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Teaching China in World History: Navigating Diversity, Motivation, and Curriculum Design in a Globalized Classroom (102452)
Session Chair: Bianca Yin-ki Cheung
Thursday, 26 March 2026 09:50
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 603 (6F)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
This presentation examines the pedagogical innovations and challenges of teaching "China in World History," a Common Core course at Lingnan University, engaging over 600 students per semester from diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. The course is structured around three chronological units—Eurasian Antiquity, Global Middle Ages, and the Modern World—exploring China’s global interactions and fostering analytical and critical thinking. Major challenges include navigating heterogeneous student motivations, maintaining curriculum relevance through continual renewal, and ensuring equitable course delivery across a large teaching team. The presentation highlights inclusive curriculum strategies that leverage interdisciplinary content and open-book assessments, moving beyond rote memorization to emphasize engagement with primary sources, intercultural dialogue, and reflective analysis. Interactive activities and tutorial presentations further support student motivation and intercultural awareness. Discussion will focus on curriculum design approaches that support diversity, methods for sustaining curriculum freshness, and assessment practices prioritizing critical thinking and social justice. The course serves as a microcosm of globalized education, demonstrating how China’s historical patterns of international engagement can illuminate contemporary global relations and inform best practices in intercultural pedagogy. Insights from teaching this course contribute to ongoing conversations on curriculum development, educational equity, and transformation in multicultural higher education settings.
Authors:
Bianca Yin-ki Cheung, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Bianca Yin-ki Cheung is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Lingnan University in Hong Kong
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