After completing the studies, the participant is expected to - be familiar with the central theoretical questions for university teaching and learning - understand the role of learning objectives and assessment in teaching and curriculum design - understand the idea of constructive alignment in teaching and be able to apply the idea in their own practice - be able to support and supervise learning activities in flexible ways in various contexts of academic teaching - identify personal and institutional goals in developing pedagogical expertise and practice
Contents
- learning in higher education: theories and practice - constructive alignment: learning objectives, teaching methods and assessment promoting learning - curriculum in higher education; research-teaching nexus - teaching in higher education: lectures, supervisory processes and collaboration in online and traditional learning environments - developing expertise in teaching
Teaching language
Finnish,
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
Finnish
In
English
Exercise(s)
In
Finnish
Portfolio
In
Finnish
Internship
In
Finnish
Active participation in contact days, online seminars and tasks and study circle exercises (individual and group assignments) and an elaborated developmental case in one`s own work.
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Pass/fail.
Assessment of learning is carried out via various tasks during the course, as well as a practical developmental task and portfolio completed towards the end of the course. The assessment focuses on how the teacher recognizes and explicates his or her problem-solving activities in the developmental task and how the participant recognizes and explicates his or her learning and teaching approach or philosophy and identifies points for development.
Study materials
Biggs, J. & Tang, C. 2007. Teaching for quality learning at university: what the student does. 3rd edition. Available online at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/Tampere/docDetail.action?DocID=10229859
Hunt, L. & Chalmers, D. (eds) 2013. University teaching in focus. A learning-centred approach. London & New York: Routledge. Available online at http://www.tampere.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1092635