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  • Pre-assignment - DL 1.3.2018

    Welcome to our course Learning and teaching in higher education.

    Our first meeting is on Wednesday 7.3.2018  and  before that we give you a pre-assignment to complete. This assignment takes you to the world of learning and teaching and it will help us to start our course together. By doing the assignment you will also know the participants before our first meeting.

    This pre-assignment has three parts: short writing task, reading task and introducing yourself. DL for the pre-task is 1st March .

    Instructions for the task:

    1. Writing task: My approach to learning and my path of becoming a teacher

    Reflect and write about two (2) pages long writing in which you describe your own approach to learning, and your own path of becoming a teacher.

    You can use following statements:

    Learning is…

    Teaching is…

    Teacher is…

    My approach to learning and teaching is…

    My approach to learning and teaching has changed…

    My approach to learning and teaching occurs in my teaching practices…

    I´m interested in teaching because…

    I became a teacher…  

    As a teacher I have succeeded in…  

    This success shows in my teaching…  

    The following experiences have had an effect on my teaching…

    As a teacher I want to develop myself in…

     

    In this assignment it is important to reflect your own thoughts. You do not need to use any references.

    Please submit your assignment on MyCourses by 1st March and bring it also with you to the first teaching session on 7th March. 

    2. Reading assignment: before the first teaching session

    Read and familiarise yourself with Chapter 1 Understanding learning: theories and critique from the book University teaching in focus: a learning‐centred approach / edited by Lynne Hunt and Denise Chalmers. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2013.

    Read the article in a way you are able to discuss it. The book is available both as an e-book and a paper copy in the Aalto library: http://lib.aalto.fi/en/

    Please notice there are only few e-books available at the same time (three readers). You can also google the book and you might find the same article from net also.

    3. Introduce yourself briefly in the general discussion forum below - DL as well 1st March

    If you have any questions about the assignment, please contact: Kirsti.keltikangas@aalto.fi or Päivi.Kinnunen@aalto.fi

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