (2009). Social Sceinces. In The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century (pp. 168-221). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. Steger, M. (2013). Globalization : A very short introduction (Very short introductions ; 86). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. 王淑英, 馮應謙, & 蔡子強. (2011). 八度空間 : 社會科學的視角. 香港: 香港中文大學社會學院.
Humanities
1. Bishop, P., & Manos, Margaret J. (2014). Adventures in the human spirit (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
2. Kagan, J. (2009). The Humanities. In The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century (pp. 222-244). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Lamm, R. (2004). The humanities in Western culture : A search for human values (Rev. 4th ed., Brief version. ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.16. 4. 羅鳳珠編(1995)。《人文學導論》。台北:正中書局。頁 102-131,頁188-197。
5. 陳平原. (2014). 學問、思想與情懷 : 當代中國的「人文學」 (香港第一版. ed.). 香港: 三聯書店(香港)有限公司.
Science
1. Kagan, J. (2009). The Natural Sciences. In The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century (pp. 51-103). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Staley, K. (2014). An introduction to the philosophy of science (Cambridge introductions to philosophy). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. 曾志朗. (2012). 人人都是科學人 = Science for everyone (2 版. ed., 曾志朗. Works. 2004 ; 2). 臺北市: 遠流出版事業股份有限公司.
Moral reasoning
1. Fink, C. (2017). Moral Reasons : An Introduction to Ethics and Critical Thinking, Ebscohost ebook collection.
2. Gilabert, P. (2012). From global poverty to global equality : A philosophical exploration. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Vaughn, L. (2016). Doing ethics : Moral reasoning and contemporary issues (Fourth ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company
Part Three
1. Alford, R., & 王志弘. (2011). 好研究怎麼做 : 從理論.方法.證據構思研究問題 / 艾爾福特著 ; 王志弘譯 = The craft of inquiry : Theories, methods, evidence / Robert R. Alford. (Research methods 2). 臺北市: 群學.
2. Flick, U. (2011). Introducing research methodology : A beginner’s guide to doing a research project. London: Sage Publications.
