UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation

Active learning

First Time Teaching? SGFP to the Rescue!

  Author: Victoria E. Rodriguez, MSW, MPH Program in Public Health Editor-in-Chief: Alex Bower February 20, 2022   Teaching for the first time completely on your own is a very intimidating feat. When I was first offered the position to teach an undergraduate...

Implementing Active Learning in Large-Enrollment Courses

Claire Freimark, School of Biological Sciences Introductory undergraduate science courses can be intimidating. Large class sizes, long lectures, and cumulative exams can lead to high stress levels, poor student attitudes, and low retention rates in STEM majors. Many...

Implementing Curative Pedagogy in Teaching Theatre History

Talin Abadian, Department of Drama Theatre history courses are generally offered through survey courses where future theatre professionals are exposed to essential historical knowledge and vocabulary (Smith et al 113). Yet even though these courses are often...