The course “Teaching Strategies” (PDEV 79401) provides Graduate Center students with community and structure to help them prepare for and reflect upon their development as teachers. Work in the course proceeds from an understanding of the social contexts of teaching, as well as the positionalities of graduate student instructors and adjuncts. Short theoretical readings will help guide participants’ exploration and development of their teaching philosophies and materials.

The course curriculum and structure will be responsive to the group’s needs and the realities of the moments in which we teach. The course addresses the challenges faced due to the COVID 19 pandemic and other ongoing social issues in New York, and explore how these contexts impact teaching and learning at CUNY and beyond.

Foundational topics explored in the course will include classroom community, student-centered and active learning approaches, accessibility, course design and policies, lesson planning, assignment design, assessment, educational technology, writing pedagogy, affective responses in classroom settings, and culturally-responsive pedagogy.