STEMskiller: Skill Set Map for Mentors of Early Career Researchers

LEARNING, TEACHING, AND SUPERVISING: Basics for early career researchers

[Teaching for researchers/mentoring for scientists]

Continuing education, ongoing self-education, and curiosity

Definition:

Teaching & learning trends are influenced by societal changes and the characteristics of different generations of mentees. Sample resources for staying on top of changes are included below.

Useful resources on Continuing education:

Berkeley Research, Teaching, and Learning. (2020). Keep teaching. https://rtl.berkeley.edu/keep-teaching

New approaches, tools and technology, best practices, and other information for “keep[-ing] your teaching moving forward with new approaches, effective strategies and resources, and best practices to support remote learning.”

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Teaching” section and weekly newsletter. Sample: McMurthrie, B. (2020, June 18). Sample post: ‘We can’t ignore this issue’: How to talk with students about racism. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/We-Can-t-Ignore-This/249001?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest

The Chronicle of Higher Education is considered one of the main sources of academic affairs information in the United States. Its open content is often timely and provides advice for societal topics which institutions may be slow to react to (often, in relation to sensitive/”political” topics). The Chronicle also provide a comprehensive list of academic jobs in the United States.

Tags: IPS IA; IPS CritT; IPS CreaT; IPS WC; IPS OC; IPS R; IPS QL; IPS IL; IPS T; IPS PS; PSR CE; PSR IKC; PSR ER; PSR LL; PSR GL; IAL IntL; CompQ   

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Table of contents:

2.1.3.3. Continuing education, ongoing self-education, and curiosity

 

Author: Stephanie Krueger

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Last Updated: October 28, 2021

 

Editor: Stephanie Krueger Last modified: 28.10. 2021 12:10