Date: 29./30.01.2026 09:30-17:30

Important note: The workshop is intended exclusively for teachers who do not have a sufficient understanding of German. All others are kindly requested to register for the German-language courses.

Description:

This workshop adresses doctoral and postdoctoral researchers who are interested in university level teaching or will start teaching at a university (e.g. supervising lab courses, giving exercises, seminars or lectures) within the next time. Many questions may rise when teaching in a lecture hall, a seminar, exercises or lab courses for the very first time:
How can I get into teaching?
How to prepare myself and the lesson/course?
How do I want to be perceived by the students?
What are my and what are the students’ expectations?
How to design the lesson/course?
What typical and critical situations can arise?

By adressing these and other important questions the workshop will focus on the first steps towards an individual teaching profile and a learner-supportive preparation of lessons/courses.

Topics of the workshop:

• Individual teaching style and role change
• Self and time management for university level teachers
• Conditions and cirumstances of university level teaching
• Defining teaching and learning objectives
• Structuring single lessons and complete courses
• Selection of content and methods
• Dealing with challenging teaching situations

Objectives of the workshop:
Participants will

• define and explain their own teaching philosophy
• get known to typical challenges of time management in teaching situations and develop strategies to adress them
• define their teaching and learning objectives
• select and apply techniques for the choosing and reducing of teaching topics and content
• aligning didactical formats and methods according to teaching objectives and basic conditions
• developing possible solutions vor critical teaching situations