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Preparing Future Faculty: Teaching Graduate Students to Teach

Preparing Future Faculty: Teaching Graduate Students to Teach. Judy Miller (jmiller@wpi.edu). Professor, Biology and Biotechnology Director, Center for Educational Development, Technology, and Assessment Co-instructor, IDG501 Seminar in College Teaching. Why a course on college teaching?.

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Preparing Future Faculty: Teaching Graduate Students to Teach

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  1. Preparing Future Faculty: Teaching Graduate Students to Teach

  2. Judy Miller (jmiller@wpi.edu) • Professor, Biology and Biotechnology • Director, Center for Educational Development, Technology, and Assessment • Co-instructor, IDG501 Seminar in College Teaching

  3. Why a course on college teaching? • Value to the larger academic community (PFF) • Value to WPI • Value to graduate students

  4. Course history • Seminar and Practicum in College Teaching since 1995 • New in 2002: • Collaboration with Clark Univ. • Free tuition for WPI and Clark students • Condensed schedule • Hybrid F2F/online format • Next: Consortium-wide Certificate in College Teaching

  5. Course content/objectives • philosophy of teaching • student motivation/development • learning objectives/syllabus • lecture techniques • active learning methods • testing and grading • available resources

  6. Course format • Hybrid F2F/online • interactive • discussion board • Model the method • Assignment highlights: • video critique project • teaching portfolio

  7. Hala Mokbel • BS in Civil Engineering, CairoUniversity, Egypt • Structural Engineer • Graduate student at CEE Dept at WPI, 1st semester as a TA

  8. Personal Experience: Before Taking the Course • New career • Effective teaching skills • Professional development

  9. Personal Experience: During the Course • Overall impression • Notable aspects On-line Forum Teaching Portfolio

  10. Personal Experience: After Taking the Course • Value added

  11. Jason Gleghorn • BS Mechanical Engineering, WPI • WPI/UMass Medical School Joint BME PhD Program • Massachusetts Certified Special Education Teacher K-12

  12. IDG501 – What is the big deal? • Lesson plans, Syllabus design, Mechanics of lecturing, etc • Exposure to new ideas -> guest speakers & classmates Philosophy of teaching!

  13. Present & Future • Practicum • Redesign of Curriculum • Integration of project based education • Future in Academia

  14. Questions?

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