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WANG George

Profile Research field Education Activities Research achievement On-Campus Activities Off-Campus Activities

 

Classes
No.Class Title 
1
Freshman Seminar 2 
2
Principles of Accounting and Financial Analysis 
3
Academic Foundations: Study Abroad 
4
Seminar 1 
5
Seminar 2 
6
Junior Paper 
7
Marketing 
8
International Business 
9
Seminar 3 
10
Seminar 4 
11
Capstone 
12
English for Academic Purposes: Study Abroad 1 
13
English for Academic Purposes: Study Abroad 2 
14
English for Academic Purposes: Study Abroad 3 
15
Junior Paper 

 

Model Case of Educational Methods
No.Summary, Academic Year 
1
I completed the simplified teaching portfolio (STP) in 2023. The STP was as follows: 1.Roles & responsibilities: As a faculty member of the Economics/Business group in the faculty, I offer a variety of English-medium business courses to the FILA students. Since I am both a professor of business and a practitioner (served as a chief financial officer in a publicly-listed firm before going for my Ph.D. degree), I aim to integrate both my academic and industrial experiences into my teaching. I, therefore, define my responsibility as follows: 1) delivering intellectual contents; 2) improving students’ English proficiency; 3) engaging active participation; and 4) preparing students with business practices. 2. Teaching philosophy: My teaching philosophy is to establish a student-centered learning environment to engage participation, induce creativity, and encourage diversity. To achieve this goal, I have utilized a variety of teaching methods, e.g., case study/discussion, debate, group project, simulation, etc., to implement the approach to active and experiential learning. 3. Pedagogy: In my business courses, I aim to engage students to directly participate in various class activities, of which the case-teaching method has been crucial in active and experiential learning. My idea of case-teaching can be essentially abbreviated into a “CDEF” approach, representing 1) case introduction; 2) discussion; 3) evaluation; and 4) feedback. I understand that all students learn in different ways. The variety of these learning activities tends to meet the needs of diverse students. 4. Assessment: As indicated in the previous section, student’s feedback is an important piece to evaluate effectiveness of case-teaching, which allows students to reflect what they have learned from each case. In addition, I will provide business practices and managerial implications to conclude each case. This case-teaching method has reflected to the high placement rate of FILA graduates. 5. Future goals: My future goals are two-fold: First, I will enrich my teaching with more intellectual, as well as practical, contents to meet the diverse needs of students. Second, although various teaching methods are already applied in my classroom, logistic setup in implementing teaching activities needs to be further improved to achieve perfection of active/experiential learning. , 2023 
2
In the spring 2023, I led my seminar students to Taiwan for company visits. Students learned about entrepreneurship and business management in this trip. These company visits reflected the teaching philosophy of "learning by doing"., 2023 
3
I completed a simplified teaching portfolio (STP). The summary is as follows: 1. Roles & responsibilities As a faculty member of the Economics/Business group in the faculty, I offer a variety of English-medium business courses to the FILA students. Since I am both a professor of business and a practitioner (served as a chief financial officer in a publicly-listed firm before going for my Ph.D. degree), I aim to integrate both my academic and industrial experiences into my teaching. I, therefore, define my responsibility as follows: 1) delivering intellectual contents; 2) improving students’ English proficiency; 3) engaging active participation; and 4) preparing students with business practices. 2. Teaching philosophy My teaching philosophy is to establish a student-centered learning environment to engage participation, induce creativity, and encourage diversity. To achieve this goal, I have utilized a variety of teaching methods, e.g., case study/discussion, debate, group project, simulation, etc., to implement the approach to active and experiential learning. 3. Pedagogy In my business courses, I aim to engage students to directly participate in various class activities, of which the case-teaching method has been crucial in active and experiential learning. My idea of case-teaching can be essentially abbreviated into a “CDEF” approach, representing 1) case introduction; 2) discussion; 3) evaluation; and 4) feedback. I understand that all students learn in different ways. The variety of these learning activities tends to meet the needs of diverse students. 4. Assessment As indicated in the previous section, student’s feedback is an important piece to evaluate effectiveness of case-teaching, which allows students to reflect what they have learned from each case. In addition, I will provide business practices and managerial implications to conclude each case. This case-teaching method has reflected to the high placement rate of FILA graduates. 5. Future goals My future goals are two-fold: First, I will enrich my teaching with more intellectual, as well as practical, contents to meet the diverse needs of students. Second, although various teaching methods are already applied in my classroom, logistic setup in implementing teaching activities needs to be further improved to achieve perfection of active/experiential learning. , 2022 
4
Using the case approach in the courses, "Marketing" and "International Business"., 2021 
5
Deliver a speech, "The Case Study Approach to Teaching"., 2020 

 

Written Materials
No.Author, Class Title, Academic Year 
1
George Y. Wang, Social Marketing Case - Toms, 2021 
2
George Y. Wang, Marketing, 2021 
3
George Y. Wang, International Business, 2021 
4
George Y. Wang, International Business, 2021 

 

Participation in FD Activities
No.Date of Program, Hosting Institution, Title of Program 
1
Apr. 2023, ,  
2
Mar. 2023, Faculty of International Liberal Arts (FILA), AY2023 1st FILA Research Seminar 
3
Jan. 2023, Soka University, Research Ethics Education Seminar 
4
Nov. 2022, Soka University, AY2022 2nd FILA Research Seminar 
5
Nov. 2022, Faculty of International Liberal Arts (FILA), AY2022 2nd FILA Research Seminar  
6
Jun. 2022, Soka University, 1st FILA Research Seminar 
7
Jun. 2022, ,  
8
Jan. 2022, Soka University, The Graduate School of International Peace Studies (SIPS) 
9
Oct. 2021, Soka University, Teaching Content Courses in English to Non-Native English Speakers 
10
Feb. 2020, Gakushuin University, Faculty Development 
11
Nov. 2017, Soka University, Faculty Development of Faculty of International Liberal Arts (FILA) 
12
Jul. 2017, Soka University, Active Learning Workshop