Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Playfulness and Connection in Teaching
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3902-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 12/09/2020

Date and time	12.10.2020, at: 10:00 - 16.10.2020, at: 16:00
Regular seats	12
Course fee	3,840.00 kr.
Lecturers	Long Nguyen
ECTS credits	1.80

Contact person	Kathe Jensen E-mail address: kje@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1.Enjoy and make enjoyable their teaching experiences 2.Propose themselves enriching, innovative ways of teaching 3.Play with the aesthetics of teaching to activate and engage with their students 4.Embrace the notion ‘reciprocal illumination’ for knowledge sharing in education Content This course addresses fundamental concerns of the current model of health and medical education. For too long a time young academics have been asked to teach without being taught themselves how to tackle this engaging task. Recent advances in pedagogy have focused on the way of improving the transmission of knowledge (e.g. effective communication and speaking techniques); though being of great importance, they do not yet address the issue of passive learning as students are still regarded as mere receivers of contents delivered by teachers. There remains a paucity of consideration for the activating, engaging, and creative functions of teaching – for both the teacher and the student. This course will underscore the importance of regarding teaching as a social, enjoyable, empowering and creative experience between teachers and students. Throughout the sessions, we will teach/learn (from/to one another) how to embrace playfulness and creativity in teachings – a key component to arousing in students interest in and eagerness for engaging with their own process of learning. We will provide the course attendees with resources for igniting such dynamics in their teachings – in particular, by opening them to a wide realm of aesthetics of teaching (e.g. the use of arts and imaginative spaces). In this regard, the course is designed to be greatly interdisciplinary: It will involve professionals different horizons, all having experience in teaching on these topics (e.g. mindfulness and empowerment). We will cover these from a theoretical perspective (drawn from the education and social sciences literature), but mostly, a practical aspect. In short, we will (and learn how to) have fun with students while engaging in an empowering process of knowledge sharing. Participants PhD students who have taught / are teaching / will (or are willing to) teach. The maximum number of participants is 12. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All graduate programmes Language The course will be in English. Form Lectures (face-to-face classroom tuition), plenary discussions, practical exercises, group works. 1.8 ECTS. Course director Tri-Long Nguyen (co-director) Assistant Professor Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Heath, University of Copenhagen Email: long@sund.ku.dk Naja Hulvej Rod (director) Professor, Head of Section Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen Email: nahuro@sund.ku.dk Teachers Tri-Long Nguyen, PharmD PhD, assistant professor – University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Cedric Gorinas & Partner, PhD – Heartwise Co., Copenhagen Dates Day 1 \| Theme: Reflection in teaching \| Mon 12 October 2020: 10:00 – 15:00 Day 2 \| Theme: Aesthetics of teaching \| Tue 13 October 2020: 9:00-12:00 Day 3 \| Theme: Confidence, Authenticity and Connection in teaching \| Thu 15 October 2020: 10:00 – 15:00 Day 4 \| Theme: Show me what you got \| Fri 16 October 2020: 10:00-15:00 Course location TBA Registration Please register before 12 September 2020. Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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