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ONLINE: Teaching & Learning series 1: Engagement and teaching strategies for small groups
About this workshop
Teaching in small groups like postgraduate seminars or tutorials is a very different experience from big lecture halls and comes with its own challenges and opportunities. If you’re keen to develop more engaged and active small-group teaching practices, this session is for you! Together, we’ll identify key processes and practices in establishing, managing and concluding small to medium group learning experiences.
It is recommended that participants attend all five weekly sessions in this seminar/workshop series, but drop-ins for specific sessions are also welcome.
*Although the Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series sessions are intended to create opportunities for learning and support for newcomers to teaching in higher education, anyone may attend.
What previous attendees have said about this workshop:
- "I think the session was well conducted within its time frame. The facilitator was able to effectively manage the time and ensure that the objectives of the session were met. The facilitator also used a variety of techniques, such as group discussions and interactive activities, to keep us (participants) engaged."
- "The course was very interactive, with lots of peer to peer learning, and so we learned through doing."
About the presenters
Ms Janine Carlse, Capacity Development Specialist, Office of Postgraduate Studies and Researcher Development
From 2020 to 2022, Janine Carlse was a lecturer on the Global Citizenship Programme at the University of Cape Town. In her current role as Capacity Development Specialist, Janine’s primary responsibility is to conceptualise, implement and ensure successful delivery of postgraduate development and academic transformation initiatives in line with certain strategic goals, and in partnership with various departments across the University of Cape Town.
Janine’s experience within the higher education sector includes a combination of research, project management and administration, stakeholder engagement and partnerships, working with civil society organisations, student academic support, tutoring, facilitation and lecturing.
Ms Shanali Govender, Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
Shanali is a lecturer within the Staff Development unit at CILT. Although Shanali’s teaching experience began in secondary education, a return to higher education to pursue her own studies prompted a shift to an interest in the higher education landscape. She has worked (in varying capacities) in three South African institutions of higher education, and has strong interests in the scholarship of learning and teaching.
Her particular brief in the staff development team is to support part-time and non-permanent teaching staff. She currently teaches on the Postgraduate diploma in educational technologies, co-convening the Online Learning Design module. She has designed several online staff development short courses, and teaches on Core Concepts in Learning and Teaching, and An online introduction to Assessment. While continuing to work in the field of staff development at UCT, she is working towards her PhD, exploring the experiences of non-permanent staff who teach in higher education.
What level of study is the workshop aimed at?
Postgraduate Diploma |
By request |
Honours |
By request |
Masters |
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PhD |
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Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Junior Research Fellow |
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Which faculty/faculties is the workshop aimed at?
Humanities |
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Commerce (including GSB) |
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Law |
Yes |
EBE |
Yes |
Science |
Yes |
Health Sciences |
Yes |
CHED |
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While the workshop is aimed at certain levels of study and faculties, anyone is welcome to join, as long as any stipulated requirements are met, such as participation and/or preparation.
Requirements
Preparation for the workshop
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This project imagines two broad categories of participants.
In the first instance, we imagine a newcomer to the teaching or tutoring role in a higher education context. This person probably has some undergraduate experience with tutoring, but has seldom had primary responsibility for a larger group of learners or for an extended period. This participant is also unlikely to have the authority to make sweeping or substantial changes to the bigger shape of a course but will be able to make changes at the level of the lecture or tutorial that change student experiences. They might also be considering a career in academia. The Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series is designed with this participant in mind.
Secondly, we imagine a participant who has had or is moving into a “full-control” educator role, co-teaching, or relief teaching a course. While this person may or may not have much actual classroom experience, they would be holding, or fairly close to holding, the position of a lecturer. Additionally, they are fairly committed to a career in academia. |
Level of participation at the workshop
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Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series: “Navigating your tutoring and lecturing practice at UCT” This interactive series of events will focus on supporting the tutoring and lecturing practices of postgraduate students (PGs). This activity seeks to address two common development needs in this group: (1) the support of teaching and tutoring activities currently undertaken by this group; and (2) addressing the teaching development needs of this group in relation to knowledge building, capacity development and mentoring. This project offers the identified group an opportunity to strengthen their skills and identities as educators in a higher education environment. Although the Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series sessions are intended to create opportunities for newcomers to teaching in higher education (Masters and PhD students), anyone may attend. These sessions are particularly suited to those who are tutoring or have limited classroom responsibilities to build or strengthen knowledge and skills on which they can draw in their current teaching context and in the future. The plan is to run five workshops in the first semester. |
MS Teams
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- Date:
- Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- Presenter:
- Ms. Janine Carlse & Ms. Shanali Govender
- Audience:
- Masters & PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Categories:
- OPGS workshops
Event Organizer
Contact:
Room 2.04 Level 2 Otto Beit Building
University Avenue, Upper Campus
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7700
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