Tobias Bach is a professor and deputy head at the Department of Political Science, currently teaching a module in collaboration with Circle U. He advocates collaboration in the planning and implementation of teaching, and encourages new lecturers to reach out to knowledgeable colleagues in the study administration.
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Martin Eckhoff Andresen from the Department of Economics uses examples and illustrations, and allows the students to apply the material when he teaches methodology courses. He believes that the methods must be made tangible and applicable for the students to be able to put theory into practice.
Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, Axel Rudi, believes that teaching is more engaging when students are genuinely interested and attentive, while also maintaining a low threshold for asking questions and engaging in discussions.
– It is exciting and challenging to offer education and courses to interdisciplinary groups. It is important to be concrete and spend good time on examples," says Taran Thune, who is a professor at TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture.
Syn?ve Nygaard Andersen from ISS recently received a FRIPRO grant from the Research Council, but she also does a lot of teaching. Among other things, she participates in an international teaching program where lectures might be given in a buss on the way to a field trip meeting.
Guro ?iestad has been teaching in the clinical psychology program for a long time. Currently, she is deeply involved in the development and implementation of preparatory courses.
Jens Jungblut leads the current BA course in political science, 'The 2024 US Elections in a Global Context,' where students follow the American election campaign week by week.
St?le Wig gathers students to read their curriculum together in a room at the library, undisturbed and in silence for between four and six hours. No one touches their mobile phones until the time is up. The students read and take notes on paper. How does he do it?
The students at ?I recently appointed Martin Blomhoff Holm lecturer of the year in the latest issue of Observator, and he just completed a new course. Every now and then, he participates in debates on monetary policy in DN.
Andreas For? Tollefsen at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography teaches GIS (geographical information systems) and rumors say he is doing many exciting things with his teaching approach.
Marie Stilling is a research fellow at TIK and teaches specialization subjects, where she has had great success in introducing weekly seminars.
Ida Tidemann at PSI is passionate about creating positive social learning arenas and will soon kick off this spring's rounds of Shut up & Write sessions for the undergraduate psychology students.
Maxwell Kellogg from Department of Economics (?I) teaches Econometrics and sets the stage for current and active debates among the economy students.