M620: Pedagogical Methods in the Health Sciences
    Week 1:     Getting Started
     
     

    Introduction and welcome
    • What makes a syllabus
    • Profiles of undergraduate students
    • Diversity in the student body
    • Instructional Observation Directions
    • What makes a good instructor?
    • What makes a good course?
    • Who are your students?

    Readings for discussion

    • Godfrey
    • Lionni
    • How People Learn, chapter 1
    • McKeachie, chapter 1
    • Trophy Generation

    Assignment due next week.

    • Think about a course you would like to teach, or anticipate being asked to teach.
    • You will use this practice course to develop a syllabus later in M620.
    • What's the title of your course?
    • What sort of assessments would you use?
    • Can you anticipate student learning styles?

    Week 2

     


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