Introduction to Teaching - Autumn 2019
| Course number | 4.5 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Methodcourse |
| Track | - |
| Max participants | 24 |
| Application deadline | 2019-09-03 |
| Language | En |
| Course leader | PRåM |
| Department | Kommittén för utbildning på forskarnivå |
| Visiting address | BMC |
| Post address | BMC |
| Dates | First meeting Sep 25th & 26th (09:00 - 16:00, absolutely mandatory); Second meeting Oct 24th (13-15, mandatory) |
| Location | BMC |
| Course length | One week |
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| Course plan |
Description
The 1.5 credits course “Introduction to teaching” aims at providing new Ph.D. students and post-docs with basic knowledge and practical skills in teaching. The course is suited for Ph.D. students and post-docs with no or very little teaching experience. This course aims to instill confidence in the participants by focusing on practical issues pertinent to their upcoming teaching sessions. The course will mainly focus on how to handle lectures, seminars and laboratory sessions. The underlining pedagogical idea behind this course is a modified "flipped classroom"-approach. In other words, it is important for the course that you in preparation for the discussions and group work, that form the basis of the course, have read the material presented at the course home page at Studentportalen (see below). In case of more applicants than space in the course: First year PhD-students will be prioritized
Learning outcomes
Students who attend this course will gain:
• Awareness of the Uppsala University’s pedagogic program (aka “Teaching and Learning at Uppsala University: Guidelines for Educational Activity and Development”) as well as Uppsala University’s main mission and core values
• Insight into various pedagogical techniques to facilitate and stimulate learning as well as active student participation
• Insight into reflective practice and relevant pedagogical research
Contents
The course outline:
1. Individual reading (approx. 1.5 days)
2. Work-shops discussing different teaching situations (2 days, mandatory on site)
3. Pair-wise observations in a lecture, seminar or laboratory session
4. Pair-wise writing of reflective report
5. Group discussion of observations and reflective reports (half-day, mandatory on site)
Instructions
Note that some information requires registration. After deadline Sep 3rd, participants will be registered at the Student Portal, and gain access to hidden material
Examination
Full-time attendance of the course and completed written assignments. The first on-site session of the course is absolutely mandatory and essential for the pair-wise observations.
Literature
Information about the literature (including selected book chapters, review articles, policy documents) is given at the Student Portal.
Teaching staff
Members of the Council for Educational Development at the Disciplinary Domain for Medicine and Pharmacy (PRåM), Ulf Holmbäck, Eva Thörnqvist and Jörgen Bengtsson
More information
Overall questions about the course: pram@medfarm.uu.se