Competence Development Courses
TUR offers specialised didatics courses for employees who have already basic pedagogical training and/or have a solid teaching experience. The courses are given alternately in Swedish and English.
Scholarly teaching in science and technology
The foundation of the course is informed by discipline-based research, models and practical experiences of teaching and learning in technology, science, computer science and mathematics. The course begins with an introduction to discipline-based research, which will work as the theoretical starting point for practical exercises and discussions. Theoretical parts, practical exercises and discussions are interspersed in the course, all grounded on the personal teaching experience of the participants. The content will to some extent be adapted to the participants' backgrounds and interests. The course consists of six course meetings, and additionally work in between the meetings, e.g. readings and reflections. The course ends with an individual project, linked to participant’s own teaching and subject area.
- Course time: two weeks.
- The course will be in Swedish in the autumn 2026.
9/9, 10/9, 7/10, 8/10, 4/11, 14/1–27 (9–16 all dates) - Contact person: Magnus Jacobsson
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Examination and assessment in Science and Technology
This course provides teachers at the faculty with concrete support in developing examination, be it written or oral, theoretical or practical, formative or summative. Since examination plays a crucial role in students’ learning, it is essential to design it carefully. One week’s worth of university teacher training is obtained through active participation in a number of TUR-seminars and TUR-workshops combined with home assignments.
- Course time: one week.
- The course will be in English during 2026.
- Contact person: Maja Elmgren
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Ethics in science and engineering education
In the first part of the course the basics of ethics as well as ethics in disciplines within Science and Technology are discussed. In the second part, participants carry out a project that aims to integrate ethics into, for example, a teaching element in a course, an educational program, or a subject area. The course is based on ethical theory and research literature in ethics, and related areas.
- Course time: one or two weeks.
- The course will be given in Swedish 2026-2027.
part 1: 8/9, 22/9, 6/10, 20/10, 3/11, 17/11, (all dates 10–12)
part 2: 1/12 (10–12), 12/1–27 (10–16), 8/6–27 (10–12) - Contact persons: Maja Elmgren and Mikael Laaksoharju
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Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing
The aim of the course is to provide increased awareness of the writing process and increased ability to give specific and concrete feedback on student texts.
- Course time: two days and a half (2.5).
- The course is in English 2026.
- Contact person: Katarina Andreasen
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Supervising oral presentations - in theory and in practice
The course will introduce a model for positive feedback and discuss the supervisory role in oral communication training. The course aims to provide an increased ability to give specific and concrete feedback on oral presentations.
- Course time: two days and a half (2.5).
- The course will be in English in 2027.
- Contact person: Katarina Andreasen
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Teaching in the classroom
This course provides teachers at the faculty with the concrete support they need to develop their teaching in lectures, lessons and problem sessions. One week’s worth of university teacher training is obtained through active participation in a number of TUR-seminars and TUR-workshops combined with peer observation and other home assignments.
- Course time: one week.
- The course will probably be given in English 2027
- Contact person: Maja Elmgren