Coaching and supervising individual and small groups of students

Course Description

Coaching and supervising individual and small groups of students consists of diverse tasks and can sometimes be very challenging. How do you make sure you are well prepared? For example, how do you guide student-led activities in an effective way? How do you engage in feedback processes with your students? How do you support students in self-regulating their learning? What is your role and responsibility in student-centred education and what is the role and responsibility of students themselves? And if you coach a group, how do you ensure they work collaboratively as a team and that every student is involved in the project process?

 

The renewed master programmes of CEG introduce multiple new teaching roles, for example that of a coach in a portfolio or as a supervisor in a collaborative team project. In this course, you will learn how to coach individual students and groups of students to become self-regulated learners and team players. By making use of feedback techniques and communication skills, you will see how you can steer your students to become (more) independent and make them responsible for their own learning process. This course is offered for teachers engaging in new and unfamiliar roles (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and staff members with one or more coaching roles in the master programmes of CEG).

 

Learning objectives:

• Facilitate effective and transparent discussion with your student or project group.
• Motivate students to engage in their own learning process.
• Adapt your coaching style by reflecting on your student’s learning style and needs.
• Provide effective supervision based on the constructive alignment principles in a supervision programme and/or coaching activity (course, graduation, supervision, etc.).
• Facilitate constructive and motivating feedback.

 

Structure:

• Three sessions of 3 hours, with self-study activities between sessions
• Total study load +/- 20 hours (including sessions)
• 1.5 Graduate School Credits (or potentially CDP hours) for full participation