As a participant in the Delta Internship Program, I am currently conducting a teaching-as-research project to assess and improve my teaching going forward. Specifically, I am using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate which components of classroom activities and course assignments students find most influential in building a sense of self-efficacy in relation to their discussion-based skills.
Through participation in multiple pedagogical trainings and a track record of comprehensive teaching evaluation techniques, I engage in a reflective approach towards delivering innovative and evidence-based instruction for undergraduate students.
This course explores how the function and importance of different types of social relationships (i.e., parent-child, peer, and romantic relationships) change across the course of development from infancy through adolescence. In particular, the course covers how various social relationships play a role in shaping who we are and how we move through the world. The course is broken into three segments: Infancy-Preschool, Childhood and School-Age Years, and Adolescence. Each segment of the course begins with grounding our understanding of how each type of relationship functions and looks like at that stage of development. Then the course dives into how these social relationships can impact youths’ developmental outcomes (e.g., socioemotional development, academic functioning). Students in this course have the opportunity to connect course content to their personal experiences, gain skills in communicating scientific information for various audiences, as well as develop their writing and presentation skills through course content, activities, and assignments.
UW-Madison, 2025