PREPARING AND TEACHING

Objectives of this part

• Gain ideas and insights on facilitating first seminar/lab.
• Explain the role discussions play in teaching and learning in a university classroom.
• Learn about approaches to facilitating discussions and creating/keeping an engaging learning environment.
• Understand the role instructors/TAs play in facilitating robust discussion.
• Set principles of care in a learning environment and develop a community agreement with learners.
• Gain a deeper understanding of opening activities and incorporating them meaningfully in a learning environment.
• Utilize content-based icebreakers.
• Understand the importance of getting student feedback and ways to get feedback from students.
• Learn about considerations for the last seminar/lab.

This part can help Teaching Assistants, Lab Demonstrators, and Marker-Graders.