Teaching Master Classes

Step into the classrooms of Western’s most respected and innovative instructors and observe them engaging with their undergraduate students, their course material, and their discipline. Following the in-class observation, join us at the Teaching Support Centre to meet with these instructors and discuss the strategies they employ in their classrooms.

Each month we will feature one or two instructors from departments across campus who teach in varied classroom settings – large, small, upper year, survey, practical, theoretical. This is an excellent opportunity for you to benefit from the experience and insight of our most successful teachers. Limited space is available in each master class and registration is required.

Participation in a Teaching Master Class counts for one Future Professor Credit toward the Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning.

Upcoming Classes


Lecture in Sociology
Observe Professor Kim Luton as she leads an interactive class of 360 students through clicker questions and a voluntary exercise to examine the impact of 'structural forces' and culture on behavior.
Wednesday, October 17th from 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Middlesex College Room 110).  Followed by a one-hour discussion from 11:30-12:30 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre (Weldon Library Room 122).

Lecture in English Literature 
Observe Professor Alison Conway as she introduces her first-year English class to the visual world of W.H. Auden's poem, "Musée des Beaux Arts". Who are the Old Masters and what are they doing here? What is ekphrasis?
Tuesday, October 30th from 10:30-11:30 a.m. (University College Room 30). Followed by a one-hour discussion from 11:30-12:30 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre (Weldon Library Room 122).

Lecture in Health Sciences
Observe Professor Jennifer Irwin as she talks about the importance of and challenges to implementing health promotion programs with 350 Introductory Health Promotion students.
Monday, November 19th from 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Natural Sciences Room 145). Followed by a one-hour discussion from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre (Weldon Library Room 122).

 

Contact

Telephone: (519) 661-2111 ext. 84651
Email: tsc@uwo.ca