Course for Teaching Assistants
Learning outcomes
The course provides participants with new perspectives on teaching through different kinds of activities (group discussions, exchange of experiences, presentations) and enables the teaching assistants to plan, carry out and evaluate their teaching, focusing on the outcome of the students.
Through the course, the participants will be provided with tools:
- To plan, carry out and evaluate their teaching
- To identify challenges and opportunities to act in a given teaching situation
- To try out/ test and evaluate new initiatives in their teaching.
The course has a scope of approx. 10 hours of teaching. The course starts with workshop activities (on site and online). The course is concluded with an assignment. In the assignment each participant reflects on their teaching. The assignment is presented at a final meeting a few months after the first day of the course. The course is based on active participation in both plenary, group and virtual discussions, based on the experiences of the participants. Each participant hands in small assignments during the course.
Course schedule_
- Workshop Day 1: Full day on site workshop: Presentations, exercises, groupwork, discussions (lunch included).
- Worskhop Day 2, A few days after Day 1 we will have a sort online workshop with plenary and individual activities, and Submission of a small assignment.
- Final meeting to complete the course. A half day meeting where the participants present the reflections on their teaching.
The workshop days takes place before a teaching block, usually in august before block 1 or the week before block 3. The final meetings will take place after each of the teaching blocks. The final meetings will often be joint for the English and Danish courses.
The main target group for the TA course are students who are hired as teaching assistants at the Faculty of Science.
Please note that you must be employed as a TA in order to complete the TA course.
You have to speak Danish in order to participate in Danish versions of course.
- Danish version: Primarily for Teaching Assistant teaching on bachelor courses, especially first year courses.
Participants should be able to speak and participate in discussions ind danish. - English version: Primarily for TA's teaching master courses (or courses at later years at the bachelor education).
PhD students should not apply for the TA course. They are recommended to follow the course ‘Introduction to University Pedagogy’ (IUP). You can read more about the IUP course here.
Spring 2025
Course in Danish starts 28 January 2025.
More information on the Danish course page: Instruktorkursus
Download course dates: TA course 2024/2025 - courses and dates (pdf)
Autumn 2025
We plan TA-courses in both Danish and English, starting in August before block 1.
The dates have not yet been finalized.
Sign up for the email service and you will be notified when registration for the courses opens: Email-service
More information
Spring 2025
- Course in Danish starts:
28 January
More information at the Danish course page.
Autumn 2025
We plan TA-courses in both Danish and English, starting in August before block 1.
The dates are not yet finalized.
Sign up for the email service and we will notify you directly when registration opens:
Email-service
Price
Participation is free for TA's at SCIENCE, UCPH
Language
Danish or English depending on the course.
Participants in the Danish version should be able to speak and participate in discussions in Danish.
Location
Department of Science Education, Rådmandsgade 64, 2200 København N.
Number of participants
Max 24 participants at each course.
The course is canceled if there are fewer than 10 participants
Contact
Christine Holm and
Dorte Christiansen Elmeskov, Teachers