Photo of Margaret CouvillonMargaret Couvillon
Associate Tutor (Life Sciences)

Teaching

Instructor, General Biology 181/182 for Science Majors

            Spring 2009                                                     Tucson, AZ, USA

As part of the MORE Fellowship through University of Arizona, I taught as full instructor a 4 credit lecture/lab course for majors at Pima Community College. We covered principles of structure and function of living things at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels. The course included introduction to the scientific process, chemistry of cells, organization of cells, metabolism, patterns of cell division and inheritance, nucleic acids, and biotechnology.

           

Laboratory Mentor  

            Autumn 2005 – Present                                   Sheffield & Brighton, UK; Tucson, AZ, USA

I have mentored a total of 29 students in the laboratory in a variety of contexts and on many different projects; 14 earned co-authorship on published, peer-reviewed manuscripts. An additional 6 are on in-prep manuscripts.


Tutorial Instructor, Behavioral Ecology Course for Majors

            Autumn 2009 – Present                                   Brighton, UK

I led groups of six students in small group discussions on primary literature related to lecture topic.  My duties included grading of essays and presentations on the literature.

           

Teaching Observation, General Biology 181/182 for Science Majors

            Spring 2008                                                     Tucson, AZ, USA

I obbserved for one semester Ms. Jennifer Katcher, a full time biology instructor at Pima Community College. After semester of observations, I took over Jennifer’s course (see above: Instructor, General Biology, Spring 2009), which granted her a sabbatical for her own professional development.

           

Teaching Workshop offered through MORE and University of Arizona

            Spring 2008                                                     Tucson, AZ, USA

I participated in 2-day workshop on science education to learn the general principles of active-learning and how to increase classroom participation in all-sized classes.