Seven Steps of Research
Seminar Description
Why won’t my professor tell me which answers are right or wrong? What is expected by me during a lecture or a seminar anyway? Is there a specific Viadrina learning culture? Does the Viadrina have different faculty cultures? During this seminar we will have a closer look at different aspects of teaching and learning cultures in higher education. Starting from theoretical conceptions of (inter)culture and by also considering faculty cultures, we will analyze and reflect teaching and learning styles at (international) universities together. The key issue for students will be to develop their own research question related to our topic of teaching and learning cultures and to work on it in small groups within one semester. Following the idea of research-oriented learning this seminar aims to introduce students to realize a full research process design, including a public presentation of the results in the end.
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Ein Leitfaden für Lehrende. Humboldt Universität Berlin.