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Liying Cheng discusses compassion, acquisition, respect, and evaluation (CARE) and why they are key to academic acculturation.

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This video video is a transcription of a speech delivered by a speaker associated with Queens University, discussing their involvement in an initiative aimed at transforming the higher education environment. The speaker reflects on their work with second language learners, including refugees and immigrants, and emphasizes the importance of considering diverse backgrounds in educational settings.

They outline two key areas of their research:

1. **Support for Second Language Students**: The speaker highlights the unique experiences and perspectives that international students and immigrants bring, stressing the need for understanding and accommodating their learning needs in higher education.

2. **Assessment and Evaluation**: They express a commitment to using assessment as a tool to enhance student learning. The importance of compassion, respect, and a collaborative learning environment is underscored, advocating for a shared responsibility in the learning process.

The speaker discusses the concepts of care and respect, particularly in the context of learning from different perspectives and engaging with diverse opinions. They touch on the learning process as a dynamic interaction that encompasses both cognitive and social elements, emphasizing that learning requires adaptation and negotiation from all parties involved.

Furthermore, they introduce the idea of acculturation as a mutual process where both educators and learners contribute to the learning experience. The speaker concludes by stressing the complexity of teaching and learning, asserting that there is no single best approach but rather a need for adaptable, inclusive practices that recognize the varied contexts and needs of learners.

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I actually wrote this very short piece for,

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my university Queens University human and Equity Office.

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And it was around this time, I think it was 2019

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and when we really started to talk about this group

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of articles called Together We Are, is trying

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to change the environment in Higher Education.

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And, and I think that short article reflect two piece.

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The two major piece of the work I'm working with is,

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one is my research related

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with the second language students.

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This is including refugees, immigrant

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and immigrant professionals coming to this country.

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This is including international educated teachers, nurses,

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engineers, and the medical doctors.

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And this is the first piece

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because I was working with people who actually don't use,

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English as a first language, but that's a broader area,

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but mostly, candidates immigrated country.

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So people come in

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and so we bring in a different values in terms of,

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let's say higher education is teaching learning.

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And so we come from a different background.

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So we see learning and teaching very differently.

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The second piece of my work is always related,

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assessment and evaluation.

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And that piece of work is my devotion

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of using assessment to support students' learning.

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And I think both of this together put together

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and into this work that I called hair.

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Uh, it's a short name.

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It's also reflected in the, college

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of Teachers in Ontario.

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We have ethical standard.

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And this standard is reflected in,

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like four major aspects.

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And that four major aspects is one of them.

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One of the key them is care.

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I put this together actually, I was hoping

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to really theorize it, but at this point,

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and the compassion is the ability

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to put ourself in others' shoes.

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And that compat that capacity is to be able,

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for us as human being to have the capacities to feel

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what other people feel.

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And this is, go back to my background is when we have

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refugees, immigrants,

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and all international students coming to this country.

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And they, the way the

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Capacity we feel of other people feel should

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really go both ways.

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So that's really compassion is the ability to put others,

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to put ourself in others' shoes.

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AC acquisition is, I'm trying to put

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this care word together.

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So I use acquisition,

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but basically acquisition here

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is the same way as learning.

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So I refer to acquisition here to both natural

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and unconscious learning

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and intention learning as both of the learning

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happens in academic setting to contribute

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to academic success.

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Respect is about how we are dealing with differences

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and we are dealing with people, people's opinion.

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This happens in the, in the classroom a lot is

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we, the typical ways we say we have to grade

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to disagree, but in the academic, environment,

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when we are doing seminars, we do have different ways

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of thinking and we bring in our own opinion.

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And so what behind this is

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people,

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how do you say people express themselves differently.

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Some people express themselves faster or slower.

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One of the things we have to do is being able

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to respect other people even if we disagree

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with what they say.

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So we have to do it in the polite way

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because a learning environment, you need to be able

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to support each other to respect,

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so we can all learn.

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And this go back to the acquisition

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which I mentioned earlier.

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This is a learning theory.

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We talk about people learn in the social setting.

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So it's more than cognition is also social

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cognition happening as well.

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Evaluation is one of the area that I do research

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and we actually use assessment evaluation,

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but the evaluation piece is really the one

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that you make a judgment

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and when you make a judgment,

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it's including a critical thinking process

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is not only you judge you also bringing

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research evidence into your learning to say

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why this is a facts, why this is an opinion,

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why this is a perception,

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and in what way that I as a learner

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or as a teacher, we can make a sound judgment.

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And that process is really

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What evaluation is about.

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I think I have to talk about this.

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Um, learning, learning a little bit.

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And this is go back to the acquisition piece

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and this piece, when we talk about learning,

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we have to move really in my area

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of research from assessment to evaluation is we have

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to move from a behavior ways of looking at the learning to

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a cognition, cognitive ways of looking at the learning,

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which means learning is about change.

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So when you learn, and when we say relearning

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and some people say revisiting,

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at least we are not repeating ourselves.

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So basically if we have a complex, complex

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concept, we actually learn the concept

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not at the first time.

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So it take, the learning happens,

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moving from a smaller piece into a piece

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where you can make connections

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and towards the end you can actually extend your learning

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to another context.

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So the learning and the relearning

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and the unlearning

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of the something we were really talking about, the way that,

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how our brains work

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and how we learn, whether we learn a concept

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or we learn skill.

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So that's the process we actually go through.

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I think that's really go back to my early idea.

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I used the word acculturation.

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We haven't really get a chance to talk about this word.

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Acculturation in academic research is talking about the

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culturation on both sides.

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Uh, let's say you you are the dominant

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to say the target community.

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And when we have international students, refugees,

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international people coming in,

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they bring in their sides of the idea.

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So the ation is I, kind of like in the way,

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I didn't really put it on, use the word adapt,

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but basically is adaptation on both sides.

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So basically we both take responsibilities in this learning.

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So I learn, I negotiate with you

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and you learn the new things as well.

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I, I think in academic world,

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when we saying dichotomy is we, it seems to be always say,

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this is right and this is wrong

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and this is a common sense this,

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but we are talking about who's common sense.

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So the process

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of moving from a dichotomy, we realized,

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what is good teaching,

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what is good learning in the simple ways are accepted

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In the very different ways.

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And there is no a best way of learning

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or teaching it depending on

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the type of learners we are talking about.

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It depends on the group we are took, putting together.

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I haven't really talked too much about the,

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talking circle

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'cause I don't really feel I'm the expert

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to talking about it, but I use it

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is when we were putting everybody together

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and we respect each other.

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We have compassions

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and we are willing to, I think

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that's a British impression, is to sit much together

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with someone is listen to some, listen to those people.

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And even if we don't agree, we are willing to be there

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and listen to it.

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And this is, that's the key importance is to accept the,

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the world is not black

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and white learning is a process

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and learning is a different way of learning

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and there is no best teaching

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and learning by whichever is standard.

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We just need to learn.

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We need to teach and learn together.

00:00 - I actually wrote this very short piece for, my university Queens University human and Equity Office. And it was around this time, I think it was 2019 and when we really started to talk about this group of articles called Together We Are, is trying to change the environment in Higher Education.

00:25 - And, and I think that short article reflect two piece. The two major piece of the work I'm working with is, one is my research related with the second language students. This is including refugees, immigrant and immigrant professionals coming to this country. This is including international educated teachers, nurses, engineers, and the medical doctors. And this is the first piece because I was working with people who actually don't use,

01:04 - English as a first language, but that's a broader area, but mostly, candidates immigrated country. So people come in and so we bring in a different values in terms of, let's say higher education is teaching learning. And so we come from a different background. So we see learning and teaching very differently. The second piece of my work is always related, assessment and evaluation. And that piece of work is my devotion

01:41 - of using assessment to support students' learning. And I think both of this together put together and into this work that I called hair. it's a short name. It's also reflected in the, college of Teachers in Ontario. We have ethical standard. And this standard is reflected in, like four major aspects. And that four major aspects is one of them.

02:18 - One of the key them is care. I put this together actually, I was hoping to really theorize it, but at this point, and the compassion is the ability to put ourself in others' shoes. And that compat that capacity is to be able, for us as human being to have the capacities to feel what other people feel. And this is, go back to my background is when we have refugees, immigrants,

02:51 - and all international students coming to this country. And they, the way the Capacity we feel of other people feel should really go both ways. So that's really compassion is the ability to put others, to put ourself in others' shoes. AC acquisition is, I'm trying to put this care word together. So I use acquisition, but basically acquisition here

03:25 - is the same way as learning. So I refer to acquisition here to both natural and unconscious learning and intention learning as both of the learning happens in academic setting to contribute to academic success. Respect is about how we are dealing with differences and we are dealing with people, people's opinion. This happens in the, in the classroom a lot is we, the typical ways we say we have to grade

04:03 - to disagree, but in the academic, environment, when we are doing seminars, we do have different ways of thinking and we bring in our own opinion. And so what behind this is people, how do you say people express themselves differently. Some people express themselves faster or slower. One of the things we have to do is being able to respect other people even if we disagree with what they say.

04:41 - So we have to do it in the polite way because a learning environment, you need to be able to support each other to respect, so we can all learn. And this go back to the acquisition which I mentioned earlier. This is a learning theory. We talk about people learn in the social setting. So it's more than cognition is also social cognition happening as well.

05:11 - Evaluation is one of the area that I do research and we actually use assessment evaluation, but the evaluation piece is really the one that you make a judgment and when you make a judgment, it's including a critical thinking process is not only you judge you also bringing research evidence into your learning to say why this is a facts, why this is an opinion, why this is a perception,

05:46 - and in what way that I as a learner or as a teacher, we can make a sound judgment. And that process is really What evaluation is about. I think I have to talk about this. learning, learning a little bit. And this is go back to the acquisition piece and this piece, when we talk about learning, we have to move really in my area of research from assessment to evaluation is we have

06:21 - to move from a behavior ways of looking at the learning to a cognition, cognitive ways of looking at the learning, which means learning is about change. So when you learn, and when we say relearning and some people say revisiting, at least we are not repeating ourselves. So basically if we have a complex, complex concept, we actually learn the concept not at the first time. So it take, the learning happens,

06:59 - moving from a smaller piece into a piece where you can make connections and towards the end you can actually extend your learning to another context. So the learning and the relearning and the unlearning of the something we were really talking about, the way that, how our brains work and how we learn, whether we learn a concept or we learn skill.

07:27 - So that's the process we actually go through. I think that's really go back to my early idea. I used the word acculturation. We haven't really get a chance to talk about this word. Acculturation in academic research is talking about the culturation on both sides. let's say you you are the dominant to say the target community. And when we have international students, refugees, international people coming in,

07:58 - they bring in their sides of the idea. So the ation is I, kind of like in the way, I didn't really put it on, use the word adapt, but basically is adaptation on both sides. So basically we both take responsibilities in this learning. So I learn, I negotiate with you and you learn the new things as well. I, I think in academic world, when we saying dichotomy is we, it seems to be always say, this is right and this is wrong

08:36 - and this is a common sense this, but we are talking about who's common sense. So the process of moving from a dichotomy, we realized, what is good teaching, what is good learning in the simple ways are accepted In the very different ways. And there is no a best way of learning or teaching it depending on the type of learners we are talking about.

09:10 - It depends on the group we are took, putting together. I haven't really talked too much about the, talking circle 'cause I don't really feel I'm the expert to talking about it, but I use it is when we were putting everybody together and we respect each other. We have compassions and we are willing to, I think that's a British impression, is to sit much together

09:39 - with someone is listen to some, listen to those people. And even if we don't agree, we are willing to be there and listen to it. And this is, that's the key importance is to accept the, the world is not black and white learning is a process and learning is a different way of learning and there is no best teaching and learning by whichever is standard. We just need to learn.

10:15 - We need to teach and learn together.

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