Chemical Education Chemistry化学教育化学.ppt

Selling TAs on Learner Centered Education Steven L Brown Department of Chemistry University of Arizona The Problem Our Laboratory courses are taught by teaching assistants: novice educators with little or no knowledge of teaching theories and practices. To effectively create a LCE environment in such a course requires modifying not only the lab course but also the training of the teaching assistants. The Proposal Teaching Teaching What is practical? Preterm training In service training Teaching Teaching How do we do it? Modeling TA Training and Orientation Program Required of all new teaching assistants prior to the first term they teach. TA Training Orientation Program The Basics The usual collection of assessment exams commonly known as “qualifiers” The standard “meet and greet” by the administrators. Department Policies and Procedures. “True Colors” Personality Inventory. “Red Cross CPR First Aid Training Class”. TA Training Orientation Program Workshops # 1. “Who are our students?”. An introduction to our undergraduate chemistry course offerings and the students who populate them. # 2. “What do we mean by ‘teaching’?”. A group development of the concept of teaching and how it applies to chemical education. # 3. “Professionalism”. Maintaining the proper professional demeanor while teaching. More Workshops # 4. “Teaching Methodologies”. Our current understanding of how learning is achieved in an academic setting. # 5. “Department of Chemistry Teaching Laboratory Policies and Procedures”. How things get done. # 6. “Teaching Laboratory Safety”. Responsibilities of a teaching assistant. Even More Workshops # 7. “Lecturing and Tutoring Techniques”. An introduction to the issues and some suggestions on approach. # 8. “Evaluating Students and Issuing Grades”. A discussion of grading systems, keeping records, grade distributions, etc. # 9. “TA Evaluation”. Review of the process used to evaluate TAs, the rewards and other possible outc