Associate Professor of Teaching
Academic History
B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Toronto
Contact Information
- brett.couch@botany.ubc.ca
- 604-822-9650
Teaching Interests
Approach to Teaching: As an instructor in the departments of Botany and Zoology at the University of British Columbia, I am part of the large teams that teach introductory biology lectures and labs. As well, I am responsible for second year Botany and eukaryotic microbiology labs. I have been involved in curriculum development, designing the lab for eukaryotic microbiology and writing the lab manual as well as development of activities and case studies as part of the flexible learning initiative in BIOL121. I have published case studies through Pearson to support their texts and through the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. I am currently collaborating on a project to use fine art to teach observational skills in organismal biology labs.