Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor
University of Toronto Scarborough, IC318 - CORE Tingting Zhu, TATP Sciences Trainer Darius Rackus, TATP Sciences Trainer Undergraduate science labs and practical sessions provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge, bridging theory and application. To make the most of the limited time in the lab, students are required to prepare in advance and arrive […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Joel Rodgers, TATP Humanities Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator After a few weeks into the term, how do we know if our class is going well? Assessing our teaching at the end of a course can be difficult enough, yet it’s equally important to hear and respond […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator Sanaz Ghasemi, TATP Sciences Trainer Buzzwords abound in the world of higher education: we hear about outcomes and objectives, experiential and service learning, taxonomies of learning and communities of practice. But what do these ideas mean for our classrooms? How do we […]
University of Toronto Mississauga - IB 270 - ELECTIVE Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Being a Teaching Assistant is a challenging job that requires balancing the needs and priorities of the course instructor with the needs and expectations of your students; while being asked to be an undergraduate TA is a great opportunity, it […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Majd Zouda, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Matt Jones, Peer Advisor, Conflict Resolution Centre for Graduate Students Manaal S., Peer Advisor, Conflict Resolution Centre for Graduate Students Does your academic work sometimes require you to collaborate with difficult individuals? As a T.A., have you ever had difficulties managing […]
Blackburn Room, 4th Floor Robarts Library - ELECTIVE Joel Rodgers, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Alli Diskin, TATP Program Assistant There seems to be a wide-spread impression that undergraduate students are now “less resilient” than previous generations. Failure has even become a “hot topic” for research, as the development of The Success-Failure […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Mariana Jardim, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology Social media technologies have become an essential extension of our personal or business life and a way that we communicate, connect, and collaborate. But can we use these technologies to facilitate and enhance our teaching […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Michael Dick, TATP Social Sciences Trainer The use of games in Higher Education has recently become more widespread. Research suggests that gamification can help students engage with material, develop critical thinking skills, and teach morality and empathy […]
University of Toronto Scarborough, IC318 - ELECTIVE Tingting Zhu, TATP Sciences Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator With increasing internationalization, teaching and learning in a multilingual context has become common for both multilingual and native English speaking TAs. Have you ever wondered how to effectively engage multilingual students or how to better navigate language barriers […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Mark Hathaway, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Frames of reference are essentially “habits of the mind” encompassing assumptions, beliefs, values, concepts, and feelings that filter and condition our perception of the world. Transformative learning seeks to move beyond what is typically understood as […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, TATP/CTSI Mike Kasprzak, Curriculum Developer, TATP Alex Motut, Social Sciences Coordinator, TATP The statement of teaching philosophy (STP) is the foundation of any teaching dossier, is often requested as part of an academic job application, and is an important part of the […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Kris Kim, TATP Sciences Trainer Wondering about effective ways to refer a student in distress? Given your role as a frontline teacher, students will often come to you with questions about getting help or you will observe, engage and refer students who […]
CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator At this brown-bag lunch, we’ll be focusing on concerns relating to all that comes with the end of the semester. If you’re facing a huge stack of grading or office hours full of anxious students, and want to discuss strategies, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Sanaz Ghasemi, TATP Sciences Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator, Tingting Zhu, TATP Sciences Trainer As graduate student TAs and CIs at the University of Toronto, we teach in classrooms that are among the most culturally diverse in the world. Intercultural […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - CORE Marie Vander Kloet, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP Dianne Ashbourne, Educational Developer, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, UTM The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number […]