Sociology lecturer
Code 2310.1.38
Sociology lecturers are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, sociology, which is predominantly academic in nature. They work with their university research assistants and university teaching assistants for the preparation of lectures and of exams, grading papers and exams and leading review and feedback sessions for the students. They also conduct academic research in their field of sociology, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- curriculum objectives
- sociology
Skills and competences
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply teaching strategies
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply blended learning
- liaise with educational support staff
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor sociological trends
- develop course outline
- demonstrate when teaching
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- teach sociology
- study human societies
- assess students
- guarantee students' safety
- think abstractly
- mentor individuals
- prepare lesson content
- write work-related reports
- compile course material
Transversal competences
- liaise with educational staff
- manage personal professional development
- perform classroom management
- think analytically
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- synthesise information
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