Fundamentals of College Teaching: a course for engineering doctoral students

Author

Streveler, Ruth A. ; Pavelich, Michael J. ; Miller, Ronald L.

Author_Institution

Center for Eng. Educ., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

This paper describes "Fundamentals of College Teaching", a course for doctoral students at the Colorado School of Mines. The learning objectives for the course are to help students become better able to: (1) describe and apply the principles of learning and teaching in a college setting, (2) design, deliver, and assess a college course, and (3) apply teaching methods that foster higher order thinking. Students in the course demonstrate their teaching ability through microteaching presentations. Qualitative assessment undertaken at the beginning and end of the course suggests that students end the course with a more student-centered model of teaching.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; teaching; Colorado School of Mines; Fundamentals of College Teaching course; college course assessment; college course delivery; college course design; doctoral students; engineering doctoral students course; higher order thinking; learning objectives; microteaching presentations; student-centered teaching model; teaching ability; teaching methods; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Engineering profession; History; Joining processes; Learning systems; Organizing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1158215

Filename

1158215