The Prof
I'm Wayland Chau and welcome to The Reflective Prof! I hope to share my thoughts and insights on teaching undergraduate students. I am a professor of business law at the Pilon School of Business at Sheridan College. Most of my students are in the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program. I strive to facilitate active learning experiences for my students, using both new online technologies and traditional methods.
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New Semester, New Challenges
This semester will present some new challenges for me. These challenges will definitely be a lot of work, but, hopefully, will also be fun and interesting. I am doing three “firsts” this semester: For the first time, I am teaching … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution
I recently attended a faculty meeting at which a TED talk by education guru Tony Wagner was shown. Wagner spoke about 7 skills that students need to succeed in today’s society: 1. Problem-solving and critical thinking 2. Collaboration across networks and leading by … Continue reading
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Sharing
In this festive season, we freely share our good cheer and, not to mention, our wealth with others. Sharing is the one of the most valued of human qualities. Our ability to share and work cooperatively is what distinguishes us … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Christmas, collaboration, Education, human qualities, proprietary, sharing, Teacher
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Excuses, Excuses: “I missed the exam because….”
We’ve all heard them: “My grandma died”, “I was vomiting all last night”, “My third cousin had a wedding”, “I had pink eye”, …. If I was a grandparent of a college/university student, I would be afraid for my … Continue reading
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Tagged College health, Conjunctivitis, Cousin, Exam, Excuse (legal), jane collins, Saint Mary's University, Student
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My Teaching Philosophy
Recently, I had to express my teaching philosophy in 1 to 2 pages. This was for an application to teach a course at another institution. I have a lot of thoughts about teaching, but I have never before had to … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Learning Theories, Methods and Theories, Philosophy, teaching philosophy, Twitter
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My Experiment with a Flipped Classroom
In a previous post (Sept. 16, 2013), I wrote about my plans to try out the flipped classroom format with one of my business law classes. I teach three sections of a business law course. I chose one of those … Continue reading
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Tagged business law, Class (education), Classroom, Contract, Education, Flip teaching, flipped classroom, Lecture, Student
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Malala
Today, I heard Malala Yousafzai speak. She was being interviewed on The Current (CBC Radio One). To listen to Malala is to be inspired. I am awestruck by her courage, her humanity and her force of conviction. It is no wonder … Continue reading
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To Syllabus or Not to Syllabus
In my dreams, my students pore over every carefully crafted word in my syllabus. In reality, I know that many of my students pay as much atttention to my syllabus as they do to Facebook user agreements. Many of us, … Continue reading
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It’s not our world anymore. So why do we treat it as though it is?
Originally posted on The Geek Teacher:
I’ve been thinking greatly about improving my own pedagogy within this digital age, and how to easily explain it, how to come up with tips and tricks to take those who weren’t born with…
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What’s a “conflict of interest”?: Explaining abstract concepts
An eternal challenge: how to explain an abstract concept that makes it real and understandable to students. In the business law course I am teaching this semester to accounting students, I have a few minutes to explain the abstract legal … Continue reading
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