CELLBIO 306QC: Teaching 100, The Theory and Science of Teaching

For many graduate students and medical educators, teaching will be part of their career, whether as mentoring, formal classroom teaching, or teaching in the hospital. In addition, the theory and research evidence accumulating in the disciplines of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and from STEM classrooms, has turned the question of “How do we best teach science and medicine?” into its own scientific discipline. The Theory and Science of Teaching focuses on understanding why certain teaching methods are effective by examining the scientific research and theoretical frameworks that support these methods. We will read and discuss foundational educational and cognitive psychology texts and primary literature, and then develop course materials that allow us to put these ideas into practice.