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 workshop is intended to help participants become better able
to help students to learn successfully, by addressing the principal
factors which underpin successful learning.
Outcomes: At the end of the workshop, participants will be better
able to:
•Reflect on their own approaches to learning
•Identify principal factors underpinning successful student
learning
•Design teaching sessions to promote student learning
Content: This workshop is an interactive small group session which uses
group activities as the basis of discussion about the process of student
learning.
Participant feedback: What benefits will this session have for your
work? 'It will make me a better teacher and give me a better
understanding about students needs' Reem El-Gendy. What did you most
benefit from this session? 'Concepts to learning and approach to
learning and teaching' Francis. 'Learning about educational
theories/approaches, learning about my own tendencies as a supervisor
and techniques on how to listen and ask questions' Anz.
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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