Participants review basic ideas about teaching, check current practices and, within the safe environment of the workshop, try new strategies and techniques. They then receive written, oral, and video feedback from their colleagues on the effectiveness of their lessons. Participants are encouraged to use this feedback to enhance their instructional and curriculum development skills. Videotaping is conducted to provide each participant with an additional resource. The videotape is for your own personal and professional development.
Participants play the roles of instructor and learner in turn.
They are encouraged to engage themselves actively in both roles and to provide and receive honest, non-judgemental feedback. Psychomotor, cognitive, and affective. The ISW sets up a supportive atmosphere to try different teaching techniques and to get constructive feedback without feeling threatened. When I was asked to go, I didn t realize I would get as much out of the course as I did. It was a great help in my teaching.