Post Secondary Teaching and Learning - PSTL

Description:  This graduate course provides an overview of the issues, principles, and practices associated with effective college teaching in diverse postsecondary contexts. Students will explore theory and pedagogy as they relate to culturally responsive teaching from the perspectives of both the teacher and the learner in postsecondary settings. In addition to exploring teachers? and students? diverse and multiple social identities and a variety of student learning styles, course topics will include Critical Multicultural Education (CME), Social Justice Education (SIJ), Universal Instructional Design (UID), Integrated Multicultural Instructional Design (IMID), problem-based learning, inquiry-based teaching, and other models for ensuring engagement and inclusion. The interaction of theory and practice is an important theme (and challenge) of the course. Students will have the opportunity to conduct classroom observations and design a syllabus as well as lead discussions.

Class URL:  http://www.myu.umn.edu

Class Time: 70% Discussion, 20% Small Group Activities, 10% Student Presentation.

Work Load: 50+ pages reading per week, 20 pages writing per term, 3 papers, 1 presentations.

Grade: 50% reports/papers, 30% reflection paper, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation.

Instructor:  Miksch,Karen L | Video