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collaborators or assistants. Teaching Outside the
6. Better able to plan and evaluate the success Classroom
of activities they chose to do.
Initial Reading: Aims
Given the nature of this topic, reading will differ from Fieldcourses, extracurricular teaching, work
other topics, and students will be directed to relevant, placement supervision and work-based learning
current, material on public engagement. all take place outside of a classic classroom/lab
and merits attention because of the extra risks,
Outcome Assignment: complicated preparation, costs, co-teaching with
industry, reliance on teaching assistants and
A plan of a proposed outreach activity linked to the difficulties of assessment. This workshop aims
student’s own interests and context, to include: to introduce students to some examples of non-
classroom teaching and assessment, including
1. Identify intended audience(s) and intended administrative issues. Examples discussed may
impact on audience and other stakeholders include Constructionarium, ESE geo-fieldtrips, iGEM,
(including your funding body, your profession, Space Station Design Competition, Computing
yourself and Imperial). placements and Life Sciences fieldwork.
2. State resource requirements for the activity, Teaching Methods
identifying likely sources of material, labour (your
own, administrators, teaching assistants, others), Initial face-to-face 2-hour session with slides/
location (type and size of venue), pre-publicity discussion, followed by students engaging in reading,
and follow-up publicity. investigating out-of-classroom teaching to suit their
context and doing individual work on the assignment.
3. Create a timeline, including milestones for design, The initial seminar will introduce students to some of
implement, evaluate, follow-up. the issues including justification/benefits, funding,
resources, assessment, evaluation and reputational
4. Create an evaluation strategy including how you enhancement. It will be helpful if you arrive at the
will measure impact and/or demonstrate benefit. seminar with an idea of what fieldcourse/non-
Include efficiency/repeatability/transferability classroom teaching you’d like to plan/report.
within the evaluation strategy.
5. Outline the approach you could take on reporting
your public engagement activity to the funding
body or to Imperial/institutions.
ECTS credits: 2.5
UKPSF Indicative Mapping: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, K1, K2,
K5, V2, V4 plus possibly V1, V3
Word Count: 750-1500
Tutor: Alison Ahearn
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