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.

Short video about the course

The course website Canvas will open one week before the first meeting. Students should access Canvas and complete the preparatory work.

Before each meeting, students are required to go through the preparatory material.

Bain, K., What the best college teachers do. 2004

The book is available online in Canvas.

Other articles, links and films are provided via Canvas.

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.

• 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.

Examination requirements

To pass the course you have to:

• Actively take part in the meetings by joining the discussions
• Write an individual reflection and give feedback to a fellow student
• Plan and deliver (record) a 10-minute teaching practicum, including giving feedback on other’s recordings
• Design, conduct interviews according to your group’s decision on topic and analyse the results

Grades are reported in Ladok within two weeks of the deadline of the final assignment submission.

• 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.