Teaching at ETH 2: Research-oriented teaching and learning

You will be able to:

1. turn typical research situations, such as writing a grant proposal, writing or reviewing a research paper, planning an experiment, evaluating and defending research findings, into powerful learning situations.
2. contribute a ¡°big picture¡± perspective (long-term professional development) to mentoring students, at both graduate and undergraduate levels, and members of your research group.

Language: English

Cost: Free of charge

Format & workload:

• three-?day course during the semester break (24 hours)
• classroom observations with peer feedback in small groups over the following two semesters (15 hours)
• a 2.5 hour consolidation workshop at the end of each of the next two semesters (5 hours)
  

In total, 44 hours of course time (including the transfer phase). We estimate up to 10 additional hours for individual preparation.

You will need: 
Attendance in the course requires both active participation and a willingness to implement what you have learned in your own teaching. You will receive intensive support from faculty developers and be invited to give critical feedback to your colleagues throughout.

Course certificate:
The course must be attended as a whole. Upon completion, you will receive an official certificate (may serve as documentation in the teaching portfolio required for the ETH tenure process).

"Thank you so much for these two excellent courses and your dedication and enthusiasm for teaching. The courses helped me a lot to reflect on and improve my teaching in all aspects: teaching in small and larger classes, as well as working with individual PhD and Master students."

"The most valuable 3-day course ever, apart from the first course in Teaching at ETH."

"A great source of knowledge and, even better, inspiration to change things."

"Great course - hoping for a third one!"

"The impact of this course goes way beyond meeting the described objectives. In addition to learning new tools that have helped me in shaping and better interacting with my group, it is the intense discussions and exchange of experiences with colleagues, both more junior and senior ones, that are invaluable and otherwise difficult to initiate, in particular across departments, given our busy schedules. I highly recommend this course to every assistant professor and encourage senior colleagues to participate."

Video comments from previous participants on how "Teaching at ETH" has influenced their teaching:

Interview with Prof. Ulrike Lohmann

Interview with Prof. Andr¨¦ Studart