This course qualifies for the GSI Teaching and Resource Center's Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Class is held: Mondays, 5:30-7:30pm, Location: Barrows 180.
The Bootcamp is held: Monday, August 25th, and Tuesday, August 26th, from 6-8pm in Hearst Field Annex B1.
Faculty Instructor: Imke de Pater (imke@astro
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Graduate Student Instructor: Aaron Lee (a.t.lee@ber…
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(Any lesson plans for future dates are subject to revision, but feel free to peruse if you're interested.)
Class Number | Date/Week of | Topics | Lesson Plan Link |
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1 | Aug 25 | Bootcamp 1: Paper airplane activity/discussion, What makes a good section? General classroom setting, syllabus design, philosophy from the instructors | BootCamp Day 1 |
2 | Aug 26 | Bootcamp 2: Syllabi activities, board work activity, first day activities Experienced GSI visit (Karto K.) | BootCamp Day 2 |
3 | Sept 8 | Section Recaps, Improv for Scientists | Class 3 |
4 | Sept 15 | Lecturing/Learning Styles, Implementing Demos | Class 4 |
5 | Sept 22 | Experienced GSI visit (Lea H.), Learning Objectives & Lesson Plans | Class 5 |
6 | Sept 29 | Log1 due, Exam, Worksheet, and Quiz Question Discussion, Grading Rubrics | Class 6 |
7 | Oct 6 | Teaching Philosophy, Experienced GSI visit (Francesca F.) | Class 7 |
8 | Oct 13 | Log2 due, Board Work, Midsemester Evals, Group Work Revisited | Class 8 |
9 | Oct 20 | Ethics, Board work Part 2 Experienced GSI visit (Drummond F.) | Class 9 |
10 | Oct 27 | Log3 due, Midsemester Eval discussion, Experienced GSI Visit (Paul M. – Political Science), Misconceptions | Class 10 |
11 | Nov 3 | Experienced GSI visit (Abby P. - Physics), Discouraging Learning | Class 11 |
12 | Nov 10 | Log4 due, No class | Class 12 |
13 | Nov 17 | Experienced GSI visit (Josiah), Fixed and Growth Mindset & Motivations | Class 13 |
14 | Nov 24 | Ignorance & Course Development (Celia's Day) | Class 14 |
15 | Dec 1 | Teaching Portfolios & Philosophy, Professors Visit | Class 15 |
16 | Dec 8 | Final Exam, Course Closing | Class 16 |
Teaching and Designing Courses
Strategies for Astro 101 by Tim Slater and Jeff Adams. (Amazon) A great affordable book on designing Astro 101 (Introductory Astronomy for non-majors) courses. Applied to the course as a whole, but a lot of this book applies to running sections as well.
McKeachie's Teaching Tips by Marilla Svinicki and Wilbert McKeachie. (Amazon) Almost biblical in the pedagogy world, this book covers almost anything you need to know about teaching. If you want to shell out the money, this is the book to get. It covers everything in Slater and Adams and more (no need to buy both…).
Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite by Edward Redish. (Amazon ; the book chapters are available for free here) Teaching Physics is a book about learning to be a more effective physics teacher. It is meant for anyone who is interested in learning about recent developments in physics education.
Student Learning
Why Students Don't Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel Willingham. (Amazon) Fascinating account on how the brain “learns” and how you can use that both to your advantage in the classroom and to assess why certain activities might have failed.
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Ambrose et al. (Amazon) An interesting book that covers seven very real problems that you will experience in section. Applied to teaching a course as a whole, many of the book discussions can also be applied to sections.
Astro 10 (Blitz) - Ryan
Astro 7a (Kriek) - Zhang
Astro C13 (Quataert) - Zick
Astro 120 (Graham) - Yuk, Domagalski
Domagalski - Office Hours: Tu 4-5 D23 (Undergrad lab)
Lee - Teaching: M 5:30-7:30, Barrows 180 ; Office Hours: T 22:00-22:30, Campanile Tower
Ryan - Teaching: M 2:00-3:00, Evans 264, W 1:00-2:00, HFA B1; Office Hours: W 2:00-3:00, HFA B26
Yuk - Office Hours: M 2:30-3:30 D23 HFA (Undergrad lab)
Zhang - Teaching: F 11-12, Evans 264. OH: F 10-11 B36, HFA
Zick - Teaching: Tu 2-4 & 4-6, VLSB 3007, OH: Th 5:15-6:15 VLSB 3007
Some Notes on development and from previous semesters.
The syllabus given to the GSI Resource Center.