Course Description
This course on university teaching is for first year Ph.D. students. The course will introduce students to the issues, practices and strategies for teaching at the university level. Through assigned readings and in-class discussions, the course will prepare students to observe teaching and to demonstrate teaching of in a mini-lesson from their subject area in English, Chinese, Portuguese, or Philosophy. Students will be evaluated based on individual participation, contributions in-class, and teaching the mini-lesson.
Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, each student will (1) have learnt the fundamentals skills involved in the practice of teaching and (2) will be able to employ these skills to teach a mini-lesson in his/her subject area in English, Chinese, Portuguese or Philosophy.