Subjects

Table I
Code
Modules
Credits
Lecture hours
Pre-requisite
CUED6121 
Intercultural Communication and Education Practice  

This course unit aims to present an overview of the subject content and concepts of intercultural communication in different regions, as well as many issues faced by educators or insufficiently perceived. Based on the work philosophy and experience of cross-cultural communication educators, discuss the current content of culture and cross-cultural disciplines in the field of education and culture, the ideas that teachers want to promote, and the teaching methods used to achieve the ideas. In the theoretical and practical seminars, to be familiar with the concepts and knowledge of imparting and promoting culture requires attention to details, experience, and a diverse work environment, to trigger students’ awareness and sensitivity to culture with a variety of knowledge and practical activities. Taking the dialogue between humanism and scientism as the background, this course emphasizes the integration of intercultural disciplines through classic reading and practice, cultivates the thinking of discovery, doubt, and creation in intercultural communication, and provides an exploration of a series of issues, educational purposes and the field opportunities for different perspectives.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6122 
Humanism and Culture in East and West  

This course focuses on the two major categories of Chinese and foreign humanism and Eastern and Western cultures. It aims to understand the basic meanings, humanistic propositions, and ideas, characteristics of the times, and the development history of ancient Greece, the Renaissance and modern Western humanism traditions, and Chinese humanism. The origin of the development of the system, the core ideas of the humanistic spirit, and its extensive and profound humanistic wisdom guide students to comprehensively deepen their understanding of Chinese and Western humanistic traditions from the perspectives of philosophy, literature, history, sociology, political science, psychology, and art history, etc. To understand and understand the commonality and differences, and reflect on and review the development of European humanism and Chinese humanism, in response to the new international environment of cultural exchanges between China and the West, communication technology, economic globalization, and the development of transnational media companies The era background explores the era proposition of Chinese and Western cultural exchanges and cooperation and mutual learning between civilizations.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6123 
Classroom Assessment and Innovative Pedagogy  

This course unit aims to develop innovative literacy and extended skills to be an excellent teacher. Based on the frontier theory of education, the course explores the cooperation between innovative teaching methods, classroom assessment tasks and expected learning outcomes, discriminating thinking and knowledge, subject logic and psychological logic, formative assessment and summative assessment, norm-referenced assessment, and standards Refer to the relationship between contradictory concepts such as assessment, apply different types of innovative teaching methods, master cognitive and constructivist learning strategies, and make good use of theories and tools of classroom assessment.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6124 
Learning and Quality Assurance  

This course unit carries out theoretical teaching and practical guidance from the two aspects of "learning" and "quality assurance", aiming at cultivating students' learning psychology and the related theories, methods, and systems of education quality assurance. Conduct in-depth thinking and analysis on issues such as teaching subjects, effect evaluation, and quality assurance, to enhance students' awareness of reflection and criticism on learning psychology, learning effectiveness, and quality assurance models and systems in teaching activities. This course intends to start from the concepts of "student-centered", "result-oriented", and "teaching benefits each other", to promote the formation of students' innovative thinking, equality concepts, and rule awareness, and to follow the teaching and learning laws and regulations in learning activities and teaching management activities, adhere to rational concepts and build an effective system.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6298 
Project Report  

1. Students draw on the results of the study modules in the first academic year, under the guidance of a teacher or project team, through projects or professional issues, write an original project report and pass the review. 2. The project report must be original and professional, and must also be a rigorous report consisting of an introduction, literature review, research methods, project findings, explanations, conclusions, etc. 3. The report review is the last stage of the whole project report, and the master's degree programme is completed through this stage. 4. The results of the project report should further enrich the development and research in the field of cultural communication and education inside and outside Macao, and it is necessary to promote related research in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences as an important task.
9
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Table II
Code
Modules
Credits
Lecture hours
Pre-requisite
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Complete 3 learning modules/subjects from the Electives to obtain 9 credits  

hrs
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CUED6101 
Public History and History Education  

This course aims to build a knowledge system of history education that is both theoretical and practical through the introduction of public history, the basic theories and development trends of history education, combined with the actual situation and characteristics of Macao. As an emerging field of history, public history has the characteristics of diversity, fluidity, and interdisciplinary application, which expands the vision of contemporary history education. The content of this course mainly includes the basic concepts and characteristics of public history, the development and challenges of history education, and the frontier issues of public history and history education today. It pays special attention to the current situation and trends of public history and history education, and understands, discusses, and analyzes from multiple perspectives from the characteristics of history education curriculum, curriculum setting, teaching materials, teaching practice, etc., as well as the development of public history in Macao. In the field of humanities education, the role and development space of public history and history education.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6102 
Art and Art Education  

This course includes music, art, dance, drama (including opera), film, and television (including digital media art), and is an important course for students to carry out aesthetic education, sentiment education, spiritual education, and cultivate imagination and innovative thinking. It is aesthetic, emotional, practical, creative, and humanistic. The course mainly introduces the nature, concept, design ideas, curriculum objectives, course content, academic quality, and course implementation of art education courses to students, focusing on practicality and applicability. Students and primary and secondary school art teachers provide the most cutting-edge knowledge system content combined with multimedia technology, explain the characteristics of the era of art education development, and promote the improvement of people's aesthetics and humanistic quality with the power of images and the realm of beauty.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6103 
Cultural Heritage and Museums  

This course focuses on the basic concepts of world cultural heritage and museology and its classification of types in the two categories of cultural heritage and museology, and aims to discuss the value and role of world cultural heritage, the relationship between cultural heritage and cultural industries, the main characteristics of cultural heritage in various countries in the world, how to realize the value of cultural heritage in contemporary times, and the development history, research objects and contents of museology worldwide, and the main methods and methods of museology. The disciplinary system, museum functions, and types, collection and management of musicological collections, collection management and institutionalization, digital management of collections, collection protection and display, exhibition planning and form design, digital museum types and unique functions, education and education of museums The study of service and other issues, to have a basic understanding and understanding of the advantages and characteristics of the cultural resources of the world museums.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6104 
History, Culture and Education in Macao  

Macao history and culture is an important part of Lingnan culture and Chinese history, and it is one of the basic courses for constructing Macao studies and humanities and social sciences. This course provides an overview of the historical development and cultural characteristics of Macao from ancient times to the present, focusing on the administrative measures from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times, the role of Macao in the process of China's transformation from the tribute trade system to the treaty system, and the Portuguese administration of Macao in modern times and the development characteristics of the social transformation period before the return of Macao, etc., and at the same time expound the classroom education model and practical plan of Macao's history and culture, to reveal Macao's regional development, East Asian geopolitical pattern and early globalization, its important status and role also revealed China's institutional design and political wisdom in the face of international trends.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6105 
Research Methods  

This course unit aims to provide practical and effective help for students to start engaging in cultural and educational research and thesis writing. Through explanations, demonstrations, and organizing student exercises, teachers guide students in topics such as thesis selection, data retrieval, and collection, data analysis, discussion structure, the main points of thesis writing, etc., and introduce traditional research methods based on positivism and interpretivism: questionnaire survey Statistical software is used to analyze the application conditions, implementation requirements, research procedures and steps of the method, statistical analysis method, general qualitative research, narrative research, case study, historical research, and comprehensive comparative research. Cultivate students' problem awareness and method awareness in the research process, as well as the ability to comprehensively apply the basic theories and professional knowledge they have learned, to independently analyze and solve practical problems, and to write research papers.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6106 
Social and Civic Education  

Social and civic education is a course that uses social science theories and methods to guide and influence people's social and civic awareness and code of conduct. Through systematic theoretical elaboration and practical guidance, this course aims to promote students' deep reflection on social responsibility, personal and social values, and awareness of rights and obligations, to form personal basic views on issues related to society and citizenship. It can be used in the "moral and civic education" course in primary schools and the educational and teaching practices of other education-related departments, institutions, and organizations in society.
3
45 hrs
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CUED6107 
Heritage and Practice of Chinese Traditional Culture  

Chinese traditional culture inheritance and practice course is a course that uses social science theories and methods to influence students' national consciousness, cultural identity, and behavior choices. Through theoretical lectures and practical design, this course aims to promote traditional Chinese culture, improve students' humanistic qualities, and enhance students' national self-confidence and pride. In addition, this course uses the teaching practice of inheriting Chinese traditional culture to guide students to appreciate the profoundness of Chinese traditional culture through experiential participation.
3
45 hrs
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Remark:

In order to fulfill the graduation requirements, students must complete 30 credits, including 21 credits from the compulsory modules listed in Table I and 9 credits from the elective modules in Table II.

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