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Intended Learning Outcomes: Research and Teaching
By the end of the topic students will be better able to: Aims
1. Consider teaching as being, where possible, Imperial College is a research intensive university; its
research led, research oriented, research staff are often involved with cutting edge disciplinary
based and research informed. research of international significance. As such,
research activity is given high priority and teaching is
2. Discuss critically opportunities for often viewed as a secondary activity and separated
undergraduate students to use enquiry-based from research. This topic challenges staff to examine
learning as a way of learning about research ways of integrating their research and teaching roles
and research skills in addition to disciplinary where possible, using them to mutual benefit.
knowledge.
Teaching Methods
3. Understand the potential for teaching, both
undergraduate and postgraduate, to directly
and indirectly support their research activity.
4. Consider pedagogic research in their
disciplinary and personal context.
Outcome Assignment: Students will attend an initial seminar, where they
will be asked to bring any examples they have of
Students will be asked to submit a short written piece how they integrate teaching and research. This will
identifying potential opportunities for integrating form the basis of a discussion about recognising and
their research and teaching activities. This will cover maximising potential opportunities for integration.
opportunities in the following areas: This will be further developed using examples
of good practice from College and beyond. The
• Using research to support teaching and tenets of enquiry-based learning and good practice
learning for integrating teaching will also be discussed.
Opportunities for pedagogic research will also
• The possibility of disciplinary pedagogic be covered briefly (with links forward to the MEd
research programme).
This will be discussed in a personal and disciplinary Intended Learning Outcomes:
context and opportunities and constraints identified.
Ideally the piece will include a plan for exploiting By the end of the topic students will be better able to:
some of the opportunities identified.
1. Consider teaching as being, where possible,
ECTS credits: 5 research led, research oriented, research
UK PSF Indicative Mapping: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, K3, K5, based and research informed.
V3, V4
Word Count: 1500-2000 2. Discuss critically opportunities for
Tutor: Dr Martyn Kingsbury undergraduate students to use enquiry-based
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Intended Learning Outcomes: Research and Teaching
By the end of the topic students will be better able to: Aims
1. Consider teaching as being, where possible, Imperial College is a research intensive university; its
research led, research oriented, research staff are often involved with cutting edge disciplinary
based and research informed. research of international significance. As such,
research activity is given high priority and teaching is
2. Discuss critically opportunities for often viewed as a secondary activity and separated
undergraduate students to use enquiry-based from research. This topic challenges staff to examine
learning as a way of learning about research ways of integrating their research and teaching roles
and research skills in addition to disciplinary where possible, using them to mutual benefit.
knowledge.
Teaching Methods
3. Understand the potential for teaching, both
undergraduate and postgraduate, to directly
and indirectly support their research activity.
4. Consider pedagogic research in their
disciplinary and personal context.
Outcome Assignment: Students will attend an initial seminar, where they
will be asked to bring any examples they have of
Students will be asked to submit a short written piece how they integrate teaching and research. This will
identifying potential opportunities for integrating form the basis of a discussion about recognising and
their research and teaching activities. This will cover maximising potential opportunities for integration.
opportunities in the following areas: This will be further developed using examples
of good practice from College and beyond. The
• Using research to support teaching and tenets of enquiry-based learning and good practice
learning for integrating teaching will also be discussed.
Opportunities for pedagogic research will also
• The possibility of disciplinary pedagogic be covered briefly (with links forward to the MEd
research programme).
This will be discussed in a personal and disciplinary Intended Learning Outcomes:
context and opportunities and constraints identified.
Ideally the piece will include a plan for exploiting By the end of the topic students will be better able to:
some of the opportunities identified.
1. Consider teaching as being, where possible,
ECTS credits: 5 research led, research oriented, research
UK PSF Indicative Mapping: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, K3, K5, based and research informed.
V3, V4
Word Count: 1500-2000 2. Discuss critically opportunities for
Tutor: Dr Martyn Kingsbury undergraduate students to use enquiry-based
EDU © Imperial College London 2014-15 41
