Course Director: Wayne
T. McCormack, Ph.D.
E-mail: mccormac@pathology.ufl.edu
Phone: 392-7413
Office: R1-102
Spring 2008
Mondays & Wednesdays (CG-56), 2:00-3:00 pm
**Wednesday, February 6 (CG-56), 2:00 - 4:00 pm** (additional hour)
Catalog Description: (2 credits) Overview of educational issues faced by biomedical scientists teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional level. Practical guidelines most relevant for beginning biomedical science educators, e.g. teaching skills & strategies and the underlying theory of learning & teaching.
Course Overview: Biomedical scientists are trained during graduate school and postdoctoral studies to be researchers. However, those who pursue academic career tracks are also expected to teach, and are often not well prepared for this faculty assignment. This IDP elective course provides an overview of educational issues faced by biomedical scientists teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional level. The goal of the course is to familiarize biomedical science graduate students interested in pursuing academic career tracks with techniques that are the most relevant for beginning teachers, e.g. teaching skills & strategies and the underlying theory of learning and teaching. The course will use a variety of teaching formats modeling teaching behaviors, and will provide practical guidelines for a variety of teaching skills.
Syllabus:
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Date |
Session |
Faculty |
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1 |
Mon, Jan 7 |
Meeting a Class For the First Time |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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2 |
Wed, Jan 9 |
Listening to Learn, Teach, and Lead |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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3 |
Mon, Jan 14 |
Introduction to Principles of Adult Education |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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4 |
Wed, Jan 16 |
Teaching vs. Learning / Models of Learning |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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5 |
Mon, Jan 21 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - no class |
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6 |
Wed, Jan 23 |
No class |
|
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7 |
Mon, Jan 28 |
Countdown for Course Preparation |
Dr. W. McCormack |
|
8 |
Wed, Jan 30 |
How to Make Lectures More Effective |
Dr. W. McCormack |
|
9 |
Mon, Feb 4 |
Peer/Collaborative/Cooperative Learning |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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10 |
Wed, Feb 6 |
Team-Based Learning (2 hours) |
Dr. W. McCormack |
|
11 |
Mon, Feb 11 |
Small-Group Teaching (2 hours) |
Drs. P. & N. Small |
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12 |
Wed, Feb 13 |
History of Medical Education |
Dr. K. Rarey |
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13 |
Mon, Feb 18 |
Teaching & Assessing Medical Students |
Dr. K. Rarey |
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14 |
Wed, Feb 20 |
The Power & Perils of Powerpoint |
Dr. R. Rathe |
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15 |
Mon, Feb 25 |
Teaching by Distance Education |
TBA |
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16 |
Wed, Feb 27 |
Assessing, Testing, & Evaluation |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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17 |
Mon, Mar 3 |
The ABC’s of Grading |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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18 |
Wed, Mar 5 |
Teaching as Scholarship |
Dr. W. McCormack |
|
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Mar 10 & 12 |
No class - UF Spring Break |
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19 |
Mon, Mar 17 |
Mentoring |
Dr. S. Semple-Rowland |
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20 |
Wed, Mar 19 |
Lifelong Learning (For the Teacher, Too!) |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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21 |
Mon, Mar 24 |
No class |
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22 |
Wed, Mar 26 |
Student Presentation |
|
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23 |
Mon, Mar 31 |
Student Presentation |
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24 |
Wed, Apr 2 |
Student Presentation |
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25 |
Mon, Apr 7 |
No class - WM out of town |
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26 |
Wed, Apr 9 |
No class - WM out of town |
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27 |
Mon, Apr 14 |
Student Presentation |
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28 |
Wed, Apr 16 |
Student Presentation |
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29 |
Mon, Apr 21 |
Debriefing |
Dr. W. McCormack |
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30 |
Wed, Apr 23 |
No class - COM Research Day |
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Sample
topics for student presentations:
(please select a topic by Wednesday, March 5)
Problem-Based Learning - The Case Method
Ethics in Teaching - The Teacher's Responsibilities
What to Do About Cheating
Problem Students (There's Almost Always at Least One!)
Learning Through Writing (High Stakes & Low Stakes)
Motivating Students To Learn
Teaching Culturally Diverse Students
Laboratory Instruction
Teaching Values: Should We? Can We?
WebCT Vista
Application of learning theories or learning styles
30%
Attendance
20% Peer evaluation of your contributions to Sessions 1-20
50% Student presentations (to be assessed by peers & faculty)
Maximum cut-offs for letter grades: 90,
A; 85, B+;
80, B; 75, C+;
70, C.
Required
text:
“McKeachie’s
Teaching Tips - Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University
Teachers” by Wilbert J. McKeachie, 12th edition, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 2006.
“Tools for Teaching” by Barbara Gross Davis, 1st edition, Jossey-Bass Inc., 1993.
“Designing
& Assessing Courses & Curricula: A Practical Guide” by Robert M.
Diamond, The Jossey-Bass Higher & Adult Education Series, John Wiley &
Sons, 1998.
“Curriculum
Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach” by David E. Kern et al., The
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