Peer Mentoring
Peer Mentoring develops mentoring, group facilitation, leadership, and interpersonal skills for leading mentored study groups in biology courses.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Facilitate small group discussion by questioning and challenging biological misconceptions.
Develop biological problems and questions at increasingly more challenging cognitive levels using Bloom’s taxonomy.
Recognize essential problem solving skills and develop activities to foster those skills.
Provide support for mentee development of effective study habits and time management.
Create a positive and inclusive environment to help foster community development and reduce mentee course anxiety.
Develop as a reflective leader.
Mentor and contribute to development of your peers through observations and feedback.
Facilitate development of autonomous study groups in a Biocore course.
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapBIOCORE 381, 383, and (BIOCORE 382 or 384)
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the class
Develops mentoring, group facilitation, leadership, and interpersonal skills used in peer learning and leading mentored study groups. Focuses on the pedagogy, skills, and effective techniques used to facilitate learning in small groups. Discuss lower order to higher order cognitive levels using Blooms Taxonomy, and reciprocal mentor observations.
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Topics
- Pedagogy and techniques for facilitating learning in small groups.
- Cognitive levels using Bloom's Taxonomy.
- Creating inclusive environments to reduce mentee anxiety.
Skills
- Mentoring, group facilitation, leadership, and interpersonal skills for peer learning.
- Facilitating small group discussions and challenging biological misconceptions.
- Supporting mentee development of study habits and time management.
- Developing as a reflective leader.
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