Undervisning i realfag og teknologi

After completing this course, you are able to:

• use learning theories to reflect upon teaching and learning in STEM
• use backwards design to align learning outcomes, assessment and learning activities
• plan, conduct, and evaluate teaching activities relevant to your field

• engage and interact with students to support learning and development
• contribute to a community of practice in teaching and learning
• document and reflect on your own development as a teacher

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

The course has limited intake capacity (25 participants). All applicants must have teaching duties in their PhD position and in the current semester. The applicants are further ranked by the following criteria:

1. PhD candidates at the MN faculty who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included
2. Other PhD candidates at the MN faculty
3. PhD candidates at the University of Oslo
4. Visiting PhD candidates

All applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution mustapply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

Developing as a teacher requires learning by doing. Hands-on experience and reflections on teaching in your own field of expertise is an important part of the learning outcomes in this course. After a five-day intensive course consisting of workshops and discussions, you will use what you have learned to gain practical experience through your teaching duty.

After planning and trying out teaching in your own field, we meet again to share experiences and connect these to relevant literature in order to develop further as teachers. The teaching concludes with a one-day workshop where you get feedback on your written reflections that will form the basis for your home exam. The home exam period is two weeks.

The course material includes research articles and websites. The course requires active participation from all participants during workshops and during the practical part of the course.

Attendance at the first day of the course is mandatory. Attendance at 80 percent of the course and approval of the teachable unit is required to be allowed to take the home exam.

Upon the attendance of five or fewer students, the course will be cancelled and the candidates will be offered a place in the course for the upcoming semester.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Two weeks after the final day of teaching, participants must submit a written home exam.

Approval of the teaching plan is required to be allowed to take the home exam.