The Karlstad University Library has collected material on how students write an academic text, for example a scientific essay or report.
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The University Library provides language support for students
The language support service includes courses and individual support in Swedish and English regardless of mother tongue. If a student wishes to use the support service, he or she contacts the library.
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If you arrive at university fresh out of upper secondary school or after several years in working life, it can be difficult to approach the task of reading large quantities of text. How would you – the teacher – describe your target group? Do they need the support of reading instructions and study techniques?
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In the pedagogical conversation with UPE under the heading “How do you discuss language difficulties with students?” in Zoom 17 May 2022, over 60 members of teaching staff gathered to discuss students’ language difficulties and how it affects teaching.
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Distance teaching requires a different way of designing courses than on-campus teaching. In this short video, we explain the fundamental differences and how it affects you as teacher.
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Campus teaching with some of the students present online – hybrid teaching – is very demanding for the teacher. But if you are up to the challenge, here are some advice on what to consider.
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If you use multiple-choice questions in the examination, the trick is to construct unambiguous questions and unambiguous answers. The Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University has a small, practical and concise manual on how to do this.
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The Constructive Alignment model is the basis for development of teaching and examination at KAU.
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In this short film (Swedish only) the main principles of the hierarchy of laws, ordinances, recommendations, policies and rules governing university teaching are explained
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Teaching at Karlstad university, a government agency, is regulated locally by policies and rules. These governing documents are harmonized with laws, governances, recommendations and agreements on national and European level. From here, you will find your way to most of the local gouverning documents.
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