Teaching Concept

For all of our courses, we use the innovative teaching concept as well as teaching methods and teaching techniques according to Fink (2003).

According to Fink (2003), courses should…

• motivate students to learn intensively.
• use active forms of learning.
• be held by professors who attach great importance to students, the topic, teaching, and learning.
• be held by professors who interact with students.
• have a good feedback system, evaluation system, and grading system.

We hope that at the end of the semester you will find that these objectives were met. An essential aspect in Fink's (2003) approach is that there are different types of learning that have a benefit for students. The following figure illustrates Fink's (2003) system.

Source: In accordance with: Fink, L.D. 2003. Creating Significant Learning Experiences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

What's important in Fink's (2003) sytem is that the elements are not hierarchical, but interactive. The more types of teaching objectives there are in a course, the higher the probability of significant learning outcomes.  Hence, we use a variety of media, games, simulations, role playing games, videos, debates, and excercises in order to foster learning on many different levels. We are using some of these learning techniques for the first time and kindly ask for your support and honest feedback as to whether they proved to be helpful and rewarding for you.