Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Shephard
Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Shephard
Staff of Educational Development
Tasks
- Faculty developer supporting ETH professors in their teaching activities
- Leadership of the faculty development programme 'Teaching at ETH' for ETH professors
- Course leader of 'Teaching at ETH' Advanced course ('Research-oriented teaching and learning')
- Trainer in Rector's Didactic Fellowship Programme
Specialist areas
- "From the sage on the stage to the guide on the side": student-centred teaching methods
- Research orientation in teaching
- Competence orientation in teaching
- Advanced interactive and mentoring tools and techniques
About me
- Dr. sc. nat. ETH in Toxicology (1987)
- Research Toxicologist at ETH and University Hospital of Zürich (cancer prevention and pharmacology studies). Research stints in Canada (Toronto & Vancouver) and in Tokyo, Japan (1982 - 2001)
- Graduate of 3-yr programme in Organisational Development & Management (iFO Basel, 1998 - 2001)
- Faculty Developer at DiZ, ETH (2001 - 2010)
- Senior Faculty Developer at LET, ETH (since 2010)
- Classically trained soprano. Performances in musicals, as conductor of acappella vocal ensembles, and with solo programmes (until 2003)
- Mindfulness practitioner (since 2002)