CIVICA ESR
COURSE CATALOGUE

This session will review the definition of the pillars of a course. We will then present the keys to organizing (or reorganizing) your course plan by aligning learning objectives, activities and assessment methods. The question of how to link times, places and methods of delivering your teaching will also be addressed. This session will be held online (Zoom) on 23/09/2024 from 10am to 11.30am.
Teachers:

• Véronique DUBOIS BOUCHET (Sciences Po)

Seminar offered by Dondena Research Center (Fall 2024 seminar series) ----- September 23rd 2024 12:45-2:00pm (UTC+1) ------ CIVICA ESR can attend ONLINE only. Zoom meetings link will be available upon registration. ------ SEMINAR DESCRIPTION: This paper seeks to explain how the difference in voting between men and women arises over the life-course. Our premise from social role theory is that the contemporary gender gap is linked to the division of labor following the information revolution. We argue that the educational and occupational choices a person makes are highly gendered and are the most important factors mediating the effect of gender on voting. The paper uses several sources of cross-sectional and panel data to test its claims. ----- BIO: Liesbet Hooghe is the W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and Research Professor at the EUI, Florence. Hooghe is currently PI of a five-year advanced ERC Grant, Transnational (2021-2026), which seeks to explain political polarization in Europe and the US, and is hosted at the RSCAS, EUI. ----- Gary Marks is Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is Professor in the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence. His research is chiefly in the fields of European and comparative politics, elections and political parties, multilevel governance and international organization. Marks was awarded an Advanced European Research Council grant (2010-2015) and is currently senior researcher on a second Advanced European Research Council grant (2021-2026).
Teachers:

• Liesbet Hooghe ()
• Gary Marks ()

This hands-on course introduces participants to theory and best practices of teaching in higher education. In addition to the presentation of conceptual tools and strategies for good teaching and learning, such as inclusive classroom teaching, some time will be allocated to practical exercises. This is a block seminar, which will take place online from Monday 23 Sept until Friday 27 Sept 2024 (9:30-13:00). The course will be followed by a micro-teaching session on Monday 30 Sept 2024 (9:30-17:30). Instructor: Dr. Annika Zorn. More information here: https://www.hertie-school.org/en/phd/phd-research/doctoral-course-offerings/introduction-to-teaching-in-higher-education
Entry requirements: little or no teaching experience

This session will review the definition of the pillars of a course. We will then present the keys to organizing (or reorganizing) your course plan by aligning learning objectives, activities and assessment methods. The question of how to link times, places and methods of delivering your teaching will also be addressed. This session will be held online (Zoom) on 24/09/2024 from 2.30pm to 4.00Pm.
Teachers:

• Véronique DUBOIS BOUCHET (Sciences Po)

The CTDP – Course Design is a frontal lesson lasting 1h 30min, which includes moments of interaction between participants and group work carried out in a hybrid setting. CIVICA ESRs can attend ONLINE only. The session link will be available soon. Once you have received the Acceptance email, please make sure to write to civica@unibocconi.it to receive the link. ----- MODULE DESCRIPTION: at the end of the module, participants will: understand the concept of constructive alignment as a way of course/session design; critically reflect on the different teaching settings; reflect on what happened in the last year in the Higher Edu scenario. ----- BIO: Professor Beatrice Manzoni is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Knowledge Area of 'Leadership, Human Resources, and Digital Technologies' at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where she serves as the Director of Executive Programs such as "Intensive HR Management", "Advanced HR Management", "The Leader Coach" and "Creativity at Work". She previously held the position of Coordinator for the Executive Master in Strategic HR Management from 2008 to 2014.
Teachers:

• Beatrice Manzoni (Bocconi University)

Welcome to the online course on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. In this course you will familiarise with the concepts of equity, diversity and inclusion and reflect on how to make your research and working environment more inclusive. Module 1 presents an Introduction to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. It will introduce the concepts of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). It will focus on four important steps: unpacking what EDI means, by providing some key definitions; visible and invisible characteristics, represented by the Diversity iceberg; the concepts of intersectionality, privilege and discrimination. Module 2 will focus on unconscious bias and gender stereotypes, by inviting you to reflect on: the meaning of unconscious bias; the types of biases and how to overcome them; the meaning of gender stereotypes; and how to overcome gender stereotypes. At the end of the course, you will be more aware of key concepts concerning equity, diversity and inclusion, and be able to understand and recognise how they relate to your daily life. The participants will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis.

The CTDP – Course Design is a frontal lesson lasting 1h 30min, which includes moments of interaction between participants and group work carried out in a hybrid setting. CIVICA ESR can attend ONLINE only. The session link will be available soon. Once you have received the Acceptance email, please make sure to write to civica@unibocconi.it to receive the link. ----- MODULE DESCRIPTION: at the end of the module, participants will: understand the concept of constructive alignment as a way of course/session design; critically reflect on the different teaching settings; reflect on what happened in the last year in the Higher Edu scenario. ----- BIO: Professor Beatrice Manzoni is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Knowledge Area of 'Leadership, Human Resources, and Digital Technologies' at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where she serves as the Director of Executive Programs such as "Intensive HR Management", "Advanced HR Management", "The Leader Coach" and "Creativity at Work". She previously held the position of Coordinator for the Executive Master in Strategic HR Management from 2008 to 2014.
Teachers:

• Beatrice Manzoni (Bocconi University)

4-hour workshop. Time: 9 am to 1 pm. This workshop offers a space to develop your teaching persona and reflect on your relationship to teaching. You will examine your strengths and interests as a teacher and build on them. You will also consider your challenges, and how to work with them, integrating the so-called weaknesses as a part of your teaching persona.
Teachers:

• Carol Kiriakos (European University Institute)

The CTDP - Facilitating Online Synchronous Learning is a fully-online webinar lasting 1h 30min which will be held on November 29, 2024 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm (Italy timezone). The webinar link will be available soon. Once you have received the Acceptance email, please make sure to write to civica@unibocconi.it to receive the link. ----- MODULE DESCRIPTION: at the end of the session participants will be able to identify and apply best practices for setting up their online teaching environment, and managing interaction in an online environment. ----- BIO: Professor Beatrice Manzoni is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Knowledge Area of 'Leadership, Human Resources, and Digital Technologies' at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where she serves as the Director of Executive Programs such as "Intensive HR Management", "Advanced HR Management", "The Leader Coach" and "Creativity at Work". She previously held the position of Coordinator for the Executive Master in Strategic HR Management from 2008 to 2014.
Teachers:

• Beatrice Manzoni (Bocconi University)

Nomothetic accounts of politics have postulated a deductive framework to explain political outcomes, in principle applicable across space and over time. In this framework, self-interest is the driving force of human action, dictating decisions based on two ingredients, both exogenously given: preferences and institutions. Within this set-up, culture has been treated as a residual quantity, devoid of any any analytical power. The purpose of this course is to unpack and scrutinize this residual, bringing culture to the forefront of political analysis. The seminar offers an in-depth exploration of theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of political culture. Political culture, as a field of study, intersects various disciplines, including political science, economics, public policy, psychology, evolutionary biology, and anthropology. This course aims to define and understand culture using social science tools, addressing fundamental questions about its origins, transmission, and evolution.
Teachers:

• Elias Dinas (European University Institute)

The course is a semester-long, foundational course for doctoral students preparing for their role as teaching assistants and future scholar-teachers. This course also forms the basis of the comprehensive certificate program for teaching in higher education offered by the Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education Research (The Elkana Center). The course fosters an understanding of the university teacher as a professional scholar ready to engage in teaching informed by research, models of good practice, a spirit of inquiry, and critical intellectual engagement. Our approach to teaching in higher education combines knowledge of theoretical foundations, a strong practice orientation, and an appreciation for collaborative, inquiry-driven, and technology-enhanced learning environments. This course will allow for the development of your own teaching approaches and values through a combination of reading, reflective writing, and practical tasks. You will gain a research-driven foundation for your work as twenty-first century scholar-teachers through the study of key issues and experimentation in a variety of approaches. First in a two-part sequence providing a systematic approach to teaching fundamentals, focusing on the design and delivery of lessons/sessions. https://elkana.ceu.edu/foundations-teaching-higher-education-yelc6101-and-yelc6103
Teachers:

• Tamara Kamatovic (Central European University)
• Mátyás Szabó (Central European University)

4-hour workshop. Time: 9 am to 1 pm. This workshop examines how to foster engagement and participation in online teaching sessions. When teaching online, you are competing for the participants’ attention with potential distractions. Compared with classroom teaching, there are more situational factors out of your control. We will look at the aspects that you as a teacher need to consider in order to make the most of your online classes. After this workshop, you are better aware of the psychological/emotional side of online interaction, and how to make it support your teaching.
Teachers:

• Carol Kiriakos (European University Institute)

We all know that we learn in different ways. But what are the consequences of this for our teaching? Do we really take this into consideration when planning our courses? Maybe we plan our courses according to our own preferences for learning? During this session, we will first look at different preferences for learning, including your own preferences. We will then apply this on your teaching, and you will have the opportunity to review this, and see how you perhaps could change it? Finally, you will learn about ideas that other participants have about how they could change their teaching. After this session you are expected to be able to: - Recognize the diversity of ways of learning. - Analyze your own teaching in relation to different preferences for learning. - Assess and adjust your own teaching to various contexts.
Teachers:

• Pär Mårtensson (Stockholm School of Economics)

Second in a two-part sequence providing a systematic approach to teaching fundamentals, focusing on course design and assessments. Participants must previously take Foundations or contact elkanacenter@ceu.edu for exemption. “Learning by Design” is a semester-long, intermediate-level course focused on how students learn and how instructors can facilitate student learning. Building on Foundations of Teaching in Higher Education (which is a prerequisite), it shifts the focus even more firmly from the teacher to the student. In their roles as designer, facilitator (and assessor) of learning, course participants explore how they can guide students in their learning and how to make that learning longer lasting and more significant. During our sessions we will unpack assumptions that surround student learning, delve into theories of how students learn, and explore corresponding principles and approaches to teaching that seek to align learning, teaching, and asessment. We will discuss how to better understand your students, recognize several implications of student diversity for student learning, and explore how to support different types of learners and different types of learning. We will explore, at some length, how to assess student learning, including assessment design, grading, and feedback. Throughout all of this, we will constantly reflect on our own growth as scholars in the process of becoming facilitators of learning.
Teachers:

• Tamara Kamatovic (Central European University)
• Mátyás Szabó (Central European University)