Panel: Jacquelyn Cranney, Stephen Marshall, Janet Chan, Jennie Lang, and Eileen Baldry. This interactive session will examine the concept of “Global Citizenship”. As a UNSW graduate attribute, global citizenship is defined as “a commitment to embracing cultural diversity” and graduates are expected to be: culturally aware and capable of respecting diversity and acting in socially […]
How do we help students to become global citizens? – 10 May 2011, 1-2pm, John Goodsell Building LG19
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Designing Assessment to Develop Students as Researchers – 3 May 2011, 1-2pm, John Goodsell LG29
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Dr Patsie Polly (School of Medical Sciences, Medicine) and Ms Gwyn Jones (Learning Centre) In this interactive session, Dr Patsie Polly (School of Medical Sciences, Medicine) and Ms Gwyn Jones (Learning Centre) share their experience of designing and implementing an approach to assessment to enhance student learning and engage them as researchers. Their approach, which […]
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Upcoming: Presentation by Winners of 2009 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Practice, 24 May
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Showcasing Teaching
Presentation by Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence Winners Peter Sheldon and Tracy Wilcox, ASB May 24, 12.30-2pm, venue tbc (Kensington campus) Peter Sheldon and Tracy Wilcox, Winners of 2009 VCATE Awards, will come along to share their practice in learning and teaching, followed by questions and a discussion on the issues and strategies raised. Please […]
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Write-up: Showcasing Teaching: Using Case studies in Social Sciences, 14th October 2009
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Research, Resources, Showcasing Teaching
The first Showcasing Teaching session that took place on Wednesday, 14 October, focused on using case studies. Christopher Walker from School of Social Sciences and International Studies presented the way The Social Science and Policy Case Studies course uses structured case studies to teach policy theory and its application. The course is structured around 3 […]
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Upcoming: Showcasing Teaching: Using Case studies in teaching, Wednesday 14th October, 12 – 1.30pm
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements, Showcasing Teaching
This Connections – Showcasing Teaching seminar will be dedicated to the theme of Using case studies in teaching. Come and listen to a short presentation by your UNSW colleagues who use case studies in their teaching, and ask questions. This seminar will be more formal in structure and take the form of a presentation on […]
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Student engagement: facilitating a transformative learning experience, 7th October 2009
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements, Talking about Teaching
Through the interactive session at the L&T Forum 09 the UNSW community came up with a list of factors that contribute to student engagement (the original Etherpad list is available at the L&T Forum 09 wiki). From this list we have been able to distinguish four characteristics of a learning environment that facilitates student engagement. […]
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Launching CONNECTIONS in Learning and Teaching – 2009
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements
A suite of four monthly seminars under the heading of CONNECTIONS will be facilitated by Learning and Teaching at UNSW. All seminars will be held on Wednesday from 12-1:30pm in the Climate Change Research Centre seminar room, level 4, Mathews Building (next door to L&T workshop room 416). 1. Talking about Teaching This monthly seminar […]
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