Transferable skills for Engineering: pedagogical training
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
CNAEF |
Engineering and related techniques |
Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (of 01-02-2025 to 31-07-2025)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
MAIN GOAL
The course aims to develop basic skills for teaching in the context of Higher Education.
It is, therefore, an initial, basic and intensive training for doctoral students and researchers who have recently entered the teaching career or who intend, in the short term, to collaborate in teaching CUs in Higher Education.
Learning Objectives
- Reflect on your own pedagogical practices (particularly on teaching methods and assessment practices)
- Calculate ECTS
- Define learning goals and distinguish them from competencies
- Discuss the principles of active learning
- Take the advantages of adopting new pedagogical approaches (constructivist alignment) and new teaching strategies and methods
- Apply pedagogical strategies according to contextual specifics
- Select assessment methods and techniques appropriate to the defined objectives and competencies
Learning outcomes and competences
RDF-Researcher Development Framework (Vitae) competency
- Domain C (engagement, influence, impact), subdomain D3 (engagement and impact), competency: Teaching
Working method
Presencial
Program
- Mod 1 - pedagogical preparation of a course
- Mod 2 - learning objectives and skills
- Mod 3 - teaching strategies for large classes
- Mod 4 - introduction to learning assessment
Mandatory literature
Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl D. R. ;
A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing : A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Complete Edition. New York: Longman., 2001
Kennedy, D ;
Writing and Using Learning Outcomes – A Practical Guide, 2007
Davis, B.G;
Tools for teaching, 2009 (https://www.indiana.edu/~istr695/readingsfall2013/Tools%20For%20Teaching.pdf )
R Felder; Prof.R Felder’s video on active learning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1URbdisYE)
Despacho n. 1535/2018;
Regulamento de Avaliação dos Discentes da Universidade do Porto
Nicol, DJ and Macfarlane-Dick, D;
Formative assessment and self-regulated learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice, STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 31 (2) , pp.199-218, 2006
Teaching methods and learning activities
This is a 1.5ECTS course which means it requires a total of 40.5 hours of work to complete.
Only 14 hours will be of contact/in the classroom (5 lessons of 2.5h/3h). Therefore, the remaining hours will be for class preparation, organization and review of materials, finishing the proposed exercises in classes and deepening the knowledge.
All classes will have a practical exercise.
Some materials will be posted online.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho escrito |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
26,50 |
Frequência das aulas |
14,00 |
Total: |
40,50 |
Eligibility for exams
submission of the 4 assignements
Calculation formula of final grade
4 X IA X 0,2 + 1 R X 0,2
IA - Individual assignements
R - Report