TALK Events
(Teaching And Learning at Komaba)
TALK workshops offer an ideal platform for future and current faculty as well as staff to experience at first hand techniques related to teaching and learning. These workshops have covered a wide range of topics, such as: peer feedback, active learning, learning-oriented assessment, and technology in the classroom. If you have any requests for a topic, please contact us through the inquiry form.
Upcoming Events
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6.12 The Science and Practice of Mindfulness in Higher Education
Abstract In this session, Dr. Reb will explain an ongoing mindfulness-based educational intervention funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education: a 13-week undergraduate elective module, […]
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3.22-23 Crafting Assessments for Critical Thinking 2-day workshop
Abstract Several international calls have been made to increase the levels of critical thinking in college classrooms. Students need repetition and practice to master critical […]
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12.5 How Can Critical Thinking Contend with the Challenge of Cognitive Bias?
Abstract Research over the past 15-20 years has increasingly identified the ways in which cognitive biases (tendencies and predispositions in thinking processes) can filter and […]
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11.22 The SCOPE of Sustainability Education in Japanese Universities: Language Education for Sustainable Development (LESD)
Abstract Today’s university students will be on the frontline of environmental change in the coming years. As future consumers, voters, business leaders, and community members, […]
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11.8 GFD Diversity Series An Introduction to LGBTQ+ on Campus
Abstract Sexual minority students are often-invisible minorities on campus, yet have specific needs and challenges. What are the challenges they face and their specific support […]
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10.21 GFD Activities Orientation for Professors (Recording available here)
In this session, we welcome anyone who is teaching at Komaba or other campuses at UTokyo and wants to learn more about faculty development and […]