Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Work with a chemistry education researcher on improving the scaffolding of creative work in an honors section of an introductory Chemistry course (~80 students). Guest-teach on aspects of science communication and peer-review and enact a teaching-as-research proposal on supporting students in exploring how chemistry core ideas are leveraged in modern-day chemistry research.
Work in microbiology, genetics, or virology with an instructor at Edgewood College who also pursues (and did a UW–Madison postdoc in) scholarly, evidence-based teaching.
Work with a flipped classroom that uses case studies and active learning. This intern project might involve creating relevant and meaningful assignments, and/or opportunities for students to connect with each other and real-world examples of the content (synchronously and asynchronously).
Work with an introductory Botany course to encourage conceptual, connected learning. This is an opportunity to work with a large, introductory course and promote deeper learning that connects plant structure, function, and evolution. The teaching plan and materials an intern develops would align learning outcomes, assessments to monitor and provide feedback, and engaging activities which focus on and connect concepts rather than disconnected memorization of facts.
Collaborate to build a flipped biotechnology course
Unique opportunity for a mentored leadership role with the Biocore 384 teaching team.
Guest teach and get an insight into primarily undergraduate institutions at Edgewood College. This introductory environmental studies course includes majors and non-majors and incorporates engaging teaching approaches such as local case studies and current events. Content might include the carbon cycle and climate or the water cycle and related issues.
Work with a discussion-based engineering course in sustainable building. Your unit might include active learning approaches such as case studies, and would include formative and aligned summative assessments. Example activities include instructor-led discussion guiding students to identify real-world problems related to sustainability, group activities developing potential solutions or assessing existing solutions.
Bring your ideas for supporting the connection between theory and practice to a junior-level course. This opportunity might involve planning and guest teaching a lecture, lab, and/or discussion sections.
A great opportunity to gain experience facilitating discussion sections in a large, case-based course on introductory biology.