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The City University of Macau hosted the 8th Adult Education & Social Development International Conference Series co-organized by the SCS of City University of Macau and the Association for Adult Education. The conference included seminars, graduate students’ forum, and an advanced training program for Deans of Schools of Continuing Studies in China and ran through December 3 – 5, 2013. Graduate students’ forum of Education Program of the IMD were held in the fourth floor of the Golden Dragon campus of City University of Macau. Ed. M and Ed. D candidates of the IMD positively participated in the forum. Among the fifteen doctoral supervisors of Education Program newly engaged by the FITM, Prof. Shi W.P, Prof. Chen L, Prof. Han X.B, Prof. Cheng J.G, Prof. Zheng Q.H, Prof. Feng X.Y, Prof. Gu X.Q, Prof. Wang N and Prof. Qiao A.L presented at the forum as mentors. The graduate students’ forum of Education Program ran two sessions in the morning and in the afternoon. Eleven Ed. M and Ed. D candidates of the IMD were chosen to present their selected papers and each received comments and suggestions for optimization from the doctoral supervisors. The active interactions between supervisors and students enhanced their mutual understanding and the Ed. M and Ed. D candidates benefited considerably on their major related research level, thanks to the brilliant comments of the supervisors. Exactly as Sang Tian, the student representative of Ed. D candidates said, all the students appreciated the opportunity of learning offered by the FITM. The forum has broadened the academic horizons of the graduate students of the IMD and constructed a fairly high level research and academic platform for them. The students benefited considerably through communication and interaction with the many famous doctoral supervisors, their understanding and cognition of research enhanced and their research consciousness and ability improved. Therefore, it is suggested that the graduate students’ forum be kept as a permanent part of future international seminars and forums, and famous doctoral supervisors from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau would be invited as mentors. Meanwhile, scales and scopes of future forums would be expanded to include selected masters and doctoral students of other universities to present their research achievements. By doing so, comparisons would strengthen the learning spirit of masters and doctoral students and the inclusion of the forums would promote the influence and attractiveness of the FITM among graduates of other universities. |
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