Pearls on Educational Principles
Design of curriculum at UCSF should be based on well-developed educational principles. The Pearls on Educational Principles program consists of brief one-page brochures that include a description of an educational theory, applications of the theory, and space to develop new applications for teaching in the curriculum. These brochures can be used as part of faculty development or as a refresher on an educational theory.
Goals
- Apprise faculty as to how educational principles inform the curriculum.
- Provide an educational rationale for activities and assessments in the curriculum.
Pearls Topics
Learning Theories
- Adaptive Expertise (archived PDF)
- Cognitive Apprenticeship (archived PDF)
- Deliberate Practice (archived PDF)
- Self-Directed Learning (archived PDF)
- Situated Learning (archived PDF)
- Social Cognitive Theory (archived PDF)
- Workplace Learning (archived PDF)
What does the research say?
- Do online learning and flipped classrooms have better outcomes than face-to-face, teacher-guided learning? (archived PDF)
- Does self-directed learning produce outcomes equal or superior to face-to-face, teacher-guided learning? (archived PDF)
- Using Feedback to Reinforce Independent Learning (archived PDF)
- Why and how should we teach learners to be self regulated? (archived PDF)
- Why teach foundational concepts rather than facts? (archived PDF)
