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Course syllabus - Teaching in Higher Education

Scope

2.5 credits

Course code

PEA928

Valid from

Autumn semester 2019

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).

Main area(s)

School

School of Education, Culture and Communication

Ratified

2018-12-07

Status

This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2019-12-10
    • Latest update: 2019-12-13

    Books

    Elmgren, Maja; Henriksson, Ann-Sofie

    Universitetspedagogik

    3., [uppdaterade och omarb.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2016 - 334 s.

    ISBN: 9789144108353 LIBRIS-ID: 18723628

    • Ratified date: 2019-08-13
    • Latest update: 2019-08-13

    Books

    Biggs, John B.; Tang, Catherine So-Kum

    Teaching for quality learning at university : what the student does

    4., [rev.] ed. : Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2011 - xxii, 389 s.

    ISBN: 9780335242757 LIBRIS-ID: 12404838

    ISBN 1-283-32095-9

Objectives

The purpose of the course is to develop the participant's understanding of teaching in higher education.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the participant shall demonstrate the ability to:

1. independently and jointly with others, plan, implement and evaluate teaching and assessment in higher education with a scientific, scholarly or artistic basis and within their own area of knowledge
2. make use of, and assist in the development of, physical and digital learning environments to promote learning for groups and for individuals
3. collect, analyse and communicate their own and others' experiences of teaching and learning practices, and relevant outcomes of research, as a basis for the development of educational practice and of the academic profession

Course content

- The theory and practise of teaching in higher education
- Academic scholarship

Specific requirements

A teaching position at Mälardalen University.

Examination

SEM1, seminar, 1.0 credits, active participation in seminars concerning learning outcomes 1-3, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, written assignment, 1.5 credits, written report concerning learning outcomes 1-3, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).

For Pass (G) on the course as a whole, the participant must have earned that grade for SEM1 and INL1.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.

Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.

Study guide

Grade

Two-grade scale

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

This course supersedes PEA916.
 
Course participant admitted to PEA916 who has not completed PEA916 can do so according to the old syllabus until the autumn of 2024. New examinations are organized as needed.
 
Course participant admitted to this course who has passed SEM1 in PEA916 can transfer those credits to SEM1 in this course. Credits for both FSR1 and INL1 in PEA916 can together be transfered to INL1 in this course.
 
The learning outcomes in this course overlap the learning outcomes in PEA916.