Seminars and Workshops
The seminars and workshops below focus explicitly on the challenges and requirements of Assistant Professors and all newly appointed professors at TUM. They offer the basics of teaching and learning in higher education and foster a sustainable development of the individual participant´s teaching competence.
All workshops are offered in English and exclusively for assistant and newly appointed professors at TUM. Small groups of participants work together with highly experienced trainers and hence guarantee a very intense and focused working atmosphere with ample room for collegial discourse and exchange of experiences and ideas. All workshops can be counted toward the foundation level of the Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education.
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24 March 2020, 9 am - 5 pm:
Concepts of Teaching and Learning, Module I
(should be attended before module II)
This course presents the knowledge and tools necessary to plan and conduct a lecture in a way that is most conducive to learning. Starting with basic psychological theories of learning, we cover the fundamental factors of good university teaching. Participants have the opportunity to plan a course following the principle of constructive alignment and discuss the benefits and challenges of outcome-oriented teaching. Furthermore, a wide variety of stimulating teaching methods are presented and experimentally adapted to the participants’ teaching settings, with a focus on both effectiveness and sustainability.
Concepts of Teaching and Learning, Module II
(should be attended after module I)
After a short review of the most important contents of Module I, this course focuses on formative and summative assessments. Administering exams is one of the core tasks of university teachers. But what makes a high quality exam, and how can examiners refine this skill? These questions are addressed, focusing on devising quality criteria for exams, constructing precise and valid questions, overcoming challenges in carrying out exams, and marking exams objectively.
Individual Consulting and Feedback
You are encouraged to receive individual consulting on all aspects of your teaching—for example, feedback on your performance in class, support toward planning a new module, and advice concerning your competency profile.
If you are interesed, please contact your department´s ProLehre liaison.
Forum on Professional Teaching
The Forum on Professional Teaching enables professors to hold in-depth discussions on teaching-related topics with colleagues and ProLehre’s experts in pedagogy.
The forum takes place on demand on the Garching Campus or Munich City Campus. Pleasae contact your department´s ProLehre liaison for further information.