Teaching outside your expertise? You Can still be effective
Strategies for Teaching What You Just Learned
There is a dirty little secret that faculty across the country work hard to keep to themselves. Many of them are going to get up in front of their classes tomorrow and teach something they just learned last week, two days ago, or (painful but true) that morning over a very hurried breakfast.
Budget cuts, changing curricula, and an increasing focus on interdisciplinary courses are just some of the pressures forcing instructors to teach outside their area of expertise. Are you one of them?
In Strategies for Teaching What You Just Learned, we’ll examine this growing phenomenon and outline helpful strategies for surviving “teaching on the fly.” You’ll gain valuable recommendations for maintaining your confidence and remaining an effective instructor, even when teaching outside your comfort zone.
Order a copy of this seminar to learn:
- Three factors that can protect you from becoming overly strained and anxious.
- How important it is to talk with someone about the fact that you’re teaching outside your expertise. (And you’ll address the big question, of course, of whether to tell your students.)
- Seven faculty behaviors that reduce student perceptions of your credibility.
- New ways to respond to questions when you don’t know the correct answer.
- How to prioritize what to teach about unfamiliar topics.
- Why you must learn to view your role in class as something other than “the knowledge dispenser.”
Who will benefit?
You’ll find the core elements of this seminar apply to a broad field of instruction. In investigating this subject, our presenter worked with faculty from a wide range of disciplines at institutions large and small, public and private.
Truly, anyone in a teaching role or involved in faculty development will find this discussion timely, and the recommendations invaluable. The seminar is recommended highly for:
- Instructors and Lecturers
- Visiting professors
- Assistant/associate professors
- Adjunct instructors
- Teaching fellows
- Program directors
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Therese Huston, Ph.D. is the founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University. She is the author of Teaching What You Don't Know and other published works focusing on faculty mentoring. Therese earned her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and her B.A. in psychology from Carleton College. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Professional and Organizational Development network in higher education.