Suitability
Postgraduates, Research Staff who teach and other Part-time Teachers
(from any discipline) who have some experience of teaching and who have
an interest in further developing their teaching skills and gaining
greater understanding of their role and responsibilities as a HE
teacher. It is expected that participants will have attended one or
more of: Learning and Teaching in Tutorials, Seminars, Problems Classes
and Workshops; Assessing Students Work; Laboratories and Practical
Classes; Learning and Teaching in Lectures. By booking you are
indicating that you are available to attend the full session. Please
note that if you arrive late or leave part way through the session your
attendance may be disregarded. If the workshop is FULL, then please
register on our waiting list by emailing your details to Ruth Allcroft
(r.allcroft@leeds.ac.uk).
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Description
Aim: This session involves participants exploring methods of reviewing
their teaching so they can improve their own teaching practice, and
develop their confidence and professionalism as teachers in higher
education.
Outcomes: At the end of the workshop, participants will be better
able to:
•Use a range of methods for gaining feedback on their own teaching
•Make use of a variety of ways to evidence reflection on their
teaching
•Respond appropriately to student feedback
•Use reflection as a means to develop as a teaching professional
Content: This workshop is an interactive small group session which uses
group activities as the basis of discussion about developing teaching
practice. Resources to support continuing professional development in
teaching are also provided.
Participant feedback:What benefit will this session have for your work?
'[It] will improve my teaching practices throughout my career' Ruba
Khamam. What did you most benefit from the session? 'The different
examples of feedback [and] ways of gathering feedback' & 'Identifying
means of evidencing reflection and professionalism brainstorming'
Anonymous.
Tutor: Clara Davies is a Senior Academic Staff Development Officer in
the Learning and Teaching team of SDDU. Clara has a background in
Engineering and has extensive experience both as a researcher in
industry and as a university lecturer. She is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy, a Senior Fellow of the Staff and Educational
Development Association, and a University Teaching Fellow
Related Workshops: This workshop is part of a series of workshops for
postgraduates, research staff and part-time teachers at the University
of Leeds. For full details of the workshops between October 2013 and
May 2014 please see link; http://www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/sddu-lt-pgpt.html
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