Скачать или смотреть Importance of the syllabus in teaching - part 1

Dr. Goodman discusses why syllabi are such important documents and what a syllabus should contain. In addition to the standard description of class schedule, textbooks, objectives and grading, the syllabus should clearly define what the instructor expects of the students and what they can expect of the instructor. Learning objectives help focus the students and provide structure to the course to ensure that appropriate material is covered. Norm constantly refers to the syllabus as he teaches and makes it available to his students in the Blackboard course management system.
Dr Goodman is joined by Dr. Patricia Aceves, director of the TLT Faculty Center. Patricia discusses the depth to which learning objectives should be written and to what degree students can or should participate in this process. She also discusses the use of objectives to guide course evaluations and how objectives can be written to the different cognitive expectations of a course.