Course Name: Teaching in Learning in Higher Education
Instructor:
Guest Lecturer: Calla Chancellor & Karen Freisem
SLN: 14705
Meeting Time: W, 1:30-3:20pm
Term: Winter 2014
This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in becoming college or university professors. Activities and readings will revolve around evidence-based pedagogies and practices in higher education, focusing on effective course design and assessment as well as promoting active learning and an inclusive classroom. Students will produce a teaching statement and become familiar with expectations for an academic teaching portfolio.
Student learning goals:
* Build skills in promoting and assessing student learning, using technology effectively, and teaching inclusively.
* Assess one’s own teaching and plan for future development as a teacher.
* Develop materials for a teaching portfolio as a means to reflect on and document one’s work as a teacher.