One of the best resources for graduate students learning to teach is listening to faculty members reflect on teaching. Berkeley boasts a world-class research faculty who are also highly skilled and exemplary teachers.
The talks linked below are drawn from teaching conferences for GSIs as well as seminars and workshops sponsored by the GSI Center. Many of the speakers are also recipients of Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs.
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Ani Adhikari Department of Statistics |
Teach the Students You Have |
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Silvia A. Bunge Department of Psychology |
The Science of Learning: An Overview for GSIs |
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Dan Garcia Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
Tips for Becoming a Great GSI |
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Glynda Hull Graduate School of Education |
Synchronous Instruction, Student Engagement, and Community Building |
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Terry Johnson Department of Bioengineering |
What I Think About when I Think about Teaching |
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Rosemary Joyce Department of Anthropology |
Learning as Legitimate Peripheral Participation |
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Daniela Kaufer Department of Integrative Biology |
What can Neuroscience Research Teach Us about Teaching? |
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John Kihlstrom Department of Psychology |
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Yuri Kolomensky Department of Physics |
Keynote for International GSIs |
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Jean Lave Department of Geography |
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Lawrence Lowery School of Education |
Effective Teaching for Effective Learning |
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Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton Department of Psychology |
Growing Our Students’ Intelligence |
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Kathleen Metz School of Education |
The Interplay of Conceptual Understanding and Engagement in Disciplinary Practices |
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Raka Ray Departments of Sociology and South and Southeast Asia Studies |
The World of Teaching at Berkeley |
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Robert Reich School of Public Policy |
The Art of Teaching and the Practice of Leadership |
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Anant Sahai Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Thriving as a GSI |
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Alan Schoenfeld School of Education |
Learning to Think Mathematically (or like a scientist, or like a writer, or …) |
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Arthur Shimamura Department of Psychology |
Active Learning AND Testing: The Key to Long-Lasting Memories |