| Course ID: | GRSC 7800. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | College Teaching and Student Learning |
Course
Description: | This interdisciplinary course focuses on how undergraduates
learn. Participants will learn a variety of factors that
influence teaching and learning in an attempt to discover and
define what it means to be an effective college teacher, and
will also discuss theory, techniques, and strategies for
helping undergraduates become active learners. |
| Oasis Title: | COLLEGE TEACHING |
| Prerequisite: | GRSC 7770 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, students will:
• Increase their awareness about how people learn
• Examine pedagogy surrounding undergraduate teaching
• Explore learning strategies that can help improve
learning in the college classroom
• Observe and reflect on the practice of other college
teachers
• Discuss theories, techniques, and strategies for
helping students become active learners
• Plan lessons based on the strategies learned in this
class |
| Topical Outline: | • Active learning/promoting active classrooms
• Epistemological beliefs
• Collaborative learning techniques
• Study strategies
• Effective test construction for meaningful learning
• Ethics and teaching |