Public Health Pedagogy

Catalog description

This doctoral-level discussion-based course will equip doctoral students with the knowledge to think critically about their teaching practices and to enhance their pedagogical skills. Rooted in the scholarship of teaching and learning, the course will help novice instructors to gain teaching-self-efficacy and utilize pedagogical best practices while providing a supportive environment to develop and discuss diverse instructional approaches and materials. The course will also prepare students to assist with or teach future public health academic classes and other instructional activities. Course assessments include the development of a teaching philosophy, classroom observations, a research paper on a pedagogical strategy, a mock teaching session, and a series of journal reflections.