3T PLAY project - Supporting students to develop coaching and peer teaching skills

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How to support students to develop coaching and peer teaching skills

Students learn more when they are actively engaged in the learning process. While hands-on activities, labs and projects are moments when students are active, the learning benefits can be amplified with coaching strategies. This activity will enable student peers and teaching assistants to implement 2 evidence-based strategies, teaching with questions and giving process-level feedback, to support students to develop relevant, transferable thinking skills. It targets the development of the following skills:

• Using questions to increase students’ engagement and therefore their learning.
• Providing process-level feedback to support the development of transferable thinking skills.

There will be refreshments at 10.30am and a sandwich lunch at 12pm. Please feel free to also sign up for Supporting students’ skills for giving feedback starting with refreshments at 9am on the same day at the same venue.

About the trainer

Joelyn de Lima is a scientist & pedagogical advisor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Trained in the biological sciences, she transitioned to being a discipline-based education researcher. Currently her research and practice are focused on enhancing the higher educational experience for students. Her background has given her a unique blend of perspectives – in terms of culture (She has lived, worked, and taught on 3 continents), theoretical grounding (natural sciences and education), and practice (research & teaching, formal & informal education).

• Staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department ONLY
• Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here

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Number of sessions: 1

This workshop targets the development of the following skills:

• Using questions to increase students’ engagement and therefore their learning.
• Providing process-level feedback to support the development of transferable thinking skills.

Teaching Transversal Skills using Tangibles

Enhance your skills to teach transversal skills in these workshops facilitated by Dr. Joelyn de Lima (EPFL). The 3T PLAY project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) invites you to attend two professional development opportunities focusing on teaching transversal skills. These workshops are based on the evidence-informed, scholarly output from a multi-year translational research project. You will discover open-source activities that you can adapt for your own context, which are complemented by a framework for designing experiential learning activities focusing on transversal skills. These workshops have been conducted in multiple countries and the participants have found them to be valuable in influencing their teaching practice.

In-person workshop

1.5 hours

One off workshop

• 3T PLAY project - Supporting students to develop coaching and peer teaching skills