Professional development course 1 Teaching and learning

Course

Date: Tuesday 4 February 2025

Time: 00.00

Location: Course start. Selfstudies, no course meeting

The course aims to support the professional development of teachers from all disciplinary areas at Stockholm University and requires no previous teaching or online experience.

This course provides colleagues at the university with a platform for academic development with a specific focus on the challenges and possibilities facing university teachers of today.

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • discuss and problematize on matters related to student learning.
  • plan, implement and evaluate different elements of teaching.
  • use and contribute to the development of physical and digital learning environments to promote learning among groups and individuals.
  • meet students in an inclusive manner and have knowledge of regulations and support for students with disabilities.
  • Use national and local regulations as well as discuss societal goals with higher education and academic teaching in relation to one’s own practice and student participation in education.
  • Demonstrate a reflective approach to one’s own academic teaching capacity, the relationship with the students and the value of higher education.
 

Course Content and Structure

The course builds on the principle of professional exchanges of experiences and ideas among university teachers and so requires active participation in all sessions. The course is organized around online seminar sessions and workshops introducing specific themes inviting discussion and reflection on issues of relevance to teaching in higher education, such as:

  • research on student learning in higher education
  • teaching methods
  • assessment and evaluation
  • theory informed practice
  • models for educational reflection and educational development

More specifically, the course includes six mandatory seminar days and three workshops in CeUL's program. The course involves preparatory work in relation to each seminar session. Therefore, remember to set aside time for this. The course is equivalent to 7,5 hp.

Towards the end of the course, participants will be expected to articulate in writing a personal reflection of her/his own approach to teaching.

CeUL:s workshop-program

The Professional development course 1 is semi-bilingual in that participants may write their examination tasks in Swedish, and when possible and appropriate participants may engage in dialogue in Swedish throughout the course. The course employs an inclusive language policy, and lectures will be offered in a language understandable to all participants. Participants are asked to procure reading literature during the course, and this too may be in another language than English.

 

Registration

Terms and conditions: Participation is free of charge for all employees at Stockholm University. Your application is processed within a few working days and you will receive a message through the signup system with instructions on how to complete your registration. After that your registration is binding. In case of cancellation later than four weeks before course start your department will be debited a cancellation fee of 2 000 SEK. By signing up you confirm that your registration is approved by the Head of (your) Department or equivalent.

Register here

 

Spring 2025

Coursestart (selfstudies): 4 Feb

Course days:
18 Feb at 916: Campus seminar
20 Feb at 916: Campus seminar
24 Feb at 912: Campus seminar
11 Mar at 912: Campus seminar                                          
18 Mar at 912: Campus seminar
21 Mar at 1316: Online exam seminar

Venue / Find your way: Campus Albano and Campus Frescati. Online seminar in Zoom. Link to schedule

Language: English

Course leader: Elias Schwieler Associate Professor Department of Education

Literature: University Teaching in Focus A learning - centred approach. (2nd ed.) Edited by Lynne Hunt and Denise Chalmers. London & New York: Routledge, 2021. (Available as E-book through SUB)

Certificate: Course seminars are mandatory.  Participants who gain a pass will be entitled to a certificate. CeUL courses are not registered in Ladok.

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