The CYAF Department prides itself on high quality teaching. Faculty believe courses should be rigorous with up-to-date information from an informed instructor. Faculty members have high expectations of students and plan quality instruction and active learning opportunities to enhance student achievement. Sound educational principles should be followed. All instructors and graduate teaching assistants will be expected to abide by these expectations.
Courses should follow the course description from the University bulletin (http://bulletin.unl.edu/undergraduate/). A copy of the course description and sample course outlines are available for each course. Instructors are responsible for helping students reach the desired outcomes in the course description.
Courses should be research and theory based. Instructors should know and use the theories related to their content. Personal or anecdotal stories or examples can be used but must illustrate a theory or known best practice.