SIRS SUMMARY REPORT

Instructor: DANIEL C GREESON

Number of students enrolled: 23

Number of replies: 19

Date generated: 12/30/2020 9:03:23 AM

CUSTOM QUESTIONS

The instructor demonstrated a desire for students to learn, for example through class discussion, the design of the course, assignments, interaction with studen

Students were encouraged to actively engage with course material, through the design of the course, assignments, class discussions, group activities, or other w

The instructor showed tolerance and respect for students in, for example, face-to-face interactions, online discussions, or email.

Students had the opportunity to communicate with the instructor during office hours or by appointment, or via online means such as D2L, email, or other online m

The instructor graded assignments in a way that was consistent with course objectives and without bias.

Instructor feedback on my work helped me to identify or understand ways that I could improve.

Each year, IAH recognizes teaching excellence in IAH courses with teaching awards for faculty and graduate teaching assistants. How would you rate this instruct

The design of the course and assignments helped me to connect different concepts and themes throughout the course.

Grading criteria or a grading policy were communicated to students in the syllabus or elsewhere.

How often did you meet with your instructor outside of class to discuss matters related to this course?

Learning about the arts and humanities enhances awareness and understanding of different cultures.

Learning about the arts and humanities enhances awareness and understanding of diverse perspectives, experiences, and opinions.

Learning about the arts and humanities enhances self-awareness and the ability to think critically about oneís own arguments, perspectives, or biases.

Learning about the arts and humanities helps students to be more effective citizens of the world.

How often were you asked to engage in class discussions or writing assignments that included diverse perspectives (different races, religions, genders, politica

How often were you asked to work on an assignment or activity that required integrating ideas or information from various sources?

How often were you asked to try to better understand someone else's views by imagining how an issue looked from another perspective?

How often were you asked to learn something or complete an activity/assignment that changed the way you understood an issue or concept?

The course, through assignments or other methods, encouraged students to develop their communication skills.

The course, through assignments, readings, interaction with classmates, or other methods, helped students to be more open-minded about those with different pers

RESPONDERS' COMMENTS FOR IAH 204 004 (FS20)

Question 8: What did your instructor do well in helping you to learn? For example, you might consider any of the following: the overall course design; the instructorís willingness to help in office hours or over email; particular assignments, activities, or discussions; choosing helpful course materials such as readings; lectures, etc.

Daniel always offered incisive discussion topics for our recitations as well as worked with students during a strange time.

Happy to respond to emails, accommodating and was very understanding. Good discussion in weekly recitations as well.

Having students read readings and articles as well as watch video lectures before discussing the content in class.

He was available and compliant when it came to responding to emails and questions. He was understanding of others concerns and schedules.

In recitation, he did an excellent job of re-iterating what the students learned over the week and embraced the idea of interpersonal discussion rather than having essentially another lecture.

Question 12: If you would nominate your course faculty or graduate teaching instructor for a teaching excellence award, please explain why.

allows for everyone to talk and answer questions without the feeling of getting shamed

Did very well with the discussions and overall as a TA, especially considering the switch to entirely online

I really appreciate the idea of interpersonal discussion so that students can interact with each other as they learn.

I would nominate Daniel because he cared about his students. He was attentive and was there to answer questions and concerns

Made the content very understandable. The content was interesting, I think everyone could find something about this class that they find interesting, and the instructors helped make the content understandable.

Question 17: What would you suggest to enhance student learning in this course? These suggestions might include changes you would like to see, or assignments for which clearer guidelines would have helped, but they could also be additional assignments, activities, or course materials, etc., that you think would be valuable for the objectives of the course.

I feel like the class was pretty work loaded. Maybe try to lessen how much time we need to spend on learning content. I also wish that some of the work that needed to be done after recitation (normally Friday) were allowed to be worked on during the weekday before recitation (like the quizzes). I feel that I worked on class work a lot more than I wanted to over the weekends.

N/A I feel that this course was perfectly organized and well-provided. Therefore I don't think there could be changes to enhance student learning.

The old history sections in the beginning of the class were very boring to me, but in the end it got much more interesting. Maybe add more interesting stuff earlier in the class, but that's entirely my opinion.

Question 27: What was one of the most interesting or significant things you learned about or did for this class? Why was this aspect of the class interesting or significant to you?

I learned about Van Gogh's art tying into Edo Japan because I was unaware of that originally.

I was very interested in learning more about the pop culture aspect of Asia. It was important that I understand current pop culture of Asia better so that I could relate with other people with some sort of background from that region of the world.

The fighting styles of East Asian cultures. I found this the most interesting because I really enjoy watching cinematics that display those characteristics.