Content

This four-day course (2 x 2 days) covers the basics of professional university teaching. The participants will improve their methodological knowledge about the teaching-learning interaction and how that setting might be effectively influenced. The objective is to reach a level of learner-centred teaching that will lead to a deep-level learning approach with the students.
Participants will be required to reflect on their own teaching experiences and their role as university teachers.
The content we offer:

• Principles and aspects of teaching and learning
• Learner-centred teaching and Constructive Alignment
• Teaching methods fostering deep-level learning
• Challenges and diversity in teaching
• Assessment
• Feedback and Evaluation

The methods we use:

• Short inputs
• Group work
• Discussions
• Reflection of own teaching experiences

The course is part of module “Teaching and Learning I” of the Baden-Württemberg certificate in Higher Education and Staff Development. For those, who are interested in completing the whole module I, participants will additionally have to take part in the following:

• Group consultations on specific teaching issues or questions
• Planning seminar/lecture designs and classroom observation
• Written self-evaluation report on the individual learning process