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LH200V Basic Communication and Teaching 3.0 credits

Grundläggande kommunikations- och undervisningslära (GKU)

This course is aimed for PHD students who also work with different kinds of teaching. The course consists of group meetings and field studies. The main objective with the course is to provide an opportunity to develop a foundation which enables the development of the participants’ lectures and their students’ learning.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

    P, F

Course offerings

Autumn 12 GKU 2 for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 12 P2 (1.5 credits)
    Spring 13 P3 (1.5 credits)

  • Application code

    51467

  • Start date

    03/12/2012

  • End date

    2013 week: 5

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places

    No limitation

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Autumn 12 GKU 2 ext for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 12 P2 (1.5 credits)
    Spring 13 P3 (1.5 credits)

  • Application code

    51473

  • Start date

    2012 week: 49

  • End date

    2013 week: 5

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places

    No limitation

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61100

  • Start date

    12/02/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 12

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    20 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61101

  • Start date

    12/02/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 12

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    20 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61103

  • Start date

    10/04/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 20

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    20 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61102

  • Start date

    10/04/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 20

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    20 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>
    Margareta Bergman <margberg@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Autumn 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    51454

  • Start date

    02/09/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 43

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    1 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>
    Lotta Nilsson <lottan@kth.se>
    Mikael Cronhjort <mikaelc@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Autumn 13 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (0.5 credits), P2 (2.5 credits)

  • Application code

    51455

  • Start date

    30/09/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 49

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    1 - 50

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>
    Lotta Nilsson <lottan@kth.se>
    Mikael Cronhjort <mikaelc@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 14 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P3 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61093

  • Start date

    07/01/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 8

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    1 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Spring 14 GKU/FLH3000 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P3 (1.0 credits), P4 (2.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61094

  • Start date

    10/02/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 15

  • Language of instruction

    English

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    1 - 40

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Ida Klasén <iklasen@kth.se>

  • Target group

    PhD students at KTH (FLH3000)

Learning outcomes

Show an ability to use and apply basic concepts, material and methods in, for teaching and learning within higher education

Present and explain topics within your field of study and in teaching and learning within higher education both oral and written

Select the most interesting point from a study or article and communicate it in an interesting way with focus on learning

Study a field of teaching and learning, analyse and relate findings to your own teaching practice

Give and receive feedback, focusing on analysing, assessing and developing teaching and learning

Course main content

Being a new assisting teacher within higher education puts demands of awareness on the teacher within all kinds of aspects of teaching. One has to be able to activate and motivate one’s students, describe one’s subject in an understandable way, have an ability to appraise the students’ understanding and know parts of the students’ previous knowledge. Furthermore one is often required to give good advice to students when tutoring, coaching and discussing with students. All this often require, or is improved by, preparation, practice and reflection together with reading and sharing experiences and ideas about teaching and learning with others, which this course aims to help you with.

Disposition

In this basic course in teaching and learning, doctoral students at KTH, all with different backgrounds, experiences and teaching missions, meet at 6 gatherings. During the course, the participants read course literature and work on assignments related to their own teaching.

Eligibility

Literature

Bain, K., What the best college teachers do. 2004

The book is handed out at the first gathering

Other articles, links and films are distributed via Bilda. Admission to the course website is given approximately one week before the course starts.

Examination

  • INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F

The examinations in the course are oral presentations, field work and written home assignments.

Offered by

Teaching and Learning

Contact

Margareta Bergman, margberg@kth.se

Examiner

Anna-Karin Högfeldt <akhog@kth.se>

Supplementary information

For PhD students, the course code is FLH3000

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 12.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.