A!Peda Intro (English) - Spring 2018
Topic outline
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Photo: Maire Syrjäkari 2014
Themes of the course include:
- Teaching culture at Aalto University
- Approaches to learning
- Planning and practicing for a teaching session
- Developing your own teaching and teacher identity
- Working in a multidisciplinary group
The contents of this course may vary depending on the specific needs and objectives of each group. Teaching and learning methods on this course include introductions to new topics, group work (partly online), experimentation through practice, demonstrations, case examples and peer feedback. At the end of the course, the participants prepare a summary, which can be included in their teaching portfolio. Participants are encouraged and expected to have an active role in the learning process.
Time and Place
Wednesday 7th February, at 9.00-15.30,Otakaari 1, room Y229c
Wednesday 14th February, at 12.00-15.30, Otakaari 1, room M140 (Majakka)
Tuesday 27th February, at 9-15.30, Otakaari 1, room M140 (Majakka)
Thursday 15th March, at 12.00-15.30, Otakaari 1, room M140 (Majakka)
Wednesday 28th March, at 9.00-15.30, Otakaari 1, room U406b
Teachers: Maire Syrjäkari (ENG, teacher in charge) and Kirsti Keltikangas (Aalto SCI) -
Write a short description of your conception of learning and teaching.
Describe in your own words:
- How would you describe learning?
- What is your role as a teacher in your student's learning process?
- What are your strengths as a teacher?
Focus on handling the phenomenon from different perspectives and try to give arguments supporting your perceptions. Please submit your pre-assignment in MyCourses at the latest Wednesday 31.1.2018
Please take a paper (or electronic) copy with you to the first contact session (7.2.2018.) and be prepared to discuss about your conceptions with other course participants.
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Agenda:
12:00-12:50 Orientation to teaching practice
13:00-16.00 Teaching practice and feedback
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For your peer group meetings:
- Make a plan for the meetings in order to further your objectives. For instance:
- 1st meeting: clarify objectives, divide tasks, planning of how to report the outcomes...
- 2nd meeting: discussion about found answers, new viewpoints, new ideas and integration of viewpoints as well as planning the presentation of group objectives, process and outcomes for the last face-to-face teaching session
- Write a summary of each meeting & the final outcome on MyCourses (agree on who in your group does this) on your groups discussion area.
Peer groups are presenting a group work/findings/outcomes at the last contact teaching session 28.3.2018
- Plan and implement, as a group, about 20 min (+10 min for discussion) "teaching session" to the whole group in order to teach the others something you have learnt.
- Familiarize yourselves with different kinds of teaching methods (for example Hyppönen & Linden: Handbook for teachers - course structures, teaching methods and assessment pages 34-55) and choose an appropriate method for your session.
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Submit your teaching plan here! - to the box below these instructions
The course includes a short teaching practice on the fourth face-to-face session. The teaching practice consists of three parts:1) a written plan,2) teaching according to the plan, and3) verbal and written peer feedback.The written task is to plan a single 20 minutes teaching session for a small group of 3-5 persons. The session may be a part of your own current course, a part of an imaginary new course or some other teaching situation that is relevant to your own field or a teaching topic that is not in your field, not even “academic”. Take into account the participants' background knowledge, which is usually quite heterogenic in this course. After each teaching practice, the teacher and the peer group members will give written feedback and have a feedback discussion with you. The teaching practice is a good opportunity to try a new teaching method or some other new ideas in teaching.
Write a plan for your teaching practice, including:
1. Intended learning outcomes
Define the targets for your teaching session and write them in the form of intended learning outcomes. When you plan the learning outcomes, remember that the length of the session is only 20 minutes!
2. Teaching methods and motivation for them
Use as the starting point your intended learning outcomes and choose teaching method(s) that support them. Aim at trying a method that challenges you to something new. However, the main point is that the method supports the learning you are striving for. You can find different teaching methods e.g., in Hyppönen's and Lindén's Handbook for Teachers (http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-3035-7). If needed, you can bring along items or gear that support your teaching.
3. Assessment of learning
How could you find out what the students have learned, and how would you assess the learning? You may not have time to assess the learning outcomes during your teaching practice, but nevertheless keep it in mind. Your choice of teaching methods also has an effect on the amount of feedback you get from your students during your teaching.
4. Timeline (or "rhythm of teaching”)
It is worthwhile to make a timeline for the teaching practice in order to realize how much (or little) content and action you can include in 20 minutes. Consider the situation from the participants' perspective and try to make the learning experience as rewarding as possible.
Submit your plan on MyCourses on Wednesday 14.3.2018 at the latest.
In addition, bring along four to five (4-5) paper copies to the teaching practice on the 4th face-to-face session. The submission can be done through the "Upload a file” function below.
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