An undergraduate biology pedagogy course curriculum for instructional apprentices.

ABSTRACT: Undergraduate instructional apprentices, which include undergraduate teaching assistants, learning assistants, or supplemental instruction tutors, must develop skills in facilitating student discussions while ideally gaining a deeper understanding of how students learn. A formal pedagogy course accompanying these teaching experiences is a key component of training. However, there are limited resources available for a complete curriculum that can be adopted for pedagogy courses for undergraduate instructional apprentices. Here, we present a pedagogy course aimed at first-time biology undergraduate instructional apprentices (typically second-, third-, and fourth-year students). The course is designed for 10 hours of instruction and introduces students to multiple topics: (i) classroom commun

SUBMITTER: Meaders CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369330 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature