The main themes for the course are:

• Basis for learning and teaching
• Natural learning environments
• Teaching of engineering sciences
• Feedback and supervision
• Interviews and group work
• Recording of teaching
• Your development as teacher

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• apply basic concepts, materials and methods, as well as conditions for teaching and learning in higher education;
• discuss her/his own role in relation to sustainable development with focus on learning and teaching their own subject;
• present and explain subjects, and carry out activating assignments in their own knowledge field;
• give and receive feedback with focus on analysing, evaluating and developing teaching and learning;
• extract the most interesting parts of a scientific study and present it in an interesting way with focus on learning;
• analise a chosen area of a field study and relate the findings to their own teaching practice, for the development of their own educational skills and ability as teacher in the long run.

In order to achieve the intented learning outcomes of the course, students will mainly work in groups of 4-5 students.  Active participation in various group discussions is required throughout the course.

Access the course website in Canvas and go through the material under Modules (General Course Information and Meeting 1). For optimal group work, preparation before meetings is essential.

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Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. The book is available online (in Canvas).

Other articles, links and films are provided in the course website Canvas.

As the course presently runs online, we recommend the use of a headset instead of the built-in microphone and speaker in a computer.

Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:

Funka - compensatory support for students with disabilities

P, F

• INL1 - Written assignment, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examination elements in the course are design and feedback of a teaching and learning activity, field study and written assignments.

Written assignment ( INL1 )

• Compulsory attendance at the first course meeting.
• Of the remaining meetings (five whole group meetings and one small group meeting), the student may not be absent more than once.
• Preparations are required before each meeting, and active participation is expected in discussions during meetings and group work.

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.