Universität Wien

210085 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice (2020W)

PEER-Mentoring Political Science

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Die Lehrformate für das WS (digital, hybrid, vor Ort) befinden sich in Entwicklung. Die Lehrenden werden die geplante Organisationsform und Lehrmethodik auf ufind und Moodle bekannt geben. Aufgrund von Covid19 muss mit kurzfristigen Änderungen in Richtung digitaler Lehre gerechnet werden.

Nicht-prüfungsimmanente (n-pi) Lehrveranstaltung. Eine Anmeldung über u:space ist erforderlich. Mit der Anmeldung werden Sie automatisch für die entsprechende Moodle-Plattform freigeschaltet. Vorlesungen unterliegen keinen Zugangsbeschränkungen.

VO-Prüfungstermine erfordern eine gesonderte Anmeldung.
Mit der Teilnahme an der Lehrveranstaltung verpflichten Sie sich zur Einhaltung der Standards guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis. Schummelversuche und erschlichene Prüfungsleistungen führen zur Nichtbewertung der Lehrveranstaltung (Eintragung eines 'X' im Sammelzeugnis).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

MO 14.09.2020 09.30-18.30 Ort: tba
DI 15.09.2020 09.30-15.30 Ort: tba
DO 28.09.2020 16.00-20.00 Ort: tba

FR, 09.10. 17:00-20:00 Uhr
FR, 16.10. 17:00-20:00 Uhr
FR, 13.11. 17.00-20.00 Uhr
FR, 04.12. 17.00-20.00 Uhr
FR, 08.01. 17.00-20.00 Uhr


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Prepares and accompanies elder students to be mentors for first term student during the STEOP phase. Most parts of the program are in German, but you can work with multiple languages in the mentoring-teams and during mentoring sessions. Due to Covid-19, we will use hybrid learning formats during the winter term 2020/21. We will also consider possibilities for vulnerable persons, please state requirements in your application.
Achieved goals and acquired skills:
The students know relevant presentation techniques,
Mastery of techniques for transfering knowledge, feedback and
moderation skills and apply those
students aquire experience in conducting discussions, leading a small group, they how to organize presentations and are comptentent in communicating knowledge and
their respective experiences made during their time of study

Assessment and permitted materials

-presence during all (on- and offline) appointments (1x absence is tolerated)
-meetings with mentees once every second week
-memos after every (on- as well as offline)-.meeting, where you reflect on what happened
-final reflection paper at the end of the term
-collection of inscription numbers of all mentees/ participants
-100 % participation in introduction of the program, in producing content and during the introductory phase of the programme
- you will additionally get a soft skill certificate from the CTL
(Center for Teaching and Learning)
All partial contributions must have been provided in time and assessed positively in order to be able to complete the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Peer Mentoring is a program addressing students in their first term at Vienna University/department of political science. Its aim is to facilitate the STEOP phase and helps to accommodate students in their new context. Your tasks are:
-full attendance of the preparation seminars (40%)
-team work (40%)
-delivering of memos and final protocol (20%)
It is tolerated, if you miss one session.

Examination topics

There is no exam in the classical sense, but you will develop the following competencies:
-knowledge about mentoring concepts
-team building knowledge and leadership skills in groups
-reflection skills for group processes
-process-oriented work in groups
-transfer competence for study knowledge

Reading list

Jane Andrews and Robin Clarke (2011): Peer Mentoring Works! How Peer-Mentoring enhances Students' Success. Online Ressource:
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/aston_what_works_final_report_1.pdf

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 13.10.2020 16:09