Teaching at University: Frameworks, rules and resources (RRR-2310)

University teachers practice their profession as government employees. All University activities must strictly adhere to legislation, regulations and local policies. At the same time, we are teachers in an organisation with enough resources to provide the support we need to do our job well. It is important to be well versed in the framework, rules and regulations that let us enjoy the confidence of students, colleagues, and the larger community.

The course introduces University teachers to their role as government employees through frameworks concerning university education, such as fundamental legislation, rules and local policies. Course participants receive an overview of international and national quality assurance protocol and their relation to University activity. Participants receive knowledge of and preparation for work with quality development in higher education.

The courses RRR and CA can be taken at the same time. The development works in the courses may be related to each other, but they have to be assessed separately.

Course objectives

After the course, the participants should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge about national and local regulations that govern higher education in connection to quality development within their field.
  1. Discuss the societal aim of higher education with regard to democracy, internationalisation, gender equality, equal treatment, sustainable development and student participation in the education, in relation to the roles of civil servant and university teacher.
  1. Reflect on their own as well as other people’s quality development of higher education, together others and with support from current research.
Course Literature

Book:
Biggs, J. B. & Tang, C. (2011). Teaching for quality learning at university: what the student does. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

More course material will be provided by the course leader.

Target Group
The course is primarily aimed at new teachers at Karlstad University.
Schedule
Vid träff 1-7 kan du välja att antingen delta på campus i Karlstad eller att delta via Zoom. Obs! Träff 8 är obligatorisk på CAMPUS för alla. Meeting 1-7 you can choose to participate at Campus or Zoom. Notice! Meeting 8 will be at CAMPUS for everyone.
  • 2023-10-09		13:15-15:00		Meeting 1
  • 2023-10-10		13:15-15:00		Meeting 2
  • 2023-10-17		13:15-16:00		Meeting 3
  • 2023-10-24		13:15-15:00		Meeting 4
  • 2023-10-31		13:15-16:00		Meeting 5
  • 2023-11-07		13:15-15:00		Meeting 6
  • 2023-11-14		13:15-16:00		Meeting 7
  • 2023-11-23		09:15-17:00		Meeting 8: Closing seminar
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Status: Closed
Course period: 2023-10-09 - 2023-11-11
Hyflex
Hours of commitment: 40
Limit of enrollment: 24
Instructor(s):
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Mikael Svanberg