Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer In this training session, we will discuss strategies to encourage students to engage in both critical reading and reflection. We will address the challenge of unprepared students through examining underlying barriers to successful reading in the undergraduate classroom. TAs […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Sandy Carpenter, TATP Course Instructor Coordinator In higher education, we expect students to think critically about course materials, but many students may not understand how to engage in critical thinking. Since critical thinking skills are essential to a meaningful learning process, it is important […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator They did the reading...or did they? This common question presents itself to teaching assistants in classrooms across the disciplines. Students come to class unprepared to work with the readings. Why? Often, reading at university is challenging for our students. This workshop will […]
Blackburn Room, 4th Floor Robarts Library Sandy Carpenter, TATP Course Instructor Coordinator Salina Abji, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Tutorials at the University of Toronto come in all shapes and sizes. As a TA, you need to be prepared to adapt your lesson planning, your learning activities and even your overall teaching approach to different types […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Salina Abji, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Elliot Storm, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator In this training session, we will review strategies for leading effective discussion-based tutorials in both classroom and lab settings. We will explore how to prepare yourself to lead an engaging discussion, how you can encourage students to […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Trainer This training session will focus on how to support students in the process of developing writing skills. Over the course of the session, we will discuss various approaches to engaging your students through writing, both through in-class writing […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Trainer In higher education, we expect students to think critically about course materials, but many students may not understand how to engage in critical thinking. Since critical thinking skills are essential to a meaningful learning process, it is important […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator Darius Rackus, TATP Sciences Trainer In this training session, we will discuss strategies to encourage students to engage in both critical reading and reflection. We will address the challenge of unprepared students through examining underlying barriers to successful reading in the undergraduate classroom. TAs […]
Blackburn Room, 4th Floor Robarts Library Darius Rackus, TATP Sciences Trainer Michael Dick, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Facilitating laboratory sessions is a complex task that even the most experienced teaching assistants are constantly aiming to refine. On the one hand, labs usually follow a well-constrained step-by-step methodology. On the other hand, it is not always […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Michael Dick, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Learning how to effectively and efficiently solve problems is the key to success in many math, science and engineering disciplines. This training session will expose TAs to proven approaches to working with students who are learning the process for solving problems in their […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor Nick Eaves, TATP Sciences Trainer In this training session, we will review strategies for leading effective discussion-based tutorials in both classroom and lab settings. We will explore how to prepare yourself to lead an engaging discussion, how you can encourage students to come to tutorial prepared for meaningful discussion, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training day for first-contract TAs 2 hours of general pedagogical training: 10am - 12pm 1 hour of tutorial training (Discussion Based Tutorials, Labs/Practicals, or Skill Based: Problem Sets): 12:15pm - 1:15pm 1 hour of grading: 1:30pm - 2:30pm All departments may allow TAs to use this […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library, 4th Floor This is a 4-hour training day for first-contract TAs 2 hours of general pedagogical training: 12:30pm - 2:30pm 1 hour of tutorial training (Discussion Based Tutorials, Skills Based Tutorials: Supporting Student Writing, or Review and Q&A): 2:45pm - 3:45pm 1 hour of grading: 4pm - 5pm All departments may allow […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Salina Abji, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Nick Eaves, TATP Sciences Trainer Session description: This two-hour workshop is designed to share strategies and develop methods for teaching contentious or sensitive subjects. TAs will learn not simply how to manage heated debates but also how to foster critical […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Active learning is a teaching philosophy in which students participate in the lesson, rather than listening passively. Active learning techniques can increase retention and depth of understanding by engaging students through learning by doing, reflection, group discussion, […]