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Entries from October 28th, 2009

Upcoming:Talking about Teaching, 4th November, 12-1.30pm

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Talking about Teaching

Teaching as a Global Scholar at UNSW: Adaptations and Insights Gained Discussion facilitated by Colina Mason and Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei Drawing on the experiences of academics who have taught in diverse cultural settings, this seminar will explore the extent to which one’s educational and cultural background impacts on three domains of learning and teaching: classroom practice; […]

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Upcoming: Exploring Threshold Concepts, 28th October 12-1.30pm

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements, Events, Exploring Threshold Concepts

This will be the first seminar in the ‘Exploring Threshold Concepts Series’. The aims of these sessions are twofold – firstly to showcase research that is being done into the area of threshold concepts at UNSW secondly, to provide the opportunity for participates to discuss their own research – or potential research – into this […]

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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:Researching Learning and Teaching: Mapping areas of interest, Wednesday 21st October, 12 – 1.30pm

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements, Events, Research, Researching Learning and Teaching

The first session of Researching Learning & Teaching seminar series will focus on discussions around the scholarship of learning and teaching and on identifying areas of interest and topics that participants would like to explore in future sessions. Researching Learning and Teaching sessions will offer opportunities for those investigating aspects of teaching and learning to […]

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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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