Seminar on University Teaching

Satish Nargundkar's Workshop conducted for Cairo University Faculty of Commerce
(September 2007)

This workshop provided the Cairo University professors, assistants, associate professors and teaching assistants with practical teaching tips to help them become more effective in classroom. It also provided the frameworks, theories, and teaching models that will help them continually improve their teaching throughout their career. Some of the objectives of the workshop were:

• Identify the critical factors that affect student learning.
• Write cognitive objectives at the rote, meaningful-integrated, and critical thinking levels.
• Design effective presentations based on your knowledge of how students learn best.
• Form and run effective groups to achieve higher-level learning.
• Design and present an effective lecture (opening application, introduction, body, summary).
• Design effective structured essay, short answer, and multiple-choice questions at the rote and meaningful-integrated levels.
• Achieve greater consistency in your grading.
• Apply teaching tips provided in your classes to address difficult classroom situations.
• Evaluate the different forms of technology used in the learning process.
• Develop a course proposal.
• Begin to develop a statement of teaching philosophy.

Awarded Certification (Download)