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PG CERT ULT
Outcome Assignment:
Assessment is by a 1500-2000 word written piece
describing the students’ personal approach and
strategy for supervision with disciplinary context
and personal practice. This will typically require the
students to integrate some of the relevant theoretical
knowledge from the directed reading and seminar
with their experience and examine their approach and
strategy for supervision and to consider alternatives.
Students would be required to be reflective about
their actual supervision, challenge accepted practice
and provide theoretical and contextual justification
for their arguments.
ECTS credits: 5
UKPSF Indicative Mapping: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, K3, K5,
V3, V4
Word Count: 1500-2000
Tutor: Dr Martyn Kingsbury
Research and Teaching
Aims
Imperial College is a research intensive university; its
staff are often involved with cutting edge disciplinary
research of international significance. As such,
research activity is given high priority and teaching is
often viewed as a secondary activity and separated
from research. This topic challenges staff to examine
ways of integrating their research and teaching roles
where possible, using them to mutual benefit.
Teaching Methods
Students will attend an initial seminar, where they
will be asked to bring any examples they have of
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how they integrate teaching and research. This will
form the basis of a discussion about recognising and
maximising potential opportunities for integration.
This will be further developed using examples
of good practice from College and beyond. The
tenets of enquiry-based learning and good practice
for integrating teaching will also be discussed.
Opportunities for pedagogic research will also
be covered briefly (with links forward to the MEd
programme).
Intended Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the topic students will be better able to:
1. Define their personal and disciplinary context
regarding the potential integration of teaching
and research.
2. Examine the potential positive reciprocal
interaction between teaching and research in
their personal and disciplinary context.
3. Critically discuss opportunities for
undergraduate teaching being, where
possible, research led, research oriented,
research based and research informed.
4. Consider pedagogic research in their
disciplinary and personal context.
Outcome Assignment:
Students will be asked to submit a short piece of
writing (750-1500 words) with evidence of integrating
the given reading and at least one other reference
appropriate to their context.
This work should briefly summarise their personal and
disciplinary context and their views of opportunities
for and/or barriers to integrating their research and
teaching activities.