Adjunct Tutor General Education UOWD UAE

The School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health and the Media department, University of Wollongong is currently seeking a qualified and motivated Adjunct Tutor for its General Education program to join theim in January 2024. The successful candidate will teach General Education courses at undergraduate level, with the current need being for the URBS103 course “Urban Sociology”. This course draws on a variety of fields to look at the phenomenon of cities, using Dubai as a case study, to try to draw sociological and anthropological meaning from the ways in which cities are organised and reorganised, themed and labelled. Typically at the confluence of urban studies and (visual/cultural) anthropology, this is fundamentally a sociology course, but would benefit from a cultural anthropology of the modern metropolis.

Duties of Adjunct Tutor General Education

• Delivery of lecture and/or tutorial components (depending on qualification level) of the URBS103 to undergraduates.
• Offer consultation times to students outside of classroom hours.
• Liaise with subject coordinator before, during and at the end of the semester session.
• Complete grading of student work in a timely fashion, using clear rubrics, and with constructive feedback.
• Input the grades into the student interface software (SMP), and complete subject report for the end of semester (training will be provided.

Expectations From Adjunct Tutor General Education

Candidates are expected to have an approach to teaching that is student centred, with a focus on designing subjects that have multiple assessment approaches, formative & summative, and activity-based learning. UOWD follows a lecture (2hrs) + tutorial (2hrs) structure to modules, so that each student has 4hrs of classroom contact per subject per week. The lecture component centers around the delivery of content, while the tutorial is activity based to engage students in the subject matter for that week.

Job Requirements

The requirements for the job role of Adjunct Tutor General Education are as under: