Supervised Experience in Food Science Teaching

Catalog description

Theories and experiences of teaching and learning relevant to food science and to the work of a teaching assistant. This course provides an introduction to the ways topics in food science can be effectively taught to diverse populations. Students will serve as a teaching assistant in a food science course and in addition meet regularly as a group to reflect on their experience as learners and teachers in the context of readings from the educational literature. The focus on the class is on the teaching of food science topics, so special attention will be given on laboratory and project based learning as well as teaching to industry short courses and in the context of cooperative extension. This course is only available to students currently serving as undergraduate teaching assistants in food science and enrollment is by permission of the instructor.