Reading Assignments: In addition to the journal articles listed in the syllabus, the following text is required:

• McKeachie, W.J. (get the newest edition). Teaching tips: strategies, research and theory for college and university teachers. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.

This is recommended, but not required:

• Angelo, TA and Cross, KP, Classroom Assessment Techniques; San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers.

Course Requirements and Assessment: Students will be graded based on:

• Participation – is based on the following: (25% of grade)
  • Class attendance  
  • Active participant in discussions
  • Peer analyst for microteaching sessions
  • Presentation of one microteaching session
  • Presentation of teaching portfolio or mock classroom research grant.
• Two (2) teaching observations of a health sciences instructor of your choice (15% of grade)
  • Students must request participation to sit in on at least two classes of the instructor of the same course, and fill out a detailed personal analysis (see end of syllabus for questions to be addressed)
• Preparation of a sample course syllabus and description (15%).
  • This course must be a NEW course that you would hope to teach in the future. You must construct the syllabus, determine the appropriate assignments, and choose appropriate readings.
  • Students must present their sample syllabus and description to the class (a.k.a. the "review board") and justify its creation.
• Preparation of a teaching philosophy/statement (10%)
• Teaching Portfolio  (35% of grade).
  • Students are encouraged to seek assistance from CITL (Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning) and the instructors about developing a basic teaching portfolio or course portfolio for a course they've already taught. See: http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/ for contact information.
  • See http://citl.indiana.edu/consultations/portfolios/index.php for an introduction to course portfolios.
  
  

Printable PDF of the course syllabus.                                                           Now for the weekly schedule.