Dear Katie,
It is clearly possible to use TBL in a one-off situation - where you have limited opportunity for pre-work and pre-team assignments. We often use it for an intro to TBL workshops at conferences and we use it for our med school applicant interview day – to give them a taste of what school will be like.
The trick is
· having enough time (60-90 min).
· select a topic either generic enough for any audience or focused enough (like what is TBL) for those coming to be interested
· Hope for pre/reading – but plan for a quick overview – or a summary paper to read while everyone gets settled
· Divide into teams on the spot, using whatever criteria you have (explaining what you would do in a more sustained course). We’ve done as little as mixing up gender, having self-select familiarity with TBL, to distance traveled. In the example it is the principle not the actual division that counts.
· Limit the RAT questions to a few just to show principle.
· Create an engaging application question (one should do).
You can also talk about the RAT process and demonstrate facilitation skills in an application if time is really short.
Good luck.
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katie Alexander
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Subject: job hunt-when asked to teach a sample class
Hello everyone!
I am currently on the job market hoping to end up at a small liberal arts school. If I am fortunate enough to receive an interview offer, I am expecting that I will be asked to teach a sample class. I would love to show the search committee that I am comfortable using team based learing, but if I am only teaching one class, I may not have the opportunity to carefully design the teams beforehand or do anything that requires multiple class periods. Does anyone have any experience going through the interview process and have any suggestions or advice? Thank you so much in advance!
Best,
Katie Alexander
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Katherine Alexander, M.A.
Doctoral candidate
Attachment Laboratory
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University, Newark
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