1. Teaching in China Reflections on practice Ron Beeldman Lynn Van Der Wagen NSIT, Northern Beaches conference 2006

2. In Shanghai two new high rise buildings are completed every day Every week, 1000 new cars hit the road China has overtaken Americans as the world's biggest beer drinkers. Background

3. conference 2006 China’s production and the consumption of steel now exceeds that of the United States, plus Japan, plus Korea, plus Germany China’s middle class numbers 250 million Background

4. conference 2006 Tourism Advanced Diploma In Shanghai In Guangzhou Background

5. conference 2006 Education highly regarded, teachers high status Pressure to succeed and gain university entrance Supply of training and education cannot meet demand Only 3/10 children obtain places in senior high schools and 1/10 in tertiary education Some families are reported to spend over half their income on their children’s education The Challenges

6. conference 2006 Exam driven Learning by rote (linked to learning ideographic script) Visual orientation Teaching didactic Students don’t ask questions Competency based assessment a new concept The Challenges

7. conference 2006 Not customary to return assessments or overly praise students Modest and self effacing, independent judgement seen as egotistical and selfish Our students little life experience Reading and writing well developed by end of course Heavy schedules Work in groups The Challenges

8. conference 2006 Active style of learning Simplify language Prioritise content Create group competition Ask questions directed at particular students Use scaffolding Provide models Clear assessment requirements Ron’s strategies

9. conference 2006 A positive experience

10. conference 2006 Scaffolding (Reisner, 2004) Contract negotiation with bus company Lynn’s strategies

11. conference 2006 Explain the difference between a cleaner and a sanitiser Into Chinese and back again… Explain the difference between a dustman and a disinfectant Assessment

12. conference 2006 Teamwork involves working well within and between departments in a hotel establishment. Describe two departments where this is potential for friction between these departments and suggest two ways in which these departments can work best. Team work demands working well inside and between departments in a hotel building up. Describe two departments where there is possible for dispute between these department and advise two artifices in which these departments can work best. Assessment

13. conference 2006 This case study is to assess the infrastructure and dependence of a city, town or country on tourism and the subsequent impacts from the tourism industry. Your presentation should include: Background to the destination Social structure eg population, major economies Overview of tourist facilities, pull factors for the destination Tourist developments over the past 5-10 years Competitors Target markets and marketing Inclusion of any other factors you see as relevant to the tourism industry and that destination. Assessment

14. conference 2006 This case study is to forfeit the public facility and faith of a city, town or country on tourism and the later impacts from the tourism industry. Your present should include: background to the aim, social organization e.g. population, larger economies, summary of tourist power, yank elements for the target, tourist growth of the past 5 to 10 years, enemies, consumer group and sale, embrace of any other elements you see as relations to the tourism industry and that end. Assessment

15. conference 2006 Discuss your approach to marking the assignment we have handed out. Your questions and observations? Assessment