Teaching and Learning Science

Aug 22, 29, Sept 5, 2025

Dre Catherine Suarez, CUSO EE, UNIGE; Mme Corinne Dentan, CUSO StarOmics, UNIL; Mme Debora Zoia, CUSO MPS, UNIL; Dre Emilie Genty, CUSO Microbiologie, UNINE

Dr. Konstantinos (Kostas) KAMPOURAKIS, UNIGE

Learning objectives:

At the end of this course the students should be able to:

• Apply some basic principles of curriculum development; 
• Define learning goals for their own teaching activities; 
• Distinguish between learning goals and the teaching approaches used to attain them; 
• Choose appropriate and relevant teaching experiences to attain the defined learning goals; 
• Design teaching sequences that aim to attain the defined learning goals; 
• Design summative assessments that correspond to the defined learning goals (curriculum alignment); 
• Develop formative assessments that can be effectively integrated into teaching sequences.

Schedule:

Day 1 (22 Aug) SESSION 1: 9:00-12:00 Theory (interactive lecture) Setting learning goals: distinguishing between teaching and learning
SESSION 2: 13:00-16:00 Theory (interactive lecture) Selecting learning experiences that are likely to attain learning goals: teaching for learning vs teaching for teaching

Day 2 (29 Aug) SESSION 3: 9:00-12:00 Theory (interactive lecture) Effectively organizing learning experiences: combining different teaching methods and setting up a curriculum
SESSION 4: 13:00-16:00 Theory (interactive lecture) Designing assessments: formative vs summative assessment and curriculum alignment

Day 3 (5 Sept)
SESSION 5: 9:00-12:00 Bringing it all together: designing teaching for learning Micro-teaching
SESSION 6: 13:00-16:00 Presentations and discussion

UNIL, Génopode 2016

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