Teaching Internship in Philosophy

Course goals

The goals of a teaching internship are:
• to become familiar with possible teaching professions and to participate in the process of teaching, leading study groups, assessing student work, and preparing supporting educational materials;
• to gain experience applying the knowledge and/or skills learned during your studies in a practical context;
• to expand your mastery of methods and knowledge employed in the context of teaching the subject matter of the course.

Content

In a teaching internship, you teach study groups (‘werkgroepen’) in a Utrecht University philosophy course. In addition, you are involved in the development of new study material, assist (under supervision) with the assessment of student work, evaluate the course in order to improve future editions, and/or take part in educational research.  The specific tasks are specified, before the start of the course, in a workplan.
 
Internships always involve two supervisors: the “internship supervisor” (in the case of teaching internships, the instructor for the course in which you are assisting) and the “internship instructor” (another lecturer in the RMA Philosophy programme), who is responsible for (1) ensuring that the internship activities meet the objectives of an academic internship and (2) determining the final grade, in consultation with the internship supervisor.  In addition to observations of your teaching activities, the internship supervisor (course instructor) will meet with you regularly to discuss the material being discussed in the study groups, didactic strategies, and your progress on additional elements stated in your workplan.
 
More information can be found on the student website of the RMA Philosophy: https://students.uu.nl/en/hum/philosophy/my-studies/internship

Additional information

Course registration
The HUM Internship Office will register you for the Internship course. Before they can do that, you need to take a number of steps yourself. You can find these steps on the internship page of your programme. The fixed registration periods for regular courses do not apply to internships. On the internship page you can find when you should have registered.