Andrea Phillipson, PhD
Faculty Development Consultant
Academic Development Centre, Mount Royal University
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
COURSE INSTRUCTION
HLTH 404 – Global Studies of Social Inclusion, Community Participation, and Mental Health (Spring 2018)
Interdisciplinary Studies in Global Health & Disability
Bader International Study Centre
Queen’s University
12 students
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I was invited by the program’s Director to design and deliver an intensive, two-week course at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. The course is open to Queen’s domestic and international students as well as students from other universities. I designed the daily 4-hour classes to make space for upper-year students to explore the ongoing debates that animate the emergent field of “global mental health” and to engage with one another in an informed, self-reflective manner.
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HLTH 305 – Fundamentals of Health Policy (Winter 2016)
School of Kinesiology & Health Studies
Queen's University
168 students; 7 teaching assistants
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This was a mandatory course for all Health Studies majors and was open to Kinesiology and Physical Education students. I redesigned the existing course, which had lacked a dedicated faculty member for several years. This was a new and exciting challenge to work with a course that had some design aspects already set in place, such as TA allocation. It was my task to create appropriate assessments, classroom instruction, and course content to help students achieve the established course learning outcomes.
Students attended one lecture and one tutorial per week over 12 weeks. The size of the class inspired me to try new technologies to encourage active learning and increased responsibility over learning. I integrated peer review into the tutorial sessions and the Top Hat Interactive Teaching Platform into lectures. I also used the D2L Learning Management System to administer tests, organize the syllabus, communicate with students, and manage individual and group assessment using the dropbox and rubric functionalities.
See selected teaching innovations I have implemented in this class and others.
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HLTH 495 – Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Studies (Fall 2013*; Fall 2014)
School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen's University
25 students
This special topics course was open to fourth-year students majoring in any of the three School of Kinesiology and Health Studies concentrations (Health Studies, Kinesiology, or Physical Education), and mandatory for approximately one third of the students. This course was offered for the first time in 2013 when I proposed it to the School as an addition to the 400-level programming.
I divided 3-hour classes into three parts, with lesson plans usually consisting of structured reading group work, a mini-lecture, and a skill-building workshop. These shifts in learning strategies were facilitated by my use of an active learning classroom in my second year teaching.
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See details of the evidence-informed structured reading group activity, and an educational developer's classroom observation letter.
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*Nominated for the Health Studies Instructor of the Year Award
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TEACHING
ASSISTANTSHIPS
Co-Head TA
HLTH 101 – Social Determinants of Health (2013; 2015)
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Assisting with Classroom Instruction
HLTH 434 – Health Social Movements (2010)
Leading Tutorials
HLTH 405 – Canadian Health Policy (2013)
HLTH 101 – Social Determinants of Health (2011, 2012)
HLTH 333 – Contemporary Issues in Sexuality (2012)
KNPE 167 – Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Sport and Physical Activity (2010, 2011)
Assessing Assignments and Exams
HLTH 331 – Advanced Human Nutrition (2015)
KNPE 367 – Fitness, the Body, and Culture (2014)
HLTH 102 – Physical Determinants of Health (2011)
HLTH 315 – Theory and Practice of Health Behaviour Change (2009)
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GUEST
LECTURING
Guest Lecturing (2010-2011)
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University
Planning and delivering lessons upon request in varied courses in socio-cultural studies and health promotion.
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WRITING
INSTRUCTION
Writing Consultant (2005-2009; 2014-2016)
The Writing Centre, Queen’s University
Providing one-on-one consultation with undergraduate and graduate students designed to strengthen their skills at all stages of the writing process. Working with students from a wide variety of disciplines and with many English language learners, often for repeat appointments by request.
Writing Workshop Facilitator (contract, 2011-2016)
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University
Designing and delivering writing workshops upon request to groups of 5 to 130, both graduate and undergraduate students, on topics ranging from “Writing for clarity and persuasiveness” to “Writing your first university essay.” I began using the team-based, interactive technology in Active Learning Classrooms starting in 2014.
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