📣 First year teaching discussion 📣

Friday 7 October

10-12 pm WA

11:30-1:30 NT

12 - 2 pm Qld/PNG

12:30-2:30 pm SA

1-3 pm Vic/NSW/ACT/Tas

2-4 pm Fiji

3-5 pm NZ

Join us for a series of short (5 minute) presentations from first-year geoscience co-ordinators about teaching at their respective universities. Presenters include Melanie Finch – JCU, Lloyd White – University of Wollongong, Sara Moron-Polanco – University of Sydney, Marion Anderson – Monash University, Michael Ellwood – ANU, Myra Keep – UWA, Alan Collins – University of Adelaide, Nathan Daczko – Macquarie University, Anne-Marie Tosolini – University of Melbourne, Gilbert Price – University of Queensland and Fred Jourdan – Curtin University

Following these presentations, we will have a general discussion on the key points around recruitment of first-year students, retention of first-year students, and pedagogy in first-year teaching.

Following the event we aim to produce a short document that (1) summarises the current ‘state of play’ in first year teaching and (2) highlights some aspects of best practice, and some common challenges, in first year geoscience teaching.

** Registration is required to join this event ** https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtceivrDopH9DhqwjzYNlijF63mrLNCDjA