Teaching and Learning Science

TBC

Dre Catherine Suarez, CUSO EE UNIGE
Mme Corinne Dentan, CUSO StarOmics UNIL
Mme Debora Zoia, CUSO MPS, UNIL
Dre Sarah Miéville, CUSO Microbiology UNINE

Dr 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.

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

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

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, room TBC

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