Penn political science PhD students are able to practice their postsecondary teaching during recitation, where they typically manage small groups of students in discussion or content review. However, many PhDs who continue in academia will need to teach in large undergraduate lectures. This CETLI workshop provides an overview of similarities and differences in teaching small versus large groups of students. Participants will discuss how to prepare a syllabus and lectures for a large course, how to build relationships with students (even when there are hundreds of them!), and how to engage TAs to extend their own vision for the course.

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Political Science department and so may be most useful to students in related fields.

Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.