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Sharing with the lecturers at the Conference, Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh - Principal of the School said that innovation must be a regular and continuous task, especially for university lecturers with two main tasks of teaching and research. But innovation is not something too big, but sometimes it is just something very close to us. That is, every day, teachers should try to bring something new to their lectures; be mindful of never letting students fall asleep in each class; always ask yourself if you really understand the wishes and needs of students; or have you been wholehearted in the process of accompanying, cooperating and sharing with them...
In the field of training management, the Principal believes that there is still a lot of room for innovation in management thinking, from arranging flexible and suitable study schedules for students, further developing English-taught courses to serve the integration goal or finding solutions to attract foreign students to the school - a very potential open direction for the current training work at the school.
Dr. Lu Thi Thanh Le (lecturer of the Faculty of Literature) shared her motivations and positive emotions in work and life after being one of the first lecturers to attend the VIBE course - improving teaching and management capacity according to the innovative thinking approach organized by VNU and the University of Dublin (Ireland). The knowledge acquired from the course motivated the young lecturer to change as well as bring completely new perspectives to her teaching work.
"I realized that current teaching only focuses on imparting knowledge, not on developing skills and helping learners become more creative and adaptable to the changing realities of life. Knowledge is no longer the center of educational activities, and building good skills and habits determines success," said Dr. Le.
It is the development of technology that has changed the philosophy of education towards personalization. Since each individual is different in terms of level, background, personality, and desire, the goal of education has shifted to help those with a lower starting point to achieve their learning goals and catch up with others. Accordingly, students learn best when they are given the opportunity to solve practical problems. And the role of the teacher in the 21st century has shifted from knowledge transmitter to companion, guide, and inspiration.
From there, Dr. Lu Thi Thanh Le made suggestions for the school's teaching innovation activities, which is to move towards providing personalized educational services on a large scale, helping to support learning according to the level and needs of each individual. The teaching process must emphasize the interaction between teachers and students, helping to promote the formation of communication skills, cooperation, self-development, especially creativity and adaptability...
From a management perspective, MSc. Nguyen Tich Nghi - Deputy Head of the Department of Organization and Personnel Information: Innovation activities in teaching at the University have been taking place for many years but have not become as widespread, strong and closely following the general policy of VNU as it is today. "Innovation in teaching activities requires synchronous innovation in both training programs, learning materials systems, infrastructure, internet... But the most important factor is still innovation in methods and improving the teaching capacity of the teaching staff".
The University of Social Sciences and Humanities currently has 361 lecturers, including 14 professors, 89 associate professors, and 153 PhDs. The number of lecturers aged 45 and under accounts for 71%. A team of high-quality, highly qualified human resources is also a great advantage to keep up with the innovative thinking of the times. MSc. Nguyen Tich Nghi suggested: to improve the capacity of lecturers and innovate teaching activities, it is necessary to unify policies and ideas at all levels and down to each lecturer; diversify communication methods, and spread this spirit throughout the school.
Recently, 20 lecturers of the University have participated in the VIBE creative course and they continue to be the core to organize a very successful course on creative entrepreneurship educators at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. In the near future, 4 more courses on this topic will be implemented, promising to be a channel to spread the spirit of innovation and creativity among staff and lecturers.
Contributing a technical perspective to innovation, Dr. Dao Minh Quan - Deputy Head of Training Department presented a paper on the application of information technology in creating video lectures with the viewpoint: The effectiveness of teaching through video lectures is great and changes the traditional teaching method in a positive direction. First of all, this teaching method is suitable for classes with large numbers of students; secondly, it helps to convey knowledge visually and scientifically; thirdly, it helps learners to study anywhere, anytime and consolidate knowledge easily.
Further explaining, Dr. Dao Minh Quan called it a "flipped classroom" when comparing the difference between the traditional model on the one hand, where teachers prepare lesson plans in class, students study in class and are assigned homework; on the other hand, teachers create lecture videos for students to preview at home and come to class only to discuss with teachers.
Concluding the Conference, Vice Principal Hoang Anh Tuan emphasized that innovation continues to be the core direction in all stages of training activities in the School in the coming school year. The focus of training in 2020 is to perfect the "process" in management and invest in "technological" for teaching activities of lecturers. This orientation is applied to both undergraduate and postgraduate training levels. Finally, the Vice Principal emphasized that for innovation to be effective, innovation must first come from the will and aspirations of teachers; combined with specific and drastic steps to turn desires and ideas into visible results in practice.
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Conclusion of Vice Principal Hoang Anh Tuan at the Conference: 1. Continue to maintain stability in enrollment at all levels and systems in 2020: stabilize enrollment targets; continue to innovate university enrollment promotion work towards increasing the application of communication technology; continue to promote the role of "Student Ambassadors" in enrollment and training; increase investment in graduate enrollment work. 2. Complete the development of teaching schedules for adjusted undergraduate programs in 2019 in the direction of ensuring regulations, increasing efficiency in teaching organization, increasing autonomy for students in registering for courses based on close consultation from the team of academic advisors and homeroom teachers. 3. Complete the opening of new bachelor's programs in "Cultural Studies" and "Korean Studies", master's programs in "Journalism - Communication Management" and "Office Management" (application-oriented) to start enrolling students from 2020. Continue to review and adjust the planning of the industry and majors in a practical and feasible direction. 4. Focus on investing resources to improve the quality of teaching and learning within the framework of implementing the School's Teaching Innovation Plan until 2025, focusing on two key tasks: 1) Continue to organize training courses on modern teaching skills for the School's lecturers; 2) Step by step implement the plan to "technologize" teaching activities, prioritize the implementation of a number of lecture videos to support common subjects, creating a premise for the plan to promote the application of teaching and learning technology at the School in the coming years. 5. Continue to standardize the organization and management of postgraduate training based on the positive results of the plan "standardizing postgraduate training activities" that has been successfully implemented at the School in the past. Implement a review and evaluation of groups of majors that are difficult to recruit for 3 consecutive years to report to the Party Committee - Board of Directors, propose a system of solutions to adjust in the direction of integrating some majors that are too narrow, moving towards restructuring the system of postgraduate training majors of the School in accordance with social needs and the common development trends of social sciences and humanities in the world today. |
Author:Thanh Ha, Nguyen Van Hong
