Topic outline

  • Session 1: Wednesday 19.1.2022 at 12.00-16.00

    • Session 1 slides File PDF
    • My personal objective for the course Questionnaire
      Students must
      Student must submit this questionnaire to complete it

      Please write your own objective for the course here during session 1.

    • Ideal teacher - group work in Flinga URL

    • Assignments for the 2nd contact session


      Please note that there are two bigger assignments, that we would ask you to start preparing already after the first contact session:

      • Peer group working (demos on 17.3.2022): Meet with your peer group (formed during the fist session) at least once before the second course session and start preparing your group work!
      • Start thinking about your individual plan for Teaching practice (held on 3.3.2022) already in the beginning of this course!
      More detailed instructions for the following tasks can be found inside the activities.

      • Learning log - DL 26.1.2022
      • Reading task I (Biggs & Tang) - DL 1.2.2022
      • Reading task II (Hunt & Chalmers) - DL 1.2.2022
      • Watching task (AllWell?) - DL 1.2.2022

    • Learning log 1 - DL 26.1.2022 Assignment
      Students must
      Make a submission
    • Reading task I (Biggs & Tang) - DL 1.2.2022 URL

      Read and familiarise yourself with the Chapter 2: Teaching according to how students learn, AND part of the Chapter 3: Setting the stage for effective teaching, pages 16-39 in Biggs, John and Tang, Katherine. Teaching for Quality Learning at University. 2007. (4th ed.) McGraw-Hill, .

      Please remember to close the e-book after you have read or printed the materials (due to the limited number of book licences at Aalto library)


    • Reading task II (Hunt & Chalmers) - DL 1.2.2022 URL

      Read the Chapter 2: Effective Classroom Teaching, pages 21-37 in Hunt, L. & Chalmers, D. (eds) 2013. University teaching in focus. A learning - centred approach. London & New York: Routledge. 
      Please remember to close the e-book after you have read or printed the materials.

    • AllWell? The role of teaching in study well-being (YouTube video). DL 1.2.2022 URL

      English subtitles available by clicking the icon on the video window.

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