SMSTC: Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Mathematics and Statistics
This is a free one-day workshop offered in collaboration between SMSTC, ICMS, and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for postgraduate students who teach mathematics and statistics.
About
The workshop will cover issues such as planning and preparing for teaching, facilitating problem solving classes, encouraging participation and providing support, and assessing student work and providing feedback. One of the sessions will allow participants to discuss any issues, challenges or concerns they may have in relation to their teaching duties, and to allow an opportunity for them to seek solutions both from fellow delegates and the session facilitator(s), who are experienced higher education teachers of mathematics.
Delivery of this workshop, given its interactive nature, has been optimised based upon in-person attendance at the ICMS in Edinburgh. However, delivery will take place in a hybrid way to allow a limited number of delegates to participate online.
The workshop will be interactive in nature, but a freely available handbook has been produced to support these events:
Cox, B. & Grove, M.J. (2012). Teaching Mathematics – a guide for postgraduates and teaching assistants. Birmingham, UK: Maths, Stats & OR Network. Available from https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-eps/college/stem/additional/Teaching-Mathematics.pdf.
Programme
10.00 Registration and Refreshments
10.30 Welcome
10.35 First Session
10.45 Planning and Delivering Small Group Teaching
11.45 Facilitating Problem Solving Classes
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Presenting & Communicating Mathematics
14.15 Assessing Student Work & Providing Feedback.
15.15 Refreshments
15.30 Interactive Session: Sharing Advice
16.00 End
Register for this event through the main ICMS website page here!
