students as partners – Teaching@Sydney

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News & events 10 August, 2023 10 August, 2023

“I am not a customer”

At this year’s 2023 Sydney Teaching Symposium, educators learnt about students-as-partners in a unique session hosted and co-facilitated by Business School Lecturer, Dr Maria…

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Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, News & events 10 August, 2023 18 September, 2023

Make students part(ners) of your teaching

by Jessica Frawley

Universities spend a lot of time thinking and talking about students. From how we improve teaching on a day-to-day basis, through to how we…

Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Measure and support engagement, News & events, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 2 August, 2023 2 August, 2023

“Async is hard”: Enhancing Interaction in Asynchronous Learning Environments

by James Kite

Asynchronous learning has become a significant part of higher education today, especially post-pandemic. With the increasing demand for flexibility and convenience, students told us…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Student experience, Transition, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 4 April, 2023 4 April, 2023

Taking History Beyond the Classroom: A Student and Unit Coordinator’s Reflections on Work Integrated Learning

by Darcy Campbell

I never thought I’d find myself mediating a debate about where to put an early 20th century wine stomping vat, let alone as part…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations 29 September, 2022 29 September, 2022

Open to the possibilities: reconnecting with students through languages and cultures

by Leanne Stevenson

Dr Kylie Giblett teaches in Germanic Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures. I met Kylie at a recent teaching day for the…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Educational excellence, First Year Coordinators, Measure and support engagement, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 22 January, 2022 22 January, 2022

‘The Little Things’: excellence, empathy and fallibility

by Leanne Stevenson

Centred on the FASS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) pedagogical values, On by Our Design (OBOD) provides a platform for teaching and education…

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Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Off-campus learning, Student experience, Teaching research, Teaching tips 12 February, 2021 17 July, 2021

What do students think about working as ‘students as partners’?

by Dashiell Chavis Moore

In 2020, a group of student co-designers partnered with the University of Sydney’s Educational Innovation team to develop Get Prepared, a learning resource supporting…

Arts and Social Sciences, Teaching research, Teaching tips 7 October, 2020 31 October, 2020

Why not be kind? The pedagogy of kindness in our classrooms

by Esra Yavuzcehre

Living through a global event which we haven’t experienced the likes of before, there is no better time to focus on the fantastic and…

News & events, Sydney updates 3 September, 2018 26 October, 2018

Hack Your Lecture 2018

by Samantha Clarke

The lecture has been around since the Middle Ages and the role the lecture is constantly evolving. Over the past few years you may…

News & events 28 August, 2017 28 August, 2017

Engaging students in internationalisation – symposium and call for papers

by Amani Bell

For those interested in engaging students in internationalisation global learning, please read on… Symposium – Engaging students as partners in global learning This National…