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Description
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Teaching as an Intellectual
Craft: The Virtual Workplace approach is employed by the
Department of Microbiology. Teaching skills are an integral
part not only of academia, but also of industry and
government. Using a multi-level team approach, teaching
assistants learn, in the context of an upper level
undergraduate lecture-laboratory course, career skills
fundamental to academic, industrial and government settings.
In the course, undergraduate student teams develop
laboratory protocols, research projects, and problem-solving
strategies, and communicate them through oral presentations,
electronic communications, and written reports that mimic
scientific publications. The graduate teaching assistants
learned how to work in the curriculum of the future. Through
supervising, coaching, and evaluating student teams, they
acquire skills applicable to many career
environments.
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