In addition to working closely with a mentor, PFF Fellows are required to attend the year long graduate seminar TGS 564 “On College Teaching” taught by the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence. Drawing upon their many years of experience in pedagogical education, the Searle has designed this course to help graduate students adjust to their upcoming roles as professional teachers. Students will meet eight times over the year with a Searle staff member to learn the core skills of teaching. Through a combination of discussion and written assignments, students will learn how to write a winning teaching philosophy, design an effective course syllabus and develop an engaging teaching style. Taken together these core skills will introduce graduate students to their future pedagogical responsibilities as faculty members. TeachingCenter

Links for the TGS 564 syllabus are below in both PDF and HTML format.

TGS 564 Syllabus (PDF)

TGS 564 Syllabus (HTML)

This year the TGS 564 Seminar will be taught by the Associate Director at the SearleCenter for Teaching Excellence Dr. Neeraja Aravmudan.

For further information about the 2007-2008 TGS 564 Seminar contact the PFF Coordinator at 847.467.0244 or pff@northwestern.edu

For further information about Searle for Teaching Excellence go to http://www.northwestern.edu/searle/ or contact Searle at 847.467.2338 or teach@northwestern.edu.Center