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Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students

This series of Masterclasses will bring together excellent teachers from across the University to showcase effective approaches to teaching and supporting learning, covering anything and everything from high-level commitment to particular forms of pedagogy to strategies for managing classroom interactions and everything in-between. Each session will stand alone and introduce PGRs to an important aspect of teaching practice, focusing on where possible practical application. 

This session is led by Dr Fahim Ahmed (Senior Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Management Science). This practical masterclass introduces PGRs to a Critical Thinking Framework for creating more interactive, inclusive and student-focused learning in higher education. The framework combines five guiding principles—student-centred learning, strategic questioning, open case discussion, active and inclusive participation, and feedback and collaborative review—with six adaptable classroom activities: critical questions and polling, peer and group discussion, assignment review and feedback, video learning with follow-up questions, case discussion, and emotional-intelligence monitoring. Participants will explore how to apply these approaches across face-to-face and virtual settings, with a focus on increasing engagement, sustaining attention and supporting learning. An optional face-to-face follow-up will be offered for anyone interested in developing a toolkit around the framework or receiving feedback on their teaching ideas and materials.

The framework is informed by early evaluation evidence and continues to be developed through further testing, review and cross-disciplinary application.

All PGR students welcome. 

Link to the online session will be provided to all who sign up for the session. 

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