CIRTL – Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences

Is It Ever OK to Lecture?

January 22, 2019/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by stephylao

Telling is a time-tested and efficient way to communicate information. Just try to keep the strengths and weaknesses of lecturing in mind. The most effective teaching involves looking to communicate […]

Congratulations to two CIRTL Scholars for presenting their Teaching as Research projects on the CIRTL network to the national cross network community.

November 30, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by stephylao

Congratulations to two CIRTL Scholars for presenting their Teaching as Research projects on the CIRTL network to the national cross network community. Elizabeth Mills: “Mixed Methods Assessment of Introductory Physics […]

The Case for Teaching How to Teach

July 23, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by rcorral

Graduate students who are taught how to teach are more likely to be prepared for the realities of working in higher education without affecting their research capacity, according to a […]

The Trade-offs of Teamwork among STEM Doctoral Graduates

June 5, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

Kniffin, K. M., & Hanks, A. S. (2018). The trade-offs of teamwork among STEM doctoral graduates. American Psychologist, 73(4), 420-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000288 Teamwork has increasingly become prevalent in professional fields such as […]

Report Pushes for Big Change in Graduate STEM Ed

June 5, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

National Academies report urges program data transparency and a focus on core competencies. U.S. graduate education in science, technology, engineering and math is, in many ways, the “gold standard” for […]

Congratulations to UCLA’s Inaugural CIRTL-Certified Scholars!

May 10, 2018/0 Comments/in Announcements CIRTL /by maojacan

Congratulations to Jenny Link (top photo) and Elizabeth Reid-Wainscoat (bottom photo) for completing the Scholar Level certification for UCLA’s Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) – […]

A Trend Toward Transparency for Ph.D. Career Outcomes?

March 27, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

Three efforts — the Coalition for Next Generation Life Sciences; the 10,000 PhDs Project; and a new taxonomy of scientific jobs created by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences — […]

Educating Biology PhDs for Life Beyond Academia

March 2, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

A growing number of universities, students, and funding organizations are working to change biology graduate education to meet the needs of students on a wide array of career paths. But […]

Who’s Preparing Future Faculty to Teach?

March 2, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

Last fall, the academic career coach Jennifer Polk conducted an informal Twitter poll: How many of you, she asked her followers, received any meaningful pedagogical training during graduate school? Replies […]

Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Student Learning

October 30, 2017/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

New Council of Graduate Schools publication highlights effective strategies and best practices Washington, DC – The next generation of faculty will be better prepared to help their students learn, thanks […]