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[monsterx]

I've got an interview at a UK university, my first in the UK.  They want me to give a 10 minute presentation "based on a teaching subject" and a 20 minute research talk.  The 20 minute research talk is a pretty straight forward concept for me, but teaching something in 10 minutes seems kind of hard.  Do they want to see part of a lecture?  Or maybe a summary of the kinds of things I might talk about in a lecture?  Or something else?

[donstefano]

I would guess they're interested in a briefing about your research, rather than you teaching something: Give them an overview of teh topcis you are teaching, for what kind of students, waht kind of courses you are able to teach for them etc.

[expatinuk]

I would do the 'teaching presentation' around how you would structure a class, how you would address the different learning styles of students, and how you would scaffold the material. The UK is becoming obsessed with learning outcomes, so identify the out comes and show how you build that into the structure of the class.

[sueenglish]

expat is dead right here. A teaching presentation is a presentation about what you would teach and how. Base it on real experience and it often helps to put together a hand-out/summary of the talk along with a course (module) description with texts, assessment methods and learning outcomes (a one page description will suffice.)

Ensure you've looked carefully at their curriculum and show how your teaching subject would fit.

Good luck!

[monsterx]

Thanks for the answers!  That's pretty much cleared up the mystery, and also the mystery of what is a "module."