Demonstrate understanding of different instructional techniques. Demonstrate awareness of policies and issues that impact upon the role of the college instructor or teaching assistant. This graduate seminar is designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants and future and current college and university faculty. The course has no prerequisites. Classes have been designed to examine issues involving college teaching and equip students with skills and insights.
All classes are interactive seminars.
Active participation is all seminars is expected. This course introduces students to the formal scholarship on college teaching and engages students in a discussion of relevant issues. All participants will be expected to lead as well as engage in seminar discussions. Note that the instructor reserved the right to return any submitted paper for modification before accepting it as fulfilling a course requirement. All papers must be submitted by December 14, 1999.