After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• plan their tutorials methodically and didactically.
• apply activating methods in their tutorial.
• motivate their students.
• explain the "principle of minimal aid".
• design introductory situations in the tutorial.
• present confidently in front of groups.
• explain the basics of successful lecturing, presenting, and moderating.

This course is designed to support tutors in planning, holding, and revising tutorials. Tutors are given the basic tools they need to successfully start or deepen their tutoring activities. 

The following topics are covered:

• Quality criteria for tutorials,
• Planning tutorials,
• The first tutorial unit - ways to get started,
• Motivating and activating students,
• Rhetoric and presentation techniques,
• Principle of minimal aid

• short inputs
• small group work
• exercises
• exchange
• simulation

• Mandatory participation in all course units.
• The course is offered as a block.
• Prerequisite for attending the course is that interested students have been appointed as tutors for the winter semester 2024/2025.
• The number of participants is limited to 15. The time of registration will be used to allocate places.

If you have any questions about the course, please contact hochschuldidaktik@tuwien.ac.at

• Continuous attendance and active participation: If attendance falls below 85%, no certificate will be issued!

Repeatable partial performances:

• Creation of a planning grid over one semester
• Written reflection on a tutorial unit

Deadline for submissions: 02.12.2024.
Feedback date for both submissions: 16.12.2024, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. via Zoom

The assessment is based on grading.

Prerequisite for attending the course is that interested students have been appointed as tutors for the winter semester 2024/2025.
The number of participants is limited to 15. The time of registration will be used to allocate places.

No prior knowledge is required. Prerequisite for attending the course is that interested students have been appointed as tutors for the winter semester 2024/2025.