A Residential Workshop for the Recently Appointed Lecturer 2001
Contents
- Description:
- This workshop aims to help newly appointed teaching staff in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) learn about and evaluate a range of approaches, methods and resources for learning and teaching in these disciplines. By being discipline-specific the event will complement any generic-based institutional courses that delegates are attending or have taken.
- When and Where?
- 21-22 May, 2001 - University of Birmingham
- Who Should Attend?
- Anyone in Geography, Earth or Environmental Sciences who has started teaching in HE in the last three years who would like to develop and improve their teaching whilst extending their continuing professional development (see below for costs and prioritisations).
Programme
Day One
09.30 - 10.00 Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.15 Introduction to workshop (Gordon Clark and Mick Healey)
10.15 - 11.30 Plenary 1: Fieldwork (Jennifer Blumhof and Neil Thomas)
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee
12.00 - 13.15 Plenary 2: Learning outcomes & assessment in our subjects (Brian Chalkley and Mick Healey)
13.15 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.45 Parallel Session 1 (see below)
15.45 - 16.15 Tea
16.15 - 17.15 The Subject Centre: what can it do for you? (Subject Centre Director and Senior Advisors)
18.00 - 18.30 Focus group - voluntary attendance: impressions of the Subject Centre (Harold Silver)
18.30 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 Evening session (Alan Jenkins)
Day Two
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel Session 2 (see below)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.30 Parallel Session 3 (see below)
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.45 Plenary 3: New quality agenda – discipline perspectives (Geoff Robinson, Jennifer Blumhof and Neil Thomas)
14.45 - 15.00 Tea
15.00 - 16.30 Plenary 4: Individual planning, event profile – where next? (Neil Thomas and Gordon Clark)
16.30 Close
Parallel Sessions (Depending on demand some will run twice)
Communication and information technology in our subjects (Geoff Robinson)
Resource-based learning in our subjects (Mick Healey)
Laboratory classes in our subjects (Neil Thomas and Geoff Robinson)
Integrating skill development with academic content: a problem-based learning exercise (Jennifer Blumhof)
Work based learning and careers education in Geography, Earth and Environmental sciences (Brian Chalkley)
Lecturing in our subjects (Gordon Clark)
Small-group teaching in our subjects (Gordon Clark)
Supervising our research students (Gordon Clark)
Researching our teaching (Alan Jenkins and Mick Healey)