Two for the Price of One: A Work-Family Activity that Enhances Graduate Student Teachers’ and Undergraduate Recipients’ Learning

This paper details experiential and active learning activities at two levels. The first level, a graduate-level course on Work and Family, had students create a lesson plan on work and family, spillover, and conflict and include an active learning component within various undergraduate-level courses already offered. This assignment allowed the graduate students to grow in their knowledge of work and family and advance their teaching scholarship—the second level involved undergraduate courses. The undergraduate students in the various classes that received the work and family activity were also able to enhance their understanding of the topic in an active learning environment. An evaluation component enhanced the graduate students’ research understanding.