Course:MATH TAAP/2012
| Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics | |
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| MATH TAAP TA Accreditation Program | |
| Coaches: | Steve Bennoun and Thomas Wong |
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Welcome on the Teaching Assistant Accreditation Program Course wiki! This a non-official course being beta tested this term for the first time.
During the core weeks, presentations will take place on Wednesdays at 12.30pm in the room SCRF 1003.
Next homework
- For Friday 23rd November
- Compile ideas that you have collected throughout the term into the scrapbook.
- Read over your Teaching Dossier and fill in relevant sections and reflections.
Core week Schedule
For Tatchai and Vince:
| Week | Task |
|---|---|
| 1 (3/10 - 9/10) | In class activity: 3/10 |
| 2 (10/10 - 16/10) | Online activity: 10/10 - 14/10 |
| 3 (17/10 - 23/10) | In class activity: 17/10 |
| 4 (24/10 - 30/10) | Online activity: 24/10 - 28/10 |
| 5 (31/10 - 6/11) | In class activity: 31/10 |
| 6 (7/11 - 13/11) | Online activity: 7/11 - 11/11 |
For Carmen and Mike:
| Week | Task |
|---|---|
| 1 (3/10 - 9/10) | Online activity: 3/10 - 7/10 |
| 2 (10/10 - 16/10) | In class activity: 10/10 |
| 3 (17/10 - 23/10) | Online activity: 17/10 - 21/10 |
| 4 (24/10 - 30/10) | In class activity: 24/10 |
| 5 (31/10 - 6/11) | Online activity: 31/10 - 4/11 |
| 6 (7/11 - 13/11) | In class activity: 7/11 |
Main References
Our main resources in this course will be the two following books:
- How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching, by S. Ambrose, M. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. Lovett, M. Norman, The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series, Wiley & Sons Publishings, 2010.
- What Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain, Harvard Univeristy Press, 2004.
Blogs/podcasts/videos about education
Youtube videos
- Confessions of a Converted Lecturer: Eric Mazur
- Youtube Channel: Math TV
- Youtube Channel: Numberphile
TED talks
- Let's use video to reinvent education - Salman Khan
- What we're learning from online education - Daphne Koller
- The 100'000-student classroom - Peter Norvig
- School kills creativity - Ken Robinson is an international advisor on education.
- Bring on the revolution! - Ken Robinson's second TED talk.
- The child-driven education - Sugata Mitra is an Indian educator doing some research on the topic of education without teachers. His talk describes some of his research between 1999 and 2010. There are some truly amazing things in there!
- Dan Meyer TEDxNYED talk - Dan Meyer gave this short TEDx talk that explains well his philosophy. Check out his blog as well.
Blogs
- Blog on teaching mathematics by Whit Ford
- Blog on math education - actually by Izabella Laba here at UBC!
- Dan Meyer is a high school math teach that has some excellent ideas on how to change math education.
Essays
- A mathematician's lament by Paul Lockhart, 2002
About the Teaching Dossier
- Teaching dossier guide elaborated by the Canadian association of university teachers.
- Teaching dossier guide by the Office of Health Sciences Education of Queen's university; look in particular for the teaching philosophy section.