Teaching Pedagogy Apprenticeship

Catalog description

The CBE Teaching Pedagogy Apprenticeship course is a one-year structured experience. The program pairs graduate students interested in academic or teaching-focused careers with faculty mentors and integrates two components: a Pedagogical Seminar and an Apprenticeship Experience. The semester-long discussion-based pedagogical seminar explores key domains of effective teaching, such as curriculum design and pedagogy, assessment and feedback, student engagement and development, equity and access in learning, technology-enhanced instruction, and educational research and evaluation. The apprenticeship experience is a guided face-to-face teaching practicum where participants assist in undergraduate/graduate courses, gradually taking responsibility for lesson design, classroom facilitation, and student feedback under faculty supervision. Together, these experiences help participants connect theoretical principles of learning with practical application.