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Basic
Information for New Lecturers
Teaching
Assignments
Find
your
teaching timetable
through Web for Faculty.
The Teaching Timetable is/will
be posted outside the
Maths Taught Student Office when it is finalized.
- In the School of Mathematics, the Heads of Departments
(Applied
Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics) are responsible for
assigning lecturers to modules. This usually happens sometime in March/
April for the following academic year.
- As a rule of thumb, regular lecturers can expect to teach a
particular
module for three successive years. (There are many exceptions.)
The first digit of the module
number indicates the level , the second digit (usually) indicates
which department is responsible for the teaching of this module: (For
example, MATH2015 is a level 2 module taught in Pure Maths.)
- 0,1,2 for Pure
Maths
- 3,4,5,6 for Applied Maths,
- 7,8
for Stats
- 9
for
all
Departments.
Finding Information
- When teaching a module for the first time, the best source
of
information is the previous lecturer.
- When planning your teaching, you
will have to take into account the published syllabus,
prerequisites, methods of teaching,
methods of assessment, and reading lists. You can find this information
in the Module Booklets, and in the University
Module
Catalogue. Once
you have taught a module, you can submit suggestions for changes to the
module description.
- A typical module will consist of two to three weekly
scheduled
lectures, tutorials and workshops.
- You can find your teaching timetable through Web for
Faculty.
Lectures
- All teaching activities usually start
5 minutes past the hour and end
5 minutes before the hour.
- Lecturers are expected to clean backboards and white boards
before
leaving. Check the lecture theatre about any extra equipment you might
need.
- Some advice on giving lectures:
- Write and speak clearly.
- Organize your notes.
- Pace your lectures so students can write down notes.
- Give plenty of examples.
- Talk to the class, not to the board.
Tutorials
and
Workshops
- Depending on the size of the class, during tutorials and
workshops
the tutor discusses problems, or the students work by themselves
or in groups with the help of the tutor.
- Tutorials and Workshops should not be used to cover new
material.
Coursework
- Homework
- Most level 0, 1 and 2 modules have an assessed
coursework component. Level 3 and 5 modules do not have assessed
coursework, but homework is assigned for students without being
assessed.
- Homework or coursework is typically assigned on a bi-weekly
basis.
Module
Webpages
- Every module has a space allocated in Blackboard,
the
University's
Virtual
Learning
Environment.You
can post
materials and information for your students. Here are some Remarks and Hints for its use.
- School of Maths' Policy on Minimum
Requirements for Module Wegpages.
- Material on module webpages should supplement your
lectures,
not replace
them. For example, posting lecture notes which are read out aloud
during the lecture will result in students not attending lectures, or
being very unengaged listeners.
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