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300.750.01 TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Term: 3rd term
Credits: (3 credits)
Contact: Mary Sewell
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
Description:

Prospective instructors explore and practice key skills, including course planning and development; lecture planning and delivery; discussion leading; evaluating students and courses; and maintaining positive interactions with students. Encourages students to articulate their own educational philosophy. Identifies and discusses characteristics and behaviors of exemplary teachers.
Student Evaluation: Student evaluation based on two brief papers and a final project in which students work towards developing their own course or developing and delivering a lecture on material in their field.
Learning Objective:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to… •identify and describe their own teaching styles and learning styles •describe the important contextual and motivational aspects of managing the “educational space” and teaching effectively •design a university-level course, which includes development and/or selection of learning objectives, syllabus, lectures, participative learning activities, reading materials, and evaluation tools.
Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Tuesday 3:30 - 6:20
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 30
Enrollment Restriction: doctoral students in their second year or beyond, post-docs and fellows in all the JHMI institutions
Instructor Consent: No consent required
For consent, contact: msewell@jhsph.edu
Auditors Allowed: No
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
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