Deadline: May 26, 2024
Applications are open for the MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program 2025-2026. The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) program provides an intense, semester long teaching-focused engagement for selected cohorts of faculty members (ETT Fellows) from African universities.
By introducing the ETT Fellows to cutting edge student-focused teaching methodologies the ETT strives to foster innovation in science and engineering education in tertiary academic institutions in Africa. The vision for the universities where fellows teach is to develop undergraduate students ready for the demands of today’s job market, equipped with hands-on problem solving and critical thinking capabilities. NNPC Ltd. & TotalEnergies EP Nigeria are the corporate partners and sponsors of the program.
During their semester at MIT, the ETT fellows:
- Observe at least 2 MIT courses in their own disciplines.
- Take a curriculum design course and implement research-based instructional design principles in their courses.
- Discuss & explore curricular enrichment & reform through both formal and informal interaction with the MIT community.
- Participate in numerous activities to develop critical change-agent skills. These skills include entrepreneurship, effective communication, experiential learning, reflection, collaboration, systems thinking and perseverance.
Eligibility
- Open to engineering professors who are currently teaching at local universities in Nigeria;
- They must have recently completed their Ph.D.
Application
For more information, visit MIT-ETT Program
