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Approaches to Teaching Intended Learning Outcomes:
Aims By the end of the topic students will be better able to:
This topic offers students a chance to consider 1. Reflect on their approaches to teaching and
teaching methods relevant to their discipline. its influence on learning.
There is wide scope for consideration of a variety of
teaching methods such as Problem Based Learning 2. Analyse how they foster different approaches
(PBL), interactive group teaching, small group in student learning.
teaching, and laboratory demonstrating and lecturing.
3. Evaluate effective teaching strategies that
Teaching Methods encourage deeper approaches to learning.
4. Recognise the role that constructive.
alignment can play in supporting the student
learning experience.
5. Consider some of the educational literature in
this area.
This topic is taught through an initial face-to-face Initial Reading:
seminar, followed by individual work which is then
submitted for formative assessment. This will be Ramsden, P. (1992) Teaching strategies for effective
supported by directed reading of 5-10 key papers learning. In ‘Learning to teach in Higher Education’.
or readings that form an appropriately accessible Routledge
theoretical underpinning.
What is the best teaching method to use? How Rogers, A. (2002) Teaching: Content and Methods. In
to decide? This topic offers a chance to consider ‘Teaching Adults’ Third Edition, Open University Press
existing teaching methods, how they work (or not)
and possible alternatives. The topic allows you to ask Outcome Assignment: :
why you use a certain method to teach, and offers an
approach to framing methods in the wider context of The assessment is an analysis of a teaching
assessment, learning and teaching resources. This method and will ask you to integrate the theoretical
topic represents five ECTS worth of study, beginning knowledge from the directed reading with your
with a seminar leading to directed reading and self- experience and for example justify the approach
study based in the students’ actual teaching practice. to teaching used or compare and contrast different
The actual balance of these activities will depend possible teaching approaches. You are required to
on the previous experience and actual teaching be reflective about your actual teaching, challenge
responsibilities of individual students and the path accepted practice and provide theoretical and
to completing the outcome assignment will, to some contextual justification for their arguments. Full
extent, be individually negotiated. assignment details and further reading are provided
in the seminar.
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