Course were? Why? Q1 The most valuable aspects of the

UNIV*6800 F13 Course Evaluation

Q1 The most valuable aspects of the course were...? Why?

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- the assignments - it was very helpful that the c ourse "forc ed" me to prepare a teac hing philosopy

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statement and a teac hing portfolio. I also found that the prac tic e teac hing sessionw as really

helpful.

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learning the c onnec tions between the learning outc omes, assessments and lec ture presentations

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learning to c reate a teac hing dossier and teac hing philosophy statement reading material and

resourc es

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1. The prac tic al strategies that c an be used in c lass to engage students (e.g., ac tive learning

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strategies) bec ause as a novic e instruc tor those c an help you build your lesson plan and syllabus (a

daunting task if you've never done it before) 2. Learning how to build a syllabus and sc affolding

bec ause that is a major c omponent of teac hing a c ourse well and I was not familiar with the idea

of sc affolding a syllabus before this c ourse 3. The assignments bec ause they were prac tic al and

are useful when applying for jobs

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insights into teac hing theory. to put your teac hing on a sc ientific ally valid basis

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The assignments were really valuable and the way they were sc affolded. I never had any idea

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about preparing a teac hing dossier and I found it very valuable as I move forward in a c areer in

teaching in higher education.

6

I found the opportunities for small group disc ussions quite valuable. It helped to solidify the

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c onc epts being presented by the instruc tors while. It gave us a moment to c larify our own thoughts

on the subjec t and to also gain from how others interpreted the topic at hand. This led to a ric her

learning experienc e.

7

Ability to reflec t on work, as it makes you think about things you learned in the c ourse. To be honest 12/11/2013 9:43 AM

all of the topic s c overed in the lec tures were very informative and therefore the information itself is

very valuable due to its prac tic ality. I also really valued the guest speakers.

8

For me, the value of this c ourse was to make the time, onc e a week, to c ome together in a

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c ommunity that is interested in higher educ ation. Without this c lass, it is easy to foc us on researc h

and forget the importanc e of teac hing in the graduate sc hooling proc ess. I enjoyed having a

dedic ated time to reflec t on higher educ ation issues.

9

Getting to meet everyone from the different dept, understanding how they think/func tion.etc was an 12/10/2013 5:55 PM

amazing experienc e. Suc h a diverse c ourse opened up my eyes, allowing me to see the different

teac hing methods and tec hniques used by others.

10

Prac tic e teac hing sessions -useful feedbac k from peers

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Prac tic e teac hing, teac hing dossier, teac hing philosophy statement and disc ussion. These tools

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gave us both a c ontext and input into a deeper understanding of our undertaking as teac hers and

prac tic al tools we c an translate into our own prac tic e

12

How approac hable the Erin and

were/are as well as the overall atmosphere in the c lass

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disc ussions, presentation prac tic e

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prac tic al teac hing session (to "put into prac tic e" the strategies and the theory seen over the c ourse) 12/8/2013 12:35 AM

feedbac k from instruc tors and other students (learn how to give and rec eive it) use of tec hnology

and learning strategies (effec tive + inspirational)

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c onfidenc e, physic al c ollec tion of effort

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Good integration of both theory and prac tic al aspec ts; assignments were relevant and useful, tied

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in to c ourse c ontent really well. Great disc ussion about c urrent topic s in teac hing and learning;

guest lec tures were great too!

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Learning prac tic al tools that we c an easily transport into our c lassrooms as well as the knowledge of 12/6/2013 2:33 PM

where to find more information/tools if need be.

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Prac tic e teac hing sessions - Great feedbac k from the instruc tor and c lassmates!

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Q2 The least valuable aspects of the course were...? Why?

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The textbook was a good resourc e but it was rarely touc hed on in c lass. I didn't find the reading

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c irc les were an effec tive way of c overing the textbook material. With no guidanc e, our groups just

had surfac e c onversations about the readings. It would be helpful to have some spec ific disc ussion

questions for the reading c irc les

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multiple group sessions

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3

I found almost all of this c ourse was valuable. I didn't like the ac tivity where we had to draw a c oat

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of arms bec ause I'm not at all artistic and bec ause although I saw the value in thinking and talking

about the exerc ise, I didn't see the value in ac tually drawing the c oat of arms.

4

Don't know.

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5

I feel that sometimes there may have been too many ac tivities planned for eac h session. It is

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interesting to learn different types that we c an use later ourselves while teac hing but always doing

them ourselves did not always feel valuable.

6

At times the relevant readings seemed to be assigned after the c lass they were presented in. At first 12/12/2013 4:36 PM

I thought this was a tec hnique that was being employed on purpose and it may even have worked

at times but I would have preferred to have read the relevant c hapters prior to the c lass when it was

being c overed.

7

Although I did not enjoy some of the c hart paper exerc ises, I think they are important for setting the 12/11/2013 9:43 AM

tone and c ourse c limate.

8

At times, the lac k of struc ture of disc ussions made them run too long or go off topic s. While

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disc ussions c an be a great way to learn from peers, the time-c onsuming proc ess, whic h was often

based on opinions, rather than informed opinions, led to a less valuable learning experienc e.

9

Nothing! every sec ond of the c ourse was worth it!

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any aspec ts of teac hing philosophy that didn't have too muc h applic ation to my disc ipline area

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(math/stats) however I feel as if the c ourse did a good job at being universally applic able to all

disc iplines for the most part

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The nec essity of c overing a wide range of teac hing prac tic es, whic h c urtailed the opportunity to

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debate and disc uss what they mean to us and why. This c an be rec onc iled with the follow-up after

the c ourse is over.

12

The amount of ac tive learning strategies used in eac h c lass. After a while it was a bit exhausting

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textbook

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c lass disc ussions whic h sometimes took too long

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not sure, the readings were pretty disc onnec ted I guess

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Some of the group disc ussions got a little off trac k and were hard to manage; but by the end of the 12/7/2013 1:40 PM

semester it tended to work out a lot better.

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Some ac tivities seemed unnec essary, for example the Coat of Arms and the disc ussing the book.

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Students did not seem to engage with those ac tivities.

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Off-topic disc ussions - These tended to take time away from the intended material.

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Q3 Please read the statements below and rate your agreement or disagreement with

them.

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Writing my teaching philosophy...

The critical reflections w ere usefu...

The learner-centr ed syllabu...

The in-class teaching session w a...

The teaching dossier w as useful to ...

The required text w as useful to ...

The classroom space w as...

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1

2

3

4

Writing my teac hing philosophy statement was useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The c ritic al reflec tions were useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The learner-c entred syllabus was useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The in-c lass teac hing session was useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The teac hing dossier was useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The required text was useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The guest speakers were useful to my learning in this c ourse.

The c lassroom spac e was c onduc tive to learning.

Strongly disagree

0% 0

0% 0

0% 0

0% 0

0% 0

0% 0

5.56% 1

0% 0

Disagree

0% 0

5.56% 1

5.56% 1

0% 0

0% 0

22.22% 4

0% 0

0% 0

Agree

16.67% 3

38.89% 7

22.22% 4

5.56% 1

11.11% 2

61.11% 11

55.56% 10

16.67% 3

Strongly agree

83.33% 15

50% 9

66.67% 12

72.22% 13

72.22% 13

16.67% 3

33.33% 6

72.22% 13

Unable to j udge

0% 0

5.56% 1

5.56% 1

22.22% 4

16.67% 3

0% 0

5.56% 1

11.11% 2

Total

18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Av erage Rating

3.83 3.47 3.65 3.93 3.87 2.94 3.24 3.81

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Q4 What topics or skills, if any, are missing from this course?

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how to make rubric s for an assignment maybe?

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2

It would be neat to have a topic that somehow involves how to c hoose appropriate c ourse c ontent, 12/12/2013 9:47 PM

or designing a c ourse from sc ratc h. It may be tough bec ause the c lass is so varying in everyone's

bac kground but it would be helpful to learn how to determine what topic ideas/c ontent are good for

a c lass that we would be teac hing.

3

Maybe a tad more time ac tually spent in c lass on the teac hing dossier would be informative.

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4

Sharing ideas - most of us have some bac kground in teac hing and this experienc e c an be valuable 12/10/2013 11:33 AM

5

none i can think of

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6

perhaps an even stronger foc us on tec hnology and how to deal with it effec tively (sometimes we

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were presented nic e and effec tive ideas, but I am not sure I would be able to reproduc e those)

7

c ontent is sort of just hand waved away but it's pretty terrifying

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8

It c ame up in a small group/after a prac tic e teac hing session, and would have been interesting to

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disc uss in a larger group - issues around maintain c ontrol in the c lassroom, students' perspec tives of

us as teac hers, and the role of gender and c ultural fac tors.

9

It would be nic e to make some time for c onflic t resolutions in the c lass.

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10

The role of gender in higher educ ation

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Q5 Which assignment was most useful? Why?

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Teaching Philosophy Statement

Critical Reflections

Learner-centr ed Syllabus

In-class Teaching Session

Teaching Dossier

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Answ er Choices Teac hing Philosophy Statement Critic al Reflec tions Learner-c entred Syllabus In-c lass Teac hing Session Teac hing Dossier Total

Responses

5.56%

1

16.67%

3

11.11%

2

22.22%

4

44.44%

8

18

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Why?

Date

1

This was my first c hanc e to put all my teac hing experienc e together, so this assignment was very

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useful to me and probably the one I will draw on the most in the future.

2

It forc ed me to c ritic ally look at why I'm interested in teac hing and how to artic ulate it to others

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3

While I thought all of the assignment were highly useful, this one stands out for me. It is a daunting 1/3/2014 9:32 AM

task to c reate a syllabus for a c ourse, and muc h more diffic ult (and important for student learning

and engagement) than I had assumed. I liked that this assignment was broken down into smaller

sec tions (e.g., learning outc omes) and that we c reated sc affolded assignments and a

c orresponding syllabus with Erin in c lass. This assignment has huge prac tic al value, both for

teac hing a c ourse and applying for jobs.

4

most prac tic al applic ation

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5

This was the most useful bec ause it inc luded everything that we had worked on during the semester 12/12/2013 9:47 PM

and it was really helpful to have this all put together to use in the future.

6

The c ritic al reflec tions really gave me a c hanc e to draw out my assumptions about many things.

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The feedbac k on the c ritic al reflec tions was partic ularly useful bec ause it pushed me to dig deeper

and pushed me to re-examine what I had written even more c ritic ally.

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Most relevant to the job/real world.

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1- bec ause it's one of the only that I did (I audited the c ourse) 2- bec ause it is integral to a job

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applic ation pac kage so there is direc t, real-life relevanc e to it.

9

The teac hing dossier allowed me to put it all together (c lass assignments) - allowing me to see the

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real life value of my work. + having a TD is great now that I c an apply for jobs!

10

peer feedbac k, good prac tic e

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11

We had the opportunity to try out new ideas

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12

Definitely helped me in the overall reflec tive proc ess - nec essary in grad sc hool

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13

I learned what my strengths and weaknesses were in presenting.

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14

I feel that with the c ritic al reflec tions we followed a very spec ific and gradual path; not only I

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learned about how to write one properly, but I was also able to interac t ac tively with tec hnology

(the blog + submissions) and to inc orporate the theory I was learning/reflec ting upon. By the time I

was writing the last c ritic al reflec tion, I felt like all the elements were tying up together and it was

great and satisfac tory

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it's a c ollec tion of everything, that might be a bit of an easy answer on my part but having it all

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c ompiled is awesome.

16

Writing learning objec tives/outc omes was a very useful exerc ise

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17

The teac hing dossier embodies a lot of the aspec ts that was c overed in c lass. In the end, as

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fac ulty, we have to formulate a dossier and it is great to rec eive feedbac k on it before we give one

in for a job.

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It provided an opportunity to prac tic e the skills that we had learned over the semester, and to gain

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valuable feedbac k from the entire group suc h that you were able to see where there was c onsensus

on both positive and negative aspec ts.

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Q6 Which assignment was least useful? Why?

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Teaching Philosophy Statement

Critical Reflections

Learner-centr ed Syllabus

In-class Teaching Session

Teaching Dossier

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Answ er Choices Teac hing Philosophy Statement Critic al Reflec tions Learner-c entred Syllabus In-c lass Teac hing Session Teac hing Dossier Total

Responses

0%

0

50%

9

27.78%

5

5.56%

1

16.67%

3

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Why?

Date

1

Although I like the idea of reflec ting upon past teac hing experienc e, I found that I did that through 1/6/2014 10:43 AM

the c ourse disc ussions and just internally reflec ting on my own experienc es. The reflec tion papers

weren't really nec essary.

2

It was not suffic ient.

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3

Although I liked doing the c ritic al reflec tions and I thought they were quite valuable, I've c hosen

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them as least useful simply from a prac tic al job-hunting perspec tive bec ause I will not inc lude

them in my teac hing dossier.

4

it seems very odd to me. I c an see that there is value in it but don't know if it will help me in my job 12/16/2013 3:08 PM

appl i c ati on.

5

I c an't really say that any of the assignments were the least useful, but I wonder for the students who 12/12/2013 9:47 PM

are not spec ific ally set up to teac h a c ourse yet if they would get a lot of this.

6

Although still very useful (and I would not remove this), it was the least useful bec ause it was the

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least relevant to the job world. However, it is very informative in terms of bridging c ontent of the

c ourse to prac tic e.

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