PhD Courses in Denmark

Objective

Introduction to University Teaching is a practical, hands-on course designed to enhance early-career researchers' teaching skills in alignment with AU's pedagogical strategies and requirements based on the Danish framework for advancing university pedagogy (Level 1) principles.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Explain and use basic concepts about learning
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate individual teaching sessions.
• Choose and discuss relevant pedagogical strategies to foster student engagement in and between lessons

Content and format

The course includes the following topics:

• Teaching versus learning
• Student engagement
• Alignment between:
  • learning outcomes
  • learning activities
  • assessment
• Educational technology

During the course, you will work on improving your teaching in relation to the course topics and principles, including planning and conducting a microteaching session.

The course starts online with both individual and group activities.

Participants will meet face-to-face in two classroom sessions. Between the two classroom sessions, you will work online individually and in groups.

Introduction to University Teaching for PhD students is a blended learning course addressing PhD students from Graduate schools of Arts and Aarhus BSS.

The course is mandatory for PhD students from Arts and optional for PhD students from Aarhus BSS.

Venue

The course will be held at:

• Aarhus University, Aarhus (Spring and Fall)
• Campus Emdrup (Spring)

Information

• Register for course: See up under Link
• Language: By default, the course is in English. However, it can be held in Danish if so wished by all participants. Group work can be in both English and Danish. 
• Span: about 50 hours
• Course certificate: upon satisfactory completion
• No. of participants: min. 10, max. 25
• ECTS: 2
• Prerequisites: Participants should know what they will or could be teaching as the course requires participants to plan and discuss learning activities relevant to a specific course. Participants should also be enrolled at The faculty of Arts, Aarhus University.
• Bring for the course: A course description for a course relevant for the participants's own teaching, related to e.g. previous teaching, current teaching, or possible future teaching. 
• Refreshments: Morning coffee/tea, water, and lunch. Lunch, water, coffee/tea