Event Title: The ABC of creating inclusive teams in active learning
Location Information:

Engineers House, Bristol: Thursday 16th May - SOLD OUT

Westminster, London: Wednesday 12th June - SOLD OUT

Engineers House, Bristol: Wednesday 17th July

Overview

How do you teach around team experiences and shape the learning? Does it happen by osmosis? How can you design activities to be inclusive? Do students see what 'team bad' looks like and learn from that? Do friendships work best as self-selecting teams? Is learning the deepest by using this route? What kind of things can you do to provide a better, more inclusive, experience for all your students? How can you ensure stereotyped roles such as managing time, taking minutes or doing the presentation are shared. How can shy, non-native English speakers gain more confidence in presenting? How can more neurodivergent students be involved and supported as part of the team? How do you convince accrediting bodies / Athena SWAN Panels that you have an inclusive culture?

This workshop draws on the Designing inclusive engineering education report and our Inclusive Engineering Education tool. It will be interactive, activity based, and will draw on good practice from each other with discussion stimulated by structured conversations. The workshop leader will present various research pieces and help explore ways of managing team set up and facilitating conversations around making learning deeper. Student team formation will be deconstructed to be inclusive and provide quality of opportunity for learning to all. Material that will be covered follows our ABCD approach:

A Awareness of how team projects and experiences can offer a differential experience

B Basics of professional skills relating to team working and communication

C Collaborative team experience is combined with reflection to understand what works well and how each person brings something different

D Defining the next steps of personal learning in an intentional learning plan

What’s included

1. Prework 1: A selection of articles or book chapters to choose from to read and reflect

2. Prework 2: Questionnaire to benchmark where you are

3. Workshop: 6 hours including lunch and breaks

4. Follow up: Participants will be invited to submit an action plan that will be returned with a reflection and thoughtful comments on future strategies.

Cost:£195 plus VAT per participant. Buy a second place at half price if you bring a colleague from the same organisation

Workshop objectives

1. Explore the ways in which stereotypes can shape experiences and leave minority students with lower confidence than white, male colleagues

2. Introduce a framework against which to review how you set up, manage and assess undergraduate teams as part of your professional skills programme

3. Set you up to define the next steps to tinker, tweak and progress a more inclusive approach to active learning

Workshop Learning outcomes

1. Inclusive, gender-aware team creation

2. Improve student learning through reflection

3. Personal insights into addressing and challenging stereotypes

4. Strategies for dealing with challenges

Terms and Conditions

If you are unable to attend, the purchaser can transfer the ticket to another person, but you must inform us in advance

Cancellations within 4 weeks of booking are non-refundable. Bookings may be transferred to another session at the discretion of Katalytik

Who should come?

Course or module leaders / Directors of studies looking to improve their learning, challenge stereotypes and create better team experiences.

Teaching Assistants / Academics designing or managing problem-based learning and wanting to gain confidence in giving each student an equivalent experience

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Comments about the facilitator

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"Amazing presentation, there was never a dull moment, thanks for keeping me engaged"