Commerce Education Group (CEG) sessions 2001 Date 31-01 2-02 13-03 26-03 24-04 09 -05 16-05 21-05 31-05 18-07 01-08 07-08 16-08 Topic Case study and workshops Presented by : Prof. V. Feast (Univ. of S. Australia) Input on workshops/informal J. Wakeford/J. input regarding issues and Pym educational needs (Economics/CADP) An understanding of the M.Mashigoane context of some learners (CHED) and possibilities for utilizing multilingualism and multiculturalism as an asset rather than a liability What shapes what students R. Moore (CHED) learn: how I teach, or how I assess? Some thoughts about assessment and learning Alternative teaching C. Apelgren methods in Commerce (Accounting) Education Language aspects of multi- N. Alexander cultural education in South (PRAESA) African universities Questions, concerns and S. Davidoff (TIP, issues from previous UWC) sessions Action Learning - a tool for A. Meadows the education of diverse (Management classes with diverse home Studies) languages Report on two international T. Carr/J.Pym conferences : The Business (CHED/CADP) Education Support Team and EDiNEB (Educational Innovation in Business and Economic Education) The advantages and R. Moore, M. drawbacks of multiple Paxton (CHED), L. choice questioning Warren (Accounting) Effective Learning in S. Muradzikwa Groups: Rethinking tutorial (Economics) systems in commerce education First year economics L. Smith Attendance 20 14 18 22 24 20 6 14 12 26 17 16 30-08 12-09 19-09 25-09 02-10 09-10 15-10 courses compared: a multivariate analysis (Economics) Taking the teaching conversation a step further : interactive session designed to look at practical steps we can take to work creatively (and realistically) with our teaching and learning styles What is experiential learning? The nuts and bolts of experiential learning Measuring the mark of the mentor: some subtle and not-so-subtle effects of mentoring on student performance Chalk and cheese teaching in a different timezone: different aspects of my teaching experience in a commerce faculty in New Zealand What motivates students, and why should we care? S. Goodman (Management Studies) 12 T. Saddington (Extra-Mural Studies) P. Licker (Information Systems) 11 T. Hooper (Information Systems) 10 J. Wakeford (Economics) 21 Re-thinking Teaching to embrace Diversity An outline of the Multimedia Education Group (MEG) work and how it might impact upon our own practice C. Breen (Education) L. Czerniewicz (MEG) 21 21 17