The Instructional Development Centre General Sciences Building, Room 217, ext. The Centre serves individual instructors, teaching assistants, departments and other groups directly affecting teaching and learning. The Centre works closely with the University Committee on Teaching and Learning. It also provides administrative services for the Grants programme. Groups or individual McMaster instructors, teaching assistants, students or departments may apply.
Detailed criteria are available on request.
The Centre plans and organizes T.A. Day, a campus-wide welcome and orientation programme for teaching assistants. In the spring, The Centre also offers a credit course in teaching to help graduate students become familiar with the literature on university teaching and to develop some basic skills in the practical aspects of teaching. Generally, the topics are ones requested by instructors or departments and typically include subjects such as teaching large classes, self-directed learning, research on learning and teaching methods, lecturing, small group discussion, simulations and the use of technology in education. A major part of the Centre's work is discussing current courses with instructors. The instructor or department provides the expertise in the course content.