Teachers' Toolbox

Inspirational introductions to teaching methods. Teachers%27 Toolbox 50% is an open source Wiki book on teaching methods and ways to improve teaching. The toolbox is intended to give you an overview of methods you can use when teaching in general (applies to all schools, universities...). We hope it will help you to find new ways to activate students and improve their learning. It's *not* intended to be a long theoretical analysis of pedagogical methods, rather emphazises brief inspirational introductions to different ways to teach - and hopefully people will contribute with case stories and examples of teaching material you can develop further. You are very welcome to add to the book!! If you read in this book please leave us a comment on the discussion page, and that's also the place to write suggestions for new material. Help improving this resource! You are very welcome to add and edit! Contents 1: INTRODUCTION 75% Why this book? - How YOU can contribute to the book - The Teachers Toolbox History - Other resources 2: TEACHING CLASSES 50% Zen and the art of keeping students interested - Shorter group work in class sessions 3: LECTURING 50% Stage performance and large audiences - Helpful Hints - Background Info: The attention of a listener - The plot - Your hands and motion - Your voice and speech - PowerPoint - The black board - Different ways to break up long lectures - Make an audience work in groups 4: PLANNING A COURSE 25% The goal of teaching: Learning Objectives - Pre-Assesment - Lections - Continuous evaluation - Examination - Post evaluation 5: SUPERVISING AND COACHING STUDENTS 50% Different types of supervision - Starting a new project for a student - Planing a project step by step - Mindmaps - Strategy -the project plan - Starting supervision of a new student - The supervisor meeting - EXAMPLE: An agenda for the supervisor meeting - Some typical problems and hints to solutions - Where am I heading - The writers block - The disposition - Whats going to happen after my study - The self-imposed high-achiever block - A typical course of a student project - Coaching 6: TEACHING SKILLS TO THE STUDENTS 50% Group Work - A list of good advice - Feeling stuck - Writing Reports/Papers/Thesis - Report writing - Thesis writing - Writing articles - Making posters - Making presentations - The scientific method - Project Management 7: EVALUATION OF STUDENTS 50% Written exams - multiple choice - Peer assessment - Reports - Presentations - Project work 8: WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR OWN TEACHING 50% Peer coaching - Feedback to other teachers - Student evaluations - Feedback to the supervisor - EXAMPLE: Feedback questionnaire - Teaching portfolio - Video feedback 9: USING WIKI IN TEACHING 25% Wikibooks can be used in teaching, both as a resource, but also for students to write sections in books to improve them, rather than just writing reports that will not really be used by anyone else. T Instructional theory 50%