Suitability
Postgraduates, Research Staff who teach and other Part-time Teachers
(from any discipline) who work with large groups of students or who will
be expected to deliver 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: The workshop aims to support those new to teaching to prepare for
and deliver lectures.
Outcomes: At the end of this workshop, participants will be better
able to:
•Discuss the main purposes of lectures
•Address factors that help (and hinder) learning in large group
environments
•Prepare and structure lectures or large group teaching sessions
•Promote student learning during lectures or large group teaching
Content: The workshop is an interactive session which explores what
lectures are trying to (and can) achieve to support student learning;
how to prepare to present ideas as effectively as possible and how to
encourage student interaction in a large group setting. Some technology
which can be used in the lecture theatre will also be discussed and
demonstrated.
Participant feedback: What benefits will this session have for your
work? 'Better delivery and much [better] understanding from the
students' Anonymous. 'I feel like I now have better tools to help me
plan more effective lectures. I will think about putting activity
breaks into my lectures' Abby Sadawi.
Tutor: Rebecca Dearden is a Senior Academic Staff Development Officer
in the Learning and Teaching team of SDDU. Rebecca has a legal
background and has extensive teaching experience in academic, vocational
and professional education in both the private sector and HE. Rebecca
is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Senior Fellow of
the
Staff and
Educational Development Association, and has a MA in Lifelong Learning
from the University of Leeds.
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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