{"id":845,"date":"2015-09-28T14:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/?page_id=845"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:35:36","slug":"wed-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/laprogram\/for-students\/wed-course\/","title":{"rendered":"WED SC521"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All first-time LAs take SC521, a 2-credit course through the Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development, to learn about various teaching practices and methods. This invaluable class focuses on general teaching, as well as discipline-specific instruction, and touches on several important topics to help LAs better understand how to effectively work with students. Additionally, LAs are asked to reflect on their own teaching and learning experiences, and to use that understanding to their own advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Multiple Correct Answers and Changing Learning Styles\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122528776?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>LAs discuss how there can be multiple correct answers to questions, or how different learning styles can present challenges to both instructors and students<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Handling an Answer You Don&#039;t Know\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122528779?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>LAs discuss a major challenge for instructors: handling a question when you don&#8217;t know the answer<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Relating to Struggling Students\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122528778?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>LAs talk about how they can relate to struggling students, when they themselves succeeded in the courses they now teach<\/i><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the semester, we have a poster session, where the LAs present a poster on the pedagogical topic of their choice. This is an exciting time for LAs to show off what they&#8217;ve learned, but also for them to pursue knowledge of a particular topic that really resonated with them during the semester in relation to the course in which they worked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learning Assistant Poster Session Fall 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/116510822?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Fall 2014 poster session<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All first-time LAs take SC521, a 2-credit course through the Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development, to learn about various teaching practices and methods. 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