ARC 398T
Thurs 9:30 – 11:00am, SUT 3.126
Open to all Graduate Students
Charles L. Davis II: charles.davis@austin.utexas.edu
Required for graduate students that will apply for teaching assistant positions in an architectural history survey (ARC 318K, ARC 318L) or serve as assistant instructors in the School of Architecture (ARC 388R).
The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with a range of effective strategies and techniques for running an efficient classroom: from directing in-class discussions and increasing student engagement to designing and grading writing assignments and developing time management skills. M.Arch students will design a set of course tools for teaching a historical building case study: including a PowerPoint presentation reviewing the building as a physical artifact, developing a teaching plan for discussing the social, cultural, and political meanings of this case study, and a sample quiz for testing student comprehension. M.Arch students will also learn to run writing workshops and grade student writing using a sample rubric. Ph.D. students will design a sample syllabus for use on the job market, create a sample writing prompt for use in history surveys, and invite one scholar from their field of study to participate in a Ph.D. colloquium on teaching contemporary topics.
Learning Outcomes: • Design courses that run smoothly • Increase ability to present lectures and lead discussions • Increase ability to read and manage a classroom • Design excellent supporting course materials • Create engaging, motivational, and instructive activities, assignments, and tests • Begin to develop your own teaching style • Become aware of resources available at UT Austin for teaching • Market your course • Negotiate a course workload • Improve based on student feedback • Write a compelling teaching statement • Have a small head start on developing your own cache of course materials
