ECTS: 2.4
Course leader: Peter Musaeus
Language: English
Graduate school: Faculty of Health
Course fee: 2,880.00 DKK
Status: Course is open for application
Semester: Fall 2026
Application deadline: 23/09/2026
Cancellation deadline: 07/10/2026
Course type: Blended learning
Start date: 02/11/2026
Administrator: Lena Melchior
Preparation
This course is a blended learning course which starts with self-paced online e-learning from week 44. And also in week 46.
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The course A294/12 The Reflective Teacher is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, fall 2026.
Criteria for participation: This course is tailored to PhD students in Health, but research-year medical students can also participate with Bachelor degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in related fields (i.e.). It is highly recommended that the participant has teaching experience.
Requirements for participation: None.
Aim: To introduce university pedagogical principles pertinent to good teaching. Participants will develop both practical methods and theoretical insights into reflective practice as a teacher aiming for quality teaching with a student-centered teaching approach.
Learning outcomes: Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe characteristics of student-centered teaching, active learning and constructive alignment.
- Apply criteria specific peer-feedback to colleagues on teaching.
- Design and teach a learning activity in a specific lesson.
- Maintain a teaching logbook to capture and assess teaching experiences.
- Identify practices that might increase motivation and sense of teacher identity at university.
Workload: The full workload of the course is 30 hours (excluding reading of literature).
Content: This course is relevant for all PhD students who wish to improve their teaching in the short or long-term with a view to student learning and the joys and benefits of being a reflective teacher. It is highly recommended, but not strictly required, that the participant has some previous experience with teaching.
This is a blended learning course in university teaching and learning that lays the foundation for reflective teachers at the PhD-level. It introduces the following topics: Constructive alignment, Student-centered teaching, Learning outcomes, Feedback, Reflective teaching logbooks. Activities include reading materials, watching videos, producing texts and models, participating in individual and group activities both in-class and out-of-class, developing lesson plans and teaching logbooks, as well as giving peer feedback. Completion of the course, receiving ECTS credit, and obtaining a diploma require active online participation, completion of all activities (including peer feedback and logbook), and adherence to activity deadlines.
Instructors: Peter Musaeus and Jens Laurs Kærsgaard.
Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus.
Participation in the course is without cost for:
- PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
- PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
- PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses
Course dates:
- 02 November 2026 08:30 - 12:30
- 04 November 2026 08:30 - 12:30
- 16 November 2026 08:30 - 12:30
- 18 November 2026 08:30 - 12:30