Course description

- TRAINING ORGANIZED BY GSSE FOR FSE PHD CANDIDATES ONLY -

As a PhD candidate, teaching may be a part of your job. If not, you might have volunteered to teach parts of a course. The aim of this training is to develop competences and skills to prepare and teach in the context of FSE and take part in the assessment procedure of a course.

Timeframe and planning
The course runs once a year, starting in block 1a. Attendance of the workshops is mandatory. You can only miss one workshop (in that case, you have to complete an alternative assignment). 

Entry requirements and credits 
You can only take this course if you have concrete teaching plans. We apply all theory to the course you are/will be teaching. If you don't have teaching duties coming up, you can follow the introduction to teaching course instead. 

This course 'How to teach' counts for your PhD training:

• Employed PhD students who are teaching as part of their job get 1 ECTS credits for completing this course.
• Scholarship PhD students do not teach as part of their job. When taking this course, you can combine it with voluntary teaching or supervision (contact your supervisor or programme coordinator for more information). Completion of the course combined with the voluntary teaching is rewarded with 1+3 ECTS. 

To be able to participate in the training, you are expected to have a good command of English in order to present and carry out discussions with your peers. This training is only offered in semester 1a.

Course objectives

After this course, the PhD student is able to…

Preparation

• contribute to the organization of the course within the frame of their responsibilities.
• describe the design of 'their' course using constructive alignment (the learning objectives, and the learning activities and assessment methods).
• select and prepare learning/teaching activities that align with the relevant learning objectives. 

Teaching

• apply tools and strategies to engage the students in the learning activities, and adapt to prior knowledge and expectations.
• generate discussion during activities by asking critical and open-ended questions.
• recognize cultural and academic differences and their impact on the learning of culturally diverse students.
• apply tips and show commitment to enhance cultural and inclusion in group interactions. 

Assessment and Feedback

• formulate constructive feed back to increase the quality of learning.
• use assessment rubrics to grade student work reliably and transparently. 

Evaluation

• find solutions for the challenges facing them using, resources, evidence and peer collaboration.

ECTS

1

Available methods of payment

• Free