A!Peda Intro 57 (English) Autumn 2023

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• Written plan for the Teaching experimentation: Inbox & guidelines
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    Teaching experimentation plan Assignment

    Due: Monday, 30 October 2023, 5:00 PM

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Make a submission

    This course includes a short teaching experimentation (Mon 6.11. 12:00-16:00). The teaching experimentation consists of three parts:
    

    1. a written plan,
    2. teaching according to the plan, and
    3. 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 session, the teacher and the peer group members will give written feedback and have a feedback discussion with you. The teaching experimentation is a good opportunity to try a new teaching method or some other new ideas in teaching.

    You can read this reference (optional): Get Inspired. A guide for successful teaching. Chapters 4 and 5, pp. 27-49. https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/11990

    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 session in order to realise 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 30.10.2023 at the latest in MyCourses. You will get short comments from the teachers during the week before the teaching session. 

    After submitting the plan and receiving feedback from the teachers, you can continue to develop and make changes to your plan. There is no need to submit a new version in MyCourses.