Are you a teaching assistant, group leader or mentor peers?
Students who teach students are very important to the mission of the faculty, and with this course we hope to improve the experience—while building critical skills—for everybody. The course is taught in English.
If you are interested please apply through this form: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=18432604 by 15 August (and the sooner, the better).
Any questions can be sent to sehoya.cotner@uib.no or oddfrid.forland@uib.no
All the best,
Sehoya Cotner
Professor
Director, STEM Education Research Center
MNPED101 / Introduction to peer teaching for teaching assistants and group leaders
Full course description in Norwegian https://www4.uib.no/studier/emner/mnped101 and in English https://www4.uib.no/en/studies/courses/mnped101
MNPED101 (Introduction to peer teaching for teaching assistants and group leaders) is intended for students teaching or mentoring other students (peer teaching): new and early-career teaching assistants, group leaders, and tutors in the Faculty of Science and Technology. We welcome advanced bachelor-level students, master-level students, and PhDs new to peer teaching. Emphasis will be placed on preparing students to teach using student-active, evidence-based instructional strategies.
This 2.5 ECTS course will involve students in two, four-hour classes in the beginning of the semester (20 and 21 August at 12-16). Additional requirements include three assignments throughout the semester. Course participants will receive a certificate attesting to their completion.
Course goals:
- Provide peer teachers in NT with a unified training experience
- Clarify roles, responsibilities and expectations associated with peer teaching in the faculty
- Give peer teachers a toolkit of resources for facilitating inquiry, addressing common challenges, soliciting and responding to feedback, grading assignments, and fostering a sense of belonging in their teaching roles
If you are interested please apply through this form: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=18432604 by 15 August (and the sooner, the better).
Any questions can be sent to sehoya.cotner@uib.no or oddfrid.forland@uib.no