History Department Earns Regents’ Award for Teaching Excellence by a Department or Program
History Department Earns Regents’ Award for Teaching Excellence by a Department or Program
The University System of Georgia has awarded Georgia State University’s Department of History on the downtown campus with the 2019 Regents’ Award for Teaching Excellence by a Department or Program, recognizing innovative and engaging efforts to transform teaching and learning in the department’s curriculum.
The nomination packet was submitted by Jeff Young, Rob Baker and Jared Poley, who have worked together to include data visualization, in addition to the incorporation of the Reacting to the Past (RTTP) teaching and learning concept in history courses, and redesign of U.S. history and world history courses.
These efforts have resulted in an increase in student engagement, and a reduction in DFW rates – the rates of students who either earn grades of D or F, or withdraw from the course.