Dr Laura Hancock
I became aware of TBL when attending a workshop at the ViCE/PHEC meeting in Durham in 2014. I started using TBL in my teaching, firstly as the classroom activity in a ‘flipped classroom’ model, then as a framework for all first year problem classes I am responsible for. Motivated by the increased engagement in large group classes, improved marks in certain topics and positive student feedback, more recently I have incorporated it into my 2nd and 3rd year teaching, the latter of which was the subject of my MA (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) dissertation. During 2020-21 academic year, faced with the challenges of the transition to online teaching, I have also used it at 4th year level, and I have found TBL to be the most effective method of online teaching.
FHEQ level 4 - General chemistry, introductory organic chemistry, transition metal chemistry
FHEQ level 5 - MO Theory, coordination chemistry
FHEQ level 6 - Transition metal electronic spectroscopy
FHEQ level 7 - Supramolecular chemistry, biocoordination chemistry