UNIV*6800 Universtiy Teaching: Theory and Practice (UTTP)

Course Description:

Participants will critically examine and reflect upon teaching and learning issues in higher education, and begin to develop and practice teaching skills and strategies that are pedagogically sound. Learning Outcomes:

The overarching goal of UTTP is the development of a lifelong interest in teaching and learning. More specifically, having successfully completed this course you will:

  • have developed reflective practices around teaching issues.
  • feel more knowledgeable about and confident in your teaching (e.g., practice teaching, peer evaluation, skill development).
  • have articulated a teaching statement identifying your emerging philosophy and approach to teaching.
  • be able to analyze and critique a teaching situation applying educational theory and sound pedagogy (e.g., setting objectives, selecting assessment methods, choosing teaching and learning strategies) to its design and delivery.
  • be able to identify and account for in your instructional planning various factors which impact teaching and learning effectiveness (e.g., learning and teaching preferences, ethical principles in teaching, student diversity)

Topics include:

  • Philosophies Underlying Teaching
  • Learning and Teaching Styles and Preferences
  • Using Learning Objectives
  • Interactive Approaches to Teaching
  • Assessing Learning

Format:

University Teaching: Theory and Practice (Pass/Fail for .5 credits) meets 12 times over the fall semester and attracts students from across campus. UTTP may or may not be taken for credit.

Registration Options:

University of Guelph Graduate Students:

  1. For Credit - Register: Graduate Program Services (UC, 3rd floor)
    Workload: Completion of all course requirements
  2. Audit - Register: Graduate Program Services (UC, 3rd floor)
    Workload: Optional completion of course requirements. Attendance required.

Non-Graduate Students:

  1. For Credit - Register: Mickey Smart in the Office of Open Learning (Johnson Hall, room 160. Ext. 56050)
    For fee information: contact info@open.uoguelph.ca Workload: Completion of all course requirements. Transcript to be provided.
  2. Non-Credit - Register: Mickey Smart in the Office of Open Learning (Johnson Hall, room 160. Ext. 56050)
    For fee information: contact info@open.uoguelph.ca Workload: Optional completion of course requirements. Attendance required. "Certificate of Attendance" to be provided.

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