{"id":1071,"date":"2019-11-20T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/letblog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:56:09","slug":"less-content-might-result-in-more-learning-recent-didactic-course-graduates-reflect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/letblog\/2019\/11\/20\/less-content-might-result-in-more-learning-recent-didactic-course-graduates-reflect\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLess content might result in more learning.\u201d Recent didactic course graduates reflect."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twice a year the programme \u201cTeaching at ETH: Committed and skilled\u201d helps Assistant Professors to implement evidence-based teaching ideas in their classroom teaching. We asked the most recent group to reflect on the most important thing they learned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly appointed Assistant Professors are quickly faced with a range of new tasks they are expected to master. Often without significant introduction, they are expected to develop budgets, plan and teach courses, manage financial acquisitions and hire and train staff in various skills \u2013 all the while conducting research and writing publications. The pressure is high as they keep their eye on the prize, namely tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeaching at ETH: Committed and skilled\u201d gives Assistant Professors the opportunity to invest some rare time in developing their teaching skills, which for many is a new area of expertise. During the programme\u2019s classroom phase they are introduced to key pedagogical concepts and encouraged to put these into practice in their own teaching environments. They then meet in small groups to discuss their teaching goals and challenges, where they have a chance to give and receive feedback on their ideas and teaching practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, not only do their teaching skills develop; many of their previously held beliefs about teaching and learning also change. This was reflected in the latest group\u2019s answers when we asked: \u201cWhat words of wisdom would you like to pass on to the next course participants?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assistenzprofessorin am Departement Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Dr Simone Sch\u00fcrle-Finke responded with this gem: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLess content might result in more learning. I feel it is one of the hardest aspects of teaching \u2013 and I\u2019m still learning, since as passionate scientists we want to tell and teach the students everything. But instead we should shift focus to enable them and give them the tools to learn by themselves, to feel ownership of their knowledge, to critically think and be motivated for self-learning.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested? The next \u201cTeaching at ETH\u201d programme starts in January 2020. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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