Next Offering: Winter 2026 (in-person)
Schedule: Wednesdays, 12:30 - 3:30pm starting January 7, 2026
Enrollment Capacity: 20 students (priority will be given to those taking the course for credit)
Want to learn more? Sign up for the SGS 902 Information Session Thursday, October 21, 2025; 10:30 - 11:30am
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Overview
This course is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across disciplines who are interested in developing as skilled, thoughtful, and confident post-secondary educators. The primary goal of this course is to challenge and broaden your conceptions of learning and approaches to teaching. Sessions are literature-informed but activity and discussion-based with an expectation of a high degree of collaboration and participation. The course is structured to balance theoretical foundations with practical application, supporting both conceptual and skill development.
As part of your learning experience, you will develop a teaching philosophy statement that articulates your values, beliefs, and aspirations as an educator.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you are expected to demonstrate the ability to:
- Apply theoretical knowledge of teaching and learning to the post-secondary context
- Adopt a learning-centred approach to teaching post-secondary students from diverse backgrounds
- Adapt active learning techniques that focus on effective and meaningful collaboration among students
- Implement a variety of instructional and assessment practices aligned with student learning outcomes
- Identify, summarize, and adapt scholarly literature on teaching and learning related to your discipline to establish a scholarly approach to teaching
Expectations
This course holds high expectations for students’ regular participation and engagement throughout the semester. Given its interactive and collaborative nature, both individual and group contributions are essential to a meaningful and successful learning experience.
Preparatory readings will be assigned weekly and will serve as the foundation for in-class discussions and activities.
Methods of Registration
Please digitally complete an Academic Change Form to add a course and email it to the Centre for Teaching and Learning (ctl@queensu.ca) for instructor approval once you have signed approval from both your supervisor and Grad Coordinator/Department Head. This is a credit course, offered on a pass-fail basis. The course may not be used to meet program requirements unless explicitly approved by the student's department.
Post-Doctoral Fellows are welcome and encouraged in SGS902. Given the highly participatory and collaborative approach of the course, Post-Doctoral Fellows are asked to commit to a learning contract that clarifies the nature of their participation - specifically around areas of peer feedback and group work. Please send your first name, last name, department and ¹ú²ú91ÓÈÎ︣ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´'s NetID to ctl@queensu.ca for instructor approval.
Occasionally, students express a desire to audit the course. Given the highly participatory and collaborative approach of the course, auditing students are asked to commit to a learning contract that clarifies the nature of their participation - specifically around areas of peer feedback and group work. Please send your first name, last name, department and ¹ú²ú91ÓÈÎ︣ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´'s NetID to ctl@queensu.ca with an indication of your preference to audit to initiate conversation.