Teaching

• Preparing a Teaching Award Nomination

  photo by Johnny Guatto You know a faculty member who is a beloved and well-respected teacher, who has had a strong influence on the teaching culture of your department or […]

• Thank Your Teacher Today

  Do you have a favourite teacher? The one (or maybe more than one) who made the difference in your education? Perhaps it was a different approach to teaching (my grade […]

• What to do when you don’t know the answer

  Ok, the academic year has finally started and many of you are Teaching Assistants for the very first time of your life! Congratulations, to be a T.A. at UofT is […]

• Naming names

  Believe it or not, most students attend courses in which the Professor or Teaching Assistant barely knows their faces, let alone their names. Yet, learning your pupils’ names or nicknames […]

• TA Day 2011

  TA Day 2011 was held on Sept. 1st. It was the perfect way to kickoff the month of September and the back to school season at U of T. As […]

• Spotlight on Students: Supporting Student-Faculty Interaction at CTSI

  Over the coming academic year, you’ll see a new “Spotlight on Students” feature in our CTSI: Focus blog, as well as in our online resources and faculty programming.  This feature […]

• Welcome to CTSI FOCUS

  First of all, we realize that starting a blog is not exactly cutting edge. If we claimed that we were breaking new ground by launching our blog then it would […]