Introduction to teaching human science

This course focuses on practical teaching and is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers with little or no experience of teaching within the Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, or Faculty of Law.

Course

Date:

Monday 13 October 2025

Time:

13.00 – 16.00

Location:

Course start on campus

This course focuses on practical teaching and is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers with little or no experience of teaching within the academic area for Human Science; faculty of Humanities, faculty of Social Sciences, or faculty of Law.

 

Course content and structure

The main object of the course is to provide an opportunity for you to develop skill and confidence in your teaching by:

• getting acquainted with the regulations, rules and policies for university teaching
• discussing and reflecting on selected educational readings in higher education teaching and learning
• identifying core concepts of teaching and students’ learning in Higher Education
• observing a colleague’s teaching.
• planning different forms of teaching in your own discipline

This will all together provide a solid basis for your teaching. The course contains synchronous as well as asynchronous assignments and offers six mandatory interactive seminars which give you good opportunities to reflect on and discuss both your role as a teacher and the students’ learning processes.

The course corresponds to two weeks' full-time work, i.e. equivalent to 3 credits. The course is bilingual with English as the primary language of instruction. Swedish or English can be used for written assignments.

 

Registration

This course is intended for, and offered free of charge to, employees or affiliates of Stockholm University. After submitting your application, you will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt. Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified via the booking system regarding whether you have been granted a place. Please note that your registration is binding. If you withdraw less than four weeks before the course start date, your department will be debited a cancellation fee of 2 000 SEK. By registering, you confirm that your participation has been approved by your Head of Department or equivalent.

Register for the course via our course portal

 

Autumn 2025

Course meetings (all days at 13─16): 13 October, 20 October, 3 November, 10 November, 17 November, and 24 November.

Venue/find your way to: Seminars are held on campus. Link to schedule

Language: Bilingual (Swedish and English). You are able to choose language for discussions and written assignments.

Course leader: Tore Nilsson, Senior lecturer at the Departement of Teaching and Learning

Course literature: To be announced

Course certificate: Participants who achieve a Pass will be provided with a certificate that they can register at their department and append to future applications for appointments.

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