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Astro 375 / Astro 300 (Fall 2016)

This course qualifies for the GSI Teaching and Resource Center's Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Basics

Class is held: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm, Campbell 131

The Bootcamp is held: Monday, Aug 22 and Tuesday, Aug 23 from 2-4pm in Campbell 121

Faculty Instructor: Eugene Chiang (echiang@astro)

Graduate Student Instructors: Carina Cheng (ccheng@berkeley.edu), Beth McBride (bethmcbride@berkeley.edu), Michael Medford (michaelmedford@berkeley.edu), Jason Wang (jwang@astro.berkeley)

  • The Syllabus. Make sure you read this!
  • The Electronic Big Red Binder. An important resource for GSIs. Reuse and modification of any and all of the materials in these resources is highly encouraged! So is contribution back to the EBRB of your improved materials! There is also an older physical copy (The Big Red Binder), located in the library.
  • Teaching Logs. Summaries of the short teaching log prompts.
  • Assignments. Summaries of all assignments for Ay375.

Worksheets

Ay 375 Lesson Plans

(Any lesson plans for future dates are subject to revision, but feel free to peruse if you're interested.)

Class Number Date Lead Topics Lesson Plan Link
1 Aug 22 Carina/Jason Bootcamp 1: Sample class, First day lesson plans, Board work BootCamp Day 1
2 Aug 23 Carina/Jason Bootcamp 2: Finish up board work, partner reviews of syllabus and lesson plans BootCamp Day 2
3 August 31 Carina Logistics, Section Recaps, Learning Objectives/Lesson Plans Class 3
4 Sept 7 Jason Writing Exams and Homework, Grading Rubrics Class 4
5 Sept 14 Michael Quiz Exchange, Board Work and Visuals Class 5
6 Sept 21 Jason Student Misconceptions, Demos, Midsemester Evals Class 6
7 Sept 28 Beth What is Learning? Class 7
8 Oct 5 Carina Faculty Visit Q&A, Ethics Class 8
9 Oct 12 Beth Experienced GSI Q&A, Pedagogy Readings Class 9
10 Oct 19 Carina, Beth, Jason Teaching Statements, Motivation/Mindset, Biases, Creative Teaching Class 10
11 Oct 26 Michael Teaching Statements Peer Review, Pedagogy Careers Class 11
12 Nov 2 No class!
13 Nov 9 No class!
14 Nov 16 All Last Class: Celia's

Handouts

Ay 375-specific and general pedagogy

GSI Assignments

Astro C10 (Filippenko) - Harrison Agrusa, Sanyum Channa, Edward Falcon, David Khatami, Kara Kundert, Elan Lavie, Ned Molter, Benjamin Stahl, Samantha Stegman, Rachel Thorp

Astro C13 (Quataert) - Fatima Abdurrahman

Astro 120 (Duchene) - Imad Pasha, Malena Rice

Astro 250 (Bloom) - Goutam Murlidhar

Not Teaching This Semester - Kareem El-Badry, Lucy Jia

Members of Ay375 (teaching times)

C10: 121 Campbell

  • Harrison Agrusa (Tu 2-3, 3-4)
  • Sanyum Channa (admin)
  • Edward Falcon (admin)
  • David Khatami (M 9-10, Tu 9-10)
  • Kara Kundert (W 9-10, 10-11)
  • Elan Lavie (Tu 1-2, 4-5)
  • Ned Molter (M 12-1, M 2-3)
  • Benjamin Stahl (W 12-1, 1-2, Th 9-10, 10-11)
  • Samantha Stegman (M 10-11, W 11-12)
  • Rachel Thorp (Th 11-12, F 9-10, 12-1, 2-3)

C13:

  • Fatima Abdurrahman (Tu 4-6, W 10-12, 12-2, VLSB 3002)

120:

  • Imad Pasha (Tu 6-9, Ugrad lab)
  • Malena Rice (Tu 6-9, Ugrad lab)

250:

  • Goutam Murlidhar (Tu 11-12, 131 Campbell)

Not Teaching This Semester - Kareem El-Badry, Lucy Jia

Peer Visits

GSIs doing visits but not getting visited: Kareem, Lucy, Imad, Malena, Goutam, Sanyum, Edward

  • Kara visits Ben
  • Ned visits Ben
  • Goutam visits Rachel
  • Ben visits Rachel
  • Edward visits Elan
  • Harrison visits Elan
  • Lucy visits David
  • Kareem visits David
  • Malena visits Ned
  • Rachel visits Ned
  • David visits Kara
  • Sam visits Kara
  • Elan visits Harrison
  • Sanyum visits Sam
  • Imad visits Fatima
  • Fatima visits ??

Section Taping

Week of 10/3:

  • David: M 9-10 (Beth)
  • Sam: M 10-11 (Carina)
  • Ned: M 2-3 (Carina)
  • Elan: Tu 1-2 (Carina)
  • Harrison: Tu 3-4 (Michael)
  • Kara: W 9-10 (Beth)
  • Ben: Th 9-10 (Jason)
  • Rachel: Th 11-12 (Jason)

Week of ??

  • Fatima: Tu 4-6 (Michael)

Stuff for the instructors

Some Notes on development and from previous semesters.

Previous Semesters