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From 23–25 July, CDTL organised another intensive course of the
Professional Development Programme (Teaching), or PDP-T, for new academic
staff with less than three years of experience. The seminars and workshops
within this PDP-T covered areas such as demonstrations of classroom teaching;
discussions on the NUS student, using IT in teaching and learning, how
to conduct tutorial/lecture classes, assessment and lesson/curriculum
design; and hands-on micro-teaching sessions for participants to try new
methods of instruction and gain feedback from others.
Feedback from participants of this engaging and informative PDP-T include
the following:
- Comprehensive coverage of ‘life-cycle’ of teaching—from
planning to implementation.”
- “Useful in terms of food for thought for new methods of teaching,
student expectations.”
- “The stimulating discussions with the speakers. Their innovative
style of teaching was also very interesting.”
- “Importance and ways of communication with students.”
- “That it allowed participants to have fun while getting a chance
to do things.”
- “The interactive sessions which make you think interactively
& constructively.”
- “Active participation and sharing of ideas and problems encountered.”
- “Practical demonstrations of theoretical concepts.”
- “Useful. Could build in more flexibility as people from different
disciplines have different needs. But I understand it is a different
task. Thanks!”
- “Overall, I appreciate the commitment, on NUS’s part,
in teaching excellence. There were many useful and interesting examples
demonstrated. I feel re-energised.”
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