Course Description
Provides graduate teaching assistants with pedagogical knowledge and skills to teach undergraduate courses and information about the support systems that are available to support teaching and learning in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UGA.
Athena Title
Teaching in Ag and Env Sci
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course, the learner will be able to: 1. Apply learning theories and practices in the design and delivery of instruction. 2. Design instructional plans to guide learning in the cognitive and psychomotor domains.
Topical Outline
Week 1 Preparing course objectives and outcomes Week 2 Preparing the syllabus Week 3 Developing lesson plans Week 4 Preparing for out-of-class teaching Week 5 The first day of class Week 6 The psychology of learning, from a layperson Week 7 Active learning strategies Week 8 Problem-based learning Week 9 Teaching students how to be better students, better listeners Week 10 Student reading, student writing Week 11 Facilitating discussion in your class Week 12 Making lectures effective Week 13 Assessments - formal and informal, and grading Week 14 Designing effective tests and other summative assessments Week 15 Problem students, student problems
Syllabus
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