Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
Monday, September 30, 2019 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Literature reviews are a keystone of academic writing. This workshop explores using the Matrix Method to manage your literature review. Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can begin applying this method to your own work.
Additional information: Registration required.
Thursday, September 26, 2019 — 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 — 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Many Teaching Assistants (TAs) in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines are responsible for teaching tutorial sessions. However, running tutorials can pose unique challenges for TAs. In this interactive workshop, we will discuss how to create an effective tutorial environment and present ways of maximizing student participation. Participants in this session will also be equipped with practical strategies for planning, running, and assessing their tutorials, with special attention being given to interactive teaching strategies that can be used in any classroom.
Monday, September 23, 2019 — 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
This introductory workshop is a requirement for participating in the Professional Skills Foundations program, a new professional skills credential for graduate students at the University of Waterloo.
Friday, September 20, 2019 — 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Through discussion and hands-on activities in this half-day workshop, you will learn how to prepare an effective résumé and cover letter by analyzing job descriptions, assessing the relevance of your transferable skills and articulating these transferable skills in an action-oriented way.
Additional information: Registration required through WaterlooWorks.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 — 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Most instructors teach the way they were taught, which may or may not be a good thing. This interactive workshop will provide participants with a toolbox of activities suitable for any classroom. We will introduce the concept of active learning and teacher-centred versus student-centred classrooms. In this workshop we will also discuss some of the reasons for using different teaching methods and help you decide which ones are right for your classroom.
Additional Information
Registration: Registration is required.
Monday, September 16, 2019 — 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Successful teachers make it a priority to critically reflect on their teaching by tapping into the many evaluation tools available to us. In this workshop, we'll explore how teaching assistants can get evaluations of their teaching from supervisors, peers, students, and others. We'll talk about whom to ask for feedback, when to ask, and how. You'll work in groups to analyze both formal and informal feedback tools, discuss how to incorporate them into your teaching, and consider how to interpret and make use of evaluations you receive.
Monday, September 16, 2019 — 8:30 AM to Friday, September 20, 2019 — 4:30 PM EDT
Friday, September 13, 2019 — 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Are you worried that active learning is incompatible with lecture-style instruction? That you have to choose between one and the other? In this workshop, we address these concerns, investigating a variety of "lecture breaks" that can be easily integrated between lecture segments without significant cost in instructional time. Along the way, we will examine the benefits of making lectures more interactive, in terms of student attention and recall.
Additional Information
Registration: Registration is required.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 — 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Academic work is constantly under review as instructors assess students' papers, supervisors guide students on theses, or students evaluate instructors teaching, only to name a few examples. In all of these cases, evaluative information is being given to one person by another as feedback has occurred. But was it helpful? Was it assimilated? Will it make a difference in the future?