Kyle E. David - Teaching

Teaching

My approach to teaching is informed by advanced training in evidence-based pedagogy and over fifteen years of experience. I use pedagogical strategies that increase participation and broad educational achievement of learners from diverse backgrounds. My courses engage students with learning that is meaningful, relevant, and accessible by incorporating a wide range of sources and perspectives. Through active and collaborative learning techniques, students learn to collect and organize information, weigh the validity of primary and secondary sources, and develop and defend an argument. More broadly, students learn the importance of empathy and tolerance, and acquire an appreciation for multiple perspectives. In these ways, my teaching prepares students to be independent thinkers in a multicultural society.

Pedagogical Fellowship and Training

In 2019, I served as a Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) Pedagogical Fellow. The Pedagogical Fellowship is commonly known as the "preparing future faculty" program. A search committee of former fellows made selections based on a record of excellent teaching, promising scholarship, and service to the university and department. Objectives of the program include providing professional development in an interdisciplinary community and developing and refining advanced pedagogical skills for use in higher education.

As a matter of service to the university, I have developed from scratch a Humanities Pedagogical Certificate program, which consists of six ninety-minute workshops delivered over the course of an academic quarter. The objective of this program is to provide fellow graduate students with research-based pedagogical training. Flyers, which I created for this program, can be found here.

Courses

My teaching specializations are in modern China, East Asia, and world history. As instructor of record, I have taught courses at the University of California, Irvine, and San Diego Mesa College. Course topics included World History, Asian since 1500, Modern East Asia, and Chinese History. For the last three years, I have also taught for Washington State University's Global Campus a course titled "From Xia to Xi: Chinese History, 1100 BCE to Present."

Modern East Asia

World History since 1870

This course examines the histories of China, Japan, and Korea from 1800 to the present. It tells the story of these countries through shared moments of war and revolution. See the syllabus below, or download here. A list of the primary sources used can be found here.

This course charts the long twentieth century, beginning with the period of new imperialism and ending with the present environmental crises of the twenty-first century. See the syllabus below, or download it here. A list of the primary sources used can be found here.