Course: Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring

After reading the article on the role of a mentor at the University of Groningen and discussing the question “what are the characteristics of a good mentor”, let’s now find …

In Homer’s Odyssey, Mentor is Telemachus’s wise friend, providing him with advice and assistance. The word ‘mentor’ evolved to mean trusted advisor, friend, teacher and wise person. At the University …

In this step, you find some solutions for the previous assignment. However, there is no single right solution for the assignment. One and the same comment can for example be …

Introduction We all need feedback, whether you are an experienced athlete, a beginning teacher, a carpenter, or a student in Engineering or Philosophy. Feedback helps us to reflect on our …

In this video, Anne will deal with the last building block of a course: assessment. There are two kinds of assessment: summative and formative. We will mainly focus on formative …

At the beginning of this week, we asked you “what makes a university teacher a good teacher?”. Thank you all for your contributions! You can find a word cloud of …

Students in transition between educational systems experience academic cultural differences. Unsurprisingly, these differences are even bigger for students who decide to study abroad. Certain aspects of teaching and learning, which …

In this video, Dana will explain what a safe and inclusive learning environment is and how you can foster it. The concept of inclusive learning environments is currently gaining (renewed) …

In this video three challenging teaching situations will be shown. A student who does not agree with the course content A student who did not bring her homework to class …

In this video, Stacey and Dana will discuss some challenging situations they have faced and will provide you with some guidelines on how to deal with them. They will make …

Explaining to the students what they can expect goes a long way toward preventing issues later on in the course. In this video, Stacey will provide some practical tips on …

We hope you picked up some valuable ideas from the previous discussion. In this article, Paul will share his ideas on how to enhance your students’ growth mindset. In order …

In the previous video, Paul introduced a theory on motivation: the self-determination theory. This theory assumes that in order for people to function well, three universal and innate psychological needs …

In this video, Ine will go over some key items you should check when preparing for your first small group teaching session. You can download the checklist below to prepare …

After discussing the question “what makes a university teacher a good teacher?” and reading the article on teaching quality, let’s now find out what the students at the University of …