Teaching Science at University
In this course, Kai and Sara share ideas and tools from their experience as teachers and from science education research. You will think critically about the teaching you experienced at university and learn about teaching strategies to adopt/adapt the good practices and change the bad ones. It is their hope that this course will make you feel like a skilled and effective
teacher who sees teaching as fun and fulfilling.
General information
| Duration | 2 half days in person, 5 weeks online course work |
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For 2 ECTS
- Full participation in both in-person course dates
- Completion of the 5 week online course
- Completion and presentation of a reflection task at the second in-person course date:
Purpose of the task: to reflect on what did and did not work in your teaching this semester (or in the past) and how your ideas of “good university teaching” may have changed.
Possible formats: a handout (just 1 or 2 pages, with copies for each participant) or 1 to 2 PowerPoint slides (but as PDFs)
Due date: 24 hours before in-person day 2. Please send your slide PDFs to me so I can assemble them into a single presentation
- Full participation in both in-person course dates
- Completion of the 5 week online course
- Completion and presentation of a reflection task at the second in-person course date:
Purpose of the task: to reflect on what did and did not work in your teaching this semester (or in the past) and how your ideas of “good university teaching” may have changed.
Possible formats: a handout (just 1 or 2 pages, with copies for each participant) or 1 to 2 PowerPoint slides (but as PDFs)
Due date: 24 hours before in-person day 2. Please send your slide PDFs to me so I can assemble them into a single presentation
Learning objectives
After taking this course, you will be able to:
1. choose effective and suitable evidence-based teaching strategies in different teaching situations
2. determine and use your students’ pre-existing knowledge in the design and delivery of your teaching
3. create and use models and analogies to structure your teaching and clarify complex topics
4. frame your teaching such that it activates and motivates students
5. teach in the lab or field using a range of student inquiry and in a way that better reflects the nature of science research
After taking this course, you will be able to:
1. choose effective and suitable evidence-based teaching strategies in different teaching situations
2. determine and use your students’ pre-existing knowledge in the design and delivery of your teaching
3. create and use models and analogies to structure your teaching and clarify complex topics
4. frame your teaching such that it activates and motivates students
5. teach in the lab or field using a range of student inquiry and in a way that better reflects the nature of science research
Course schedule
- Monday, September 1, 2025 from 9.00 to 12.00 – in-person class = introductions: to the course, to key teaching tools, to each other
- 5-week online course dates: 1 September to Sunday, 12 October 2025 at 23.59 (all online work due by then)
- Monday, December 1, 2025 from 9.00 to 12.00 – in-person class = reflection presentations and next steps in your teaching developments
- Monday, September 1, 2025 from 9.00 to 12.00 – in-person class = introductions: to the course, to key teaching tools, to each other
- 5-week online course dates: 1 September to Sunday, 12 October 2025 at 23.59 (all online work due by then)
- Monday, December 1, 2025 from 9.00 to 12.00 – in-person class = reflection presentations and next steps in your teaching developments
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