Further Education Courses of the
HDZ-HSG
The further education courses offer a wide range of opportunities to improve and support teaching skills. Various facets of teaching and learning at universities are examined. The individual events usually take the form of seminars or practice-orientated workshops and are designed to promote exchange with other lecturers on the one hand and provide space for self-reflection on the other. Participants have the opportunity to try things out and can bring along their own questions and challenges.
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The various challenges facing higher education lecturers require ongoing skills development. The HDZ-HSG therefore offers courses and workshops in four key subject areas.
How can content be presented clearly and convincingly? The focus of this area is on a convincing presentation by using your body and voice consciously and confidently. Using visualisations that aid learning, employing rhetoric that holds learners’ attention and adopting a professional physical and vocal presence contribute to successful teaching and learning.
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Courses and workshops in this area deal with different types of exams and address the challenges of supervising and assessing students’ written work: How do I deal with the tension between supervision and assessment? What do I need to consider when students write in English as a second language? What do you need to bear when conducting digital exams?
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What is good teaching? How best to initiate and support student learning? What contributes to learning success? Offerings in this area focus on designing and planning student-centred classes and how to initiate and sustain teaching and learning processes. They also explore how to use activating methods and how to engage students in cognitively demanding thought processes.
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Why should teaching staff promote an awareness of responsible social behaviour in students? How can I establish a substantive link between sustainability aspects and my own discipline? How should I deal with critical events and the increasing diversity of students? These and other topics form the core of this specialisation.
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Our courses and workshops are developed and delivered by experts who have the relevant qualifications in the subject area being taught. They take into account the latest research findings and are proven practitioners in their area of expertise. They are either faculty members or self-employed specialists.
Our courses are generally open to everyone who teaches in higher education or is involved in teaching and learning. In addition to professors, lecturers, assistants and teaching assistants at universities, the continuing education courses are also aimed at staff working in study programmes or administration. See the course announcements for admission requirements and the tuition language (German or English). The number of participants depends on the course format and content.. On successful completion (including at least 90% attendance), participants are awarded a certificate of attendance.
Courses are either half- or full-day. Depending on the format and topic, different methods are used (e.g. targeted theoretical input in the form of lectures, practice-oriented teaching discussions, transfer-oriented pair/group work, moderated discussions, case studies or reflections). Courses are face-to-face, online, hybrid (some individuals participate in person and some participate online) or blended learning (instructors and facilitators combine in-person instruction with online learning activities). Face-to-face events usually take place on the campus of the University of St.Gallen.
For members of the University of St.Gallen, the course fee is covered by the University. External participants will be charged CHF 180 for a half-day course and CHF 300 for a full-day course.