A teaching philosophy statement (TPS) is a short (1-2 page) personal narrative describing your approach to teaching and learning. It is often a crucial part of a teaching portfolio and job application for an academic position.
Join us on March 25, 5-8 PM in the University Centre (SSMU) for the 6th annual Undergraduate Science Showcase!
This workshop is designed to equip you with the essential skills to find and critically read chemistry education research.
Have students’ perceptions of engagement changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? Is it harder to focus on lectures in the “attention economy”? Are students engaging with learning in ways that are more autonomous—such as watching recorded lectures?
This workshop will introduce neuroscientific concepts that students and instructors can use to enhance teaching and learning in different disciplines. Data from McGill research will be shared, along with best practices from the literature.
Take this quick quiz to get ideas for engaging your students in learning; then challenge yourself to try at least one new one!
Interested in learning how your students might engage with historical documents, eye-witness accounts, images, and early printed maps, or modern archival papers and digital collections?
Wondering how to enhance student engagement, promote discussions, and encourage deep learning? Join us for a session where you will experience several strategies through demonstrations and peer sharing.
This TL KB article is intended to support instructors with integrating dimensions of sustainability into their courses.
In this workshop, we will examine an integrated approach to writing and assessing learning outcomes to support sustainability education.
An EDI statement in course outlines and/or on myCourses lets you share with students your values, understandings, commitments, and pedagogical actions rela
Participants will examine ways to promote engagement by enhancing equity and accessibility of course outlines. We will explore student perspectives, strategies for fostering inclusion, and reflect on potential changes we might like to make.
In response to students’ lack of essential studying strategies, we aimed to foster students’ ability to study effectively, enhancing their course engagement. One learning strategy explored was retrieval practice.
Ever thought about the positive impacts of tone in course outlines or where in a course outline tone is most likely to have an impact on student perceptions of the course?
Test your knowledge of strategies to help ensure students come to class prepared to engage in learning.
Have you or your students experienced a microaggression in class? While it may only take a moment for a microaggression to occur, its impact can last longer.
Introduce them to The successful TA: A practical approach to effective teaching (2022) (free PDF download).