| Course ID: | GRSC 7950. 1 hour. |
| Course Title: | Developing an Academic Teaching Portfolio |
Course
Description: | This interdisciplinary course will focus on writing a teaching
philosophy statement as the core component for creating a
teaching portfolio based on the guidelines for the Graduate
School’s Teaching Portfolio program. |
| Oasis Title: | Teaching Portfolio |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught as a weekly workshop, which will
include instructional and peer review/feedback components.
Students will develop each section of their Teaching Portfolio
with the opportunity for instructor and peer review. This course
cannot be used to fulfill requirements on the program of study
for a graduate degree. It can be used to fulfill the requirements
of the Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching. |
| Prerequisite: | GRSC 7770 and permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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| Course Objectives: | This seminar will provide students with opportunities to explore
their views of the teaching and learning process and develop
materials that reflect their individual views and experiences for
their portfolios. The University of Georgia Graduate School
guidelines for the Teaching Portfolio will provide the basis for
creating a final teaching portfolio. Development of the
portfolio will include discussion of teaching and learning
strategies and issues that arise in the classroom, and members
have the opportunity to open their classrooms for exchange visits
with one another. Students will engage in research, writing, and
reflection on the teaching/learning process and their own
teaching.
Learning outcomes of this course will be to:
• examine individual basic beliefs about teaching and learning,
gaining knowledge about the evidence-based research that support
your beliefs
• write a philosophy of teaching, gaining awareness of the
importance and overall direction this provides for your teaching
• produce and assemble the basic elements in a teaching
portfolio to support your teaching philosophy
• gain new teaching strategies and design ideas for teaching
• develop reflective practice skills for continuous improvement
of your teaching
• establish peer mentoring relationships with others in the
seminar
• experience civility and support for the teaching of the
disciplines represented in the seminar |
| Topical Outline: | I. What is the purpose of a teaching portfolio?
II. What is a teaching philosophy?
III. Format of teaching portfolio – traditional and digital
IV. Teaching styles
V. Approaches to writing a teaching philosophy
VI. Teaching evaluation
VII. Strategies to engage students in learning
VIII. Use of student materials
IX. Alternative strategies to demonstrate teaching/learning
activities
X. Innovative teaching projects
XI. Professional development and training related to teaching
XII. Letters of support
XIII. Legal consideration in the classroom
XIV. Using and presenting the teaching portfolio in the job
search |