PED-131.9000 Teaching Assistant as a Learning Instructor Autumn 2020 (Group B)

Topic outline

• Day 3 (10.2) Different kinds of students
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    Slides for day 3 File

    PDF document
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    Slides of study psychologists: Learning difficulties and Mental health among students in Aalto File

    PDF document
  • Assignments for the next session

    Intructions and submission boxes for teaching observations are in the Teaching observations section.
    

    More detailed instructions for the following tasks can be found inside the activities.
    

    • Aalto University Code of Conduct, e-course (DL 27.10.)
      
    • Orientation for the Day 4: Questions about AllWell? or student wellbeing? (DL 28.10.)
      

    
    

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    Aalto University Code of Conduct, e-course for employees, DL 27.10. URL

    Mark as done

    This is the link to the Aalto University e-course on its code of conduct. Completing this e-course is a mandatory requirement to pass this course. Please complete it and mark it as done in the completion progress bar on your MyCourse page when you have completed it. 

    After reading the text, you can mark this activity as completed by clicking the check mark in the right corner.

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    Orientation for the Day 4: Questions about AllWell? or student wellbeing? DL 28.10. Forum

    Make forum posts: 1

    1. Watch the video about AllWell?: .
    Please note: English subtitles can be selected from the bottom of the video window.
    

    2. Post here at least 1 question or idea: What would you like to know about AllWell? or student wellbeing at Aalto, or what do you think is especially important in relation to student wellbeing at Aalto? You'll see others' questions after posting at least one.
    

    If you are interested, more information about student well-being at aalto.fi: Curriculum design, course planning and student well-being: three things to take into account

    
    

    This activity is automatically marked as completed after posting at least one post.
    
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    Substitute assignment for day 3

    If you could not attend the session or face technical difficulties during the day, please read the slides for day 3.
    
    Please do this this assignment, if you were present less than half of the session.
    Please read also carefully the slides by study psychologist Paula Sjöblom.

    The materials contain four fictional student profiles describing how they act. Pick a student profile of your choice and think about the following questions:

    • Why does the student act as he or she does?
    • What are the the consequences for their learning?
    • How might this student behave in class? What does this look like in the eyes of the teaching assistant and to the other students?
    • What can the teaching assistant do to help this student?

    Write about one (1) A4 page of text describing your thoughts and reflections.