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GTA Training 2013 Teaching and Supporting Learning Anna Goatman Senior Lecturer in Marketing and former GTA

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GTA Training 2013 Teaching and Supporting Learning. Anna Goatman Senior Lecturer in Marketing . and former GTA. Why am I here?. To share my experiences of seminar teaching To give you some hints and tips To give you confidence - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: GTA Training  2013 Teaching and Supporting Learning

GTA Training 2013

Teaching and Supporting Learning

Anna GoatmanSenior Lecturer in Marketing

and former GTA

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Why am I here?

• To share my experiences of seminar teaching

• To give you some hints and tips

• To give you confidence

• To bridge the gap between the lecturer perspective and the GTA perspective

• To improve the seminar experience for students and GTAs

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My experience• Started teaching seminars in 2004

– Taught throughout my PhD

– Taught on around 5 different courses (levels 1, 2, 3 and PGT)

• Offered a full-time academic job on the basis of my seminar teaching in 2008

• Still teach seminars now (some on the same course I started teaching on in 2004)

• Promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer in 2013

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What are you hoping

to achieve by being

here?

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Why are the students here?

What are they trying to

achieve?

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What are seminars for?

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What makes a good seminar?

What do you think students

like about seminars?

What do you think students dislike about seminars?

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Before the first seminar• Talk to the course leader about what they expect you to

deliver

• If you are part of a GTA team for course, have a team meeting at the beginning of the semester

• Read the full course outline

• Request access to Blackboard

• Possibly attend the lecture(s)

• Possibly sit in on somebody else's seminar

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Get the right atmosphere

• Body language• What you wear• Room layout

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Find out a bit about them

Establish the ground rules

Discuss in advance how the course co-ordinator wants you to deal with unprepared students.

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What are you going to do with -

Students who are late?

Students who are rude?

Students whose phones go off?

Students who don’t participate?

Students who won’t participate?

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Tactics for getting them talking

• Highlight that the seminar is a forum for discussion

– Explain that it’s OK to be wrong, but not to be silent

• Have a brief starter activity (5 minutes) to get everyone involved

• Divide the seminar into smaller groups to discuss different questions.

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Encourage debateThink about different ways of asking the same question

Break questions down into smaller parts

Encourage the students to ask questionsOf youOf each other

Play devil’s advocate

Have a vote

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Dealing with dominant students

• Formalise group feedback• Ask questions to specific individuals

– Pull names out of a hat– Pick at random from the register

• Ensure that different students present each week

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Tactics for getting them working• Make the feedback process formal

– Flip charts– Visualiser– White boards– Mini PowerPoint presentations

• Move around the room

• Introduce some controlled competition• Offer small prizes

– Sweets/ chocolates usually do the trick

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Avoid:

Giving a mini lecture

Filling in all of the silences yourself

Just repeating what

they’ve done in the

lecture

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The feedback loop

• Keep the channels of communication open– with the course co-ordinator

• Raise any problems• Offer feedback on how things are going• Make suggestions

– with the students• Check how things are going• Ask for comments

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Things I wish I’d known

Sometimes the students want to be there… and sometimes they don’t

You know more than you think you do… but sometimes the students know more than you

You can’t plan for every eventuality… but how you deal with the unexpected matters

You are not a personal tutor/ academic advisor… but you can make a difference.

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…and finally• Keep in mind what the seminar is supposed to achieve

• Students should feel comfortable, but not be complacent

• Most students do not aspire to be you

• Reflect on, and learn from, your experience

• Teaching is a privilege, not a right

– Don’t tell them that you’re only doing it because you get paid

• Enjoy the experience

…it might just get you a job