Seminar on Science Teaching: Strategies on how to Conceptualize, Conduct and Assess College Teaching
| Instructors: Bill Burke and Linda Worley (Teaching and Learning Center, University of Kentucky) |
| Credits: |
| Offered: January 6 to January 10, 8:30 to 12:00 noon |
Effective teaching methods; organization of courses, lectures, laboratory exercises; development and evaluation of examinations; comptuers and audiovisual aids.
Graduate students in the science teaching colleges of the College of Natural Sciences, JABSOM, CTAHR and SOEST.
Topics to be Addressed
Research on learning
| How students construct knowledge |
| Students' prior knowledge and misconceptions - assessing and using this data |
| Difficulties associated with learning in different disciplines (e.g., natural science, social science, humanities, etc.) |
Designing courses
| Making your discipline-specific teaching goals explicit |
| Choosing instructional strategies to accomplish your course goals |
Using effective teaching methods
| Effective lecturing techniques |
| Strategies to encourage active learning and critical thinking in your discipline |
| Incorporating educational technology (AV, CD/ROM, e-mail, World Wide Web) |
Assessing teaching and learning effectiveness
| Using ongoing classroom assessment techniques for feedback appropriate to your field |
| Developing and evaluating exams and other assignments |
| Comments from a former student: | "Professor Bill Burke taught us a way to plan and organize our teaching strategies by focusing on our GPA: Goals, Procedures and Assessments. When planning a lecture or lab session, it is important to determine what you would like the students to learn or accomplish (goals); a plan of how the students will reach these goals (procedures); and a method of determining whether or not the estudents have successfully reached those goals (assessment). I have found that by thinking about these three factors when planning my lectures and how I will run a lab, the exercises run smoothly and the students are more successful." |