Join the Teaching Trick workshop given by Kristina Edström!
When improvement of student learning is discussed, a common reaction is to assume that any new teaching methods require a higher teaching effort. And surely, anyone can improve a course by spending 100 hours more teaching time, but for apparent reasons this is not a sustainable strategy. So how can student learning be improved within a given level of teaching resources?
The key principle is that teachers should spend more of their time doing things that lead to high quality learning, and less time on such things that do not lead to learning. Concrete examples will be used to illustrate the principle, challenge old ways of thinking and question some taken-for-granted practices in education. This talk will present a toolbox of concrete tips, and a powerful way to see teaching – from a learning perspective. Finally we tackle the tough question: Why do we keep doing things in our courses that lead to little learning?
Kristina Edström (kristina@kth.se) is Associate Professor in Engineering Education Development at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Since 1997 she leads and participates in educational development activities at KTH, in Sweden and internationally.
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