Exploring Teaching Outside Academia: orientation and reflection

Course impression

This introductory course is meant for PhD candidates and postdocs who want to explore and experience the art of teaching and the teaching profession outside academia. Candidates join sessions at WUR as well as do a short internship within an educational institution outside of WUR.

Content

The course will intertwine interactive sessions and (peer) review sessions at WUR with a short internship at an educational institution of the participants liking. Participants will be introduced to basic didactic skills and educational design skills, both in active tutorials as well as by observing experienced teachers/trainers working at an educational level of their own choice (for examples; see section target group) at an educational institution in which they do a short internship. Participants will prepare and teach at least two (short) interactive lessons for a group of students at their internship place. he educational level at which the participants did the observation. The course finalizes with a reflective session in which both teaching skills and further development thereof, and future ambitions in becoming a teacher, will be subject of reflection.

The following activities will be addressed during the course: Intake talk, didactic skills theory and practice, educational design,  internship / teaching at a school or polytechnicon, observation days in practice, (peer)review sessions and reflection

NB.

1. The course is based on the Dutch education system. Hence participants must be fluent in Dutch.
2. Participants must find a internship location themselves.

Learning outcomes

After this course you should be able to:

• identify the prior knowledge and learning needs of your target group;
• prepare a class or a training session that fits the learning needs of your target group by using a lesson plan;
• employ basic didactic principles in your teaching;
• reflect on your teaching skills;
• reflect on your ambitions to become a teacher and further develop your teaching skills.

Content

1. Start: 1 hours intake with those registered (preferably before summer holiday of early September)
2. The course itself consisting of:
   • 3 x 0.5 days training on:
     • Designing of “active” education activity
     • Managing the class room, target group analysis
     • Scientific and didactital  basis of education elements
   • 1.5 days in total for support in peer coaching, feedback and support
   • Participants will have to follow 5-6 days internship in which they must give at least 2 activities/classes. Rest of the time of the internship is spent on observation, reporting and reflection of what is happening, what they experience and what they learn to finally know if teaching outside of academia is their thing or not
   • 1 hour meeting with the course trainer/coach in which they reflect and get feedback from the coach

Information

1. 2 lecturers will be responsible for the complete training
2. Training will be September/October/November, divided over several weeks
    

For more information please contact:

• Claudius van de Vijver
  Email: claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl
  Phone: (+31)317 485116