I loved Prof. Duque. He is funny and entertaining, so showing up to class never felt like being sucked into a black hole (time gets elongated in there...). He brings celebratory donuts, and there are no tests or finals. The weekly work was relevant to our in-class discussions, so it wasn't bad. Definitely will take ED125 with him :)

Wow!! Best professor I've ever had at UCSB!! He is so inspirational and makes the classroom feel very safe. He challenged me in ways I never have been put through before, but in a good way. He has such a strong passion for what he does and you can tell. Very inspiring, we need more teachers like him. As long as you put in effort, you'll be fine!

Professor Duque is an amazing teacher who really cares about his students. ED 150 is a fun class to take. We explored what makes a good teacher/what does good teaching look like, as well as sticky problems you find while teaching. Prof is energetic and connects with students. Work is easy and grading as well. No final or midterm for us.

Stay away unless you want a lot of busy work.

Prof is very unorganized and assigns so much busy work. The amount of time each assignment is exhausting because of the rushed lectures, no clear guideline and amount of work given sporadically. Although the material is interesting, it is dense to grasp when the assignments given seem random. Not worth the time put in, this is a minor class!

Prof Duque is the most contradicting teacher I have come upon. He advocates for students to take care of themselves and seek help, especially now, but piles on more work than all of my classes, including other ED classes. He gives a lot of reading, quizzes, busy work, and writing. Grades very late, then gives bad grades with no feedback. Terrible.