Exploring the Art of Improv for Your Teaching and in Your Teaching

  • Foundations in Teaching
Medical Campus
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

How can the art of improv strengthen your teaching and support your teaching activities? Traditional approaches to teaching in the college classroom can often be stilted and scripted. Yet, in order to respond to our students’ needs and draw them into the learning process deeply we need to be present, […]

CTL Graduate Student & Postdoc Open House

  • Other
Schoenberg Gallery, lower level Mallinckrodt
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Drop in to learn how the CTL supports graduate students and postdocs through engaging programs and resources. Chat with Educational Development Staff and Fellows about:• Enrolling in the Professional Development in Teaching program• Getting involved in CTL programming and learning communities• Joining in at our “Teaching is Fun” activity tables• […]

Introduction to Pedagogical Scholarship

  • Advanced Pedagogies Workshop (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences)
  • Advanced Pedagogies Workshop (STEM)
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

So, you’ve heard the terms scholarly teaching, SoTL, TAR, and DBER but what do they mean? How are they related? In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs, we will define various modes of pedagogical research and discuss similarities and differences between them. Participants will also learn about qualitative and […]

The Power of Reflection: Finding Joy in Your Teaching Practice

  • Teaching with Joy
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this interactive session participants will explore techniques for developing a sustained practice of reflection on their teaching. Reflection involves considering past or present experiences, learning from those experiences, and thinking about how to approach similar situations in the future. This session will focus on the formative powers of reflection […]