Course for Teaching Assistants

 

 

 

The TA courses are offered by Teaching and Learning  at Frb+, where the course teachers are now affiliated.
Until the administration reform in March 2025 the TA courses were offered by the Department of Science Education (IND).
Contact: laering-science@adm.ku.dk 

The objective of the course:

To support you in your role as a teaching assistant by providing you with tools that increase your awareness of the options you have in teaching, so you feel better prepared for the task as a teaching assistant.

Learning outcomes 

  • Plan, carry out, and evaluate your own teaching with a focus on student-centered learning
  • Identify challenges and possible actions in a given teaching situation
  • Plan, carry out, and evaluate a small pedagogical intervention in your teaching
  • Reflect on your role as a teaching assistant

 

The course has a scope of approx 10 hours of teaching. The course starts with workshop activities (on site and online) and is concluded with an assignment. In the assignment each participant reflects on their teaching. The assignment is presented at a final meeting a few months after the first day of the course. We expect participants to be active in discussions both in plenary, group and virtual discussions. Each participant hands in small assignments during the course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main target group for the TA course are students who are hired as teaching assistants at the Faculty of Science.

Please note that you must be employed as a TA in order to complete the TA course.  

You have to speak Danish in order to participate in Danish versions of course.

  • Danish version: Primarily for Teaching Assistant teaching on bachelor courses, especially first year courses. 
    Participants should be able to speak and participate in discussions ind danish.
  • English version: Primarily for TA's teaching master courses (or courses at later years at the bachelor education). 

PhD students and postdocs  should not apply for the TA course. They are recommended to follow the course ‘Introduction to University Pedagogy’ (IUP). You can read more about the IUP course here. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Danish version: Course start before block 1 in August or before block 3 in January.
  • English version: Course start before block 1 in August.

See detailed information at the Teaching and Learning course page

Course facilitators for the TA courses: 

Christine Holm, Anita Monty & Dorte Christiansen Elmeskov