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From Specialist to Generalist: Teaching across the discipline

From Specialist to Generalist: Teaching across the discipline. Life and work in Academia 12 th April 2012 Carolin.Esser-Miles@winchester.ac.uk. How did we gain that PhD?. BA → (possibly) MA → MPhil(?) → PhD Training towards specialism A quest to prove ourselves as scholars

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From Specialist to Generalist: Teaching across the discipline

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  1. From Specialist to Generalist: Teaching across the discipline Life and work in Academia 12th April 2012 Carolin.Esser-Miles@winchester.ac.uk

  2. How did we gain that PhD? • BA → (possibly) MA → MPhil(?) → PhD • Training towards specialism • A quest to prove ourselvesas scholars • Depth over breadth

  3. The HE Environment

  4. How do we teach an unfamiliar subject? • Remember… • You are not giving a research paper or teaching at PhD level • You are a specialist in your discipline and a trained academic • You are there to guide your students in their own learning, not to provide them with every possible bit of knowledge

  5. Preparing to Teach Ask your colleagues for advice Do some research around the topic Is there any documentation from previous years? Can you use any of your previous knowledge? (subject-specific and academic skills) Remember that you only need to be one week ahead of your students Maybe surprising: It is easier to stay focussed in an unfamiliar subject!

  6. In the classroom Be prepared and trust yourself. Make sure that you understand the subject of the day (otherwise ask a colleague). Be aware how much new material your students can cope with in one day and plan your classes accordingly. Try to have one more layer of knowledge than the one you aim for in class. Acknowledge when you do not know something, but check it up and feed the answer back to the students. Enjoy yourself, as your fun in learning something new can infect your students.

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