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SCWK 9992

Theories and Methods of Teaching in Professional Education · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

67BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Required for all Doctoral Students. Effective teaching in social work education requires an understanding of the components of curriculum building and professional practice skills required by the Council on Social Work Education. Based on a strong theoretical base in the principles of adult learning, this course is designed to introduce the student to the theory and methods of professional social work education with a concentrated focus on course design and classroom execution. A broad range of specific teaching techniques are presented along with the means by which to evaluate student performance and learning.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jessica BlackAssociate Professor · Psychology and Neuroscience	935 records	81st	13th	1004 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jessica Black is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 9992, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Jessica Black

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 7724Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience in the Life Course	37 records	74
SCWK 7726Neuroscience of Human Relationships and Development	57 records	64
UNAS 1718Maternity and Science: Neuroscience & Genetics	15 records	93
UNAS 1730Institutional Disparity: Equity and US Education	12 records	88
PSYC 3322The Neuroscience of Spirituality: Exploring Religion and the Brain	11 record	100
UNAS 1734Reckoning with Incarceration: Biological Perspectives	11 record	97

Other SCWK classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 8841Program Evaluation	2368 records	72
SCWK 7701The Social Welfare System	2966 records	72
SCWK 7722Psychosocial Pathology	1663 records	88
SCWK 7721Human Behavior and the Social Environment	1861 records	84
SCWK 7747Research Methods in Social Work Practice	1758 records	69
SCWK 7723Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege	1755 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9561st pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9987th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9987th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9984th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8316th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9468th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9673rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8516th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9572nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9885th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6781st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8937th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jessica Black	Fall 2025	01	100	100	80
Jessica Black	Fall 2024	01	80	90	60
Jessica Black	Fall 2023	01	93	90	—
Jessica Black	Fall 2022	01	100	85	60
Jessica Black	Fall 2021	01	93	80	—

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.