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Creating Teaching Champions: Taking the Graduate Teaching Experience Outside the Classroom
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  • Jill McSweeney, Dalhousie University
  • Nayha Acharya, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
  • Giovanna Celli, Dalhousie University
  • Colin Jackson, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
  • Marissa Ley, Dalhousie University
  • Raghav V Sampagni, Dalhousie University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Keywords
  • Teaching and Learning,
  • Graduate Students,
  • Dalhousie University,
  • Educational Development,
  • Graduate Student Development,
  • TA Development,
  • Education
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Abstract

Teaching and learning (T&L) is considered an essential skill for graduate students (Rose, 2012). University T&L centres offer a range of workshops, seminars, and certificates, which allow students to engage with peers who are interested and enthusiastic about T&L and gain support for and confidence in their own teaching (Hughes, 2006). Still, there can be little opportunity for students to engage in more informal T&L dialogue within or outside of their department (Leger & Young, 2014). Through informal student feedback, the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) at Dalhousie University identified this gap in graduate student T&L development, and created the Dalhousie CLT Champions in 2013.

Citation Information
Jill McSweeny et al, "Creating Teaching Champions: Taking the Graduate Teaching Experience Outside the Classroom" (2014) 18 Proceedings of the Atlantic Universities' Teaching Showcase 49.