tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1453425163154199587..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Whattya Know!?! The People At Forbes Have Just Caught Up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33684484737868698642013-11-13T12:28:08.700-05:002013-11-13T12:28:08.700-05:00I'm actually really surprised that people aren...I'm actually really surprised that people aren't getting guidance as TAs. This must differ by institution. Both of my programs (large flagship universities) were overbearing about TA training. We had to take entire classes about pedagogy along with workshops to become certified to teach certain classes. We also had to "shadow" faculty in order to teach classes in our specific Gone Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545285786616979495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82832507369352994912013-11-13T10:35:54.681-05:002013-11-13T10:35:54.681-05:00YES!
I taught for many years as a Grad student and...YES!<br />I taught for many years as a Grad student and not once did I get guidance from a professor! I went out of my way to take a class called "College Teaching." It gave me some new/fresh ideas to use in the classroom.Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69261336113331916682013-11-12T23:16:26.537-05:002013-11-12T23:16:26.537-05:00While I do think that Ph.D. candidates and junior ...While I do think that Ph.D. candidates and junior professors should get more support during their apprentice years, I, like others, am troubled by the misconception that teaching is something that you can take a class or two in, and be ready to go. That misconception somehow goes along with some of the other edupreneurial ideas out there, such as that classes can be created and sold as packages Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82521991287459047922013-11-12T21:16:54.822-05:002013-11-12T21:16:54.822-05:00The ONLY stuff I have thought of recycling were so...The ONLY stuff I have thought of recycling were some great activities from my excellent undergrad Genetics course. Granted once I find the old notes, I will surely decide they are outdated and toss'em!Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45179445047964250462013-11-12T19:22:34.234-05:002013-11-12T19:22:34.234-05:00P.S. This isn't to say that ancient things tha...P.S. This isn't to say that ancient things that haven't changed much are not worth learning about, but of course what we think of them does change, and it can still have commercial value. Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87047413472034816512013-11-12T16:27:11.231-05:002013-11-12T16:27:11.231-05:00By the "logic" of this article, I should...By the "logic" of this article, I shouldn't be teaching most of what I teach since I never learned it in any class. This is because it didn't exist when I was a student. Much of what we do in universities is that way, particularly ideas from which Forbes readers want to make profits. Poor Malcolm no doubt is rolling over in his grave.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77408468147627568052013-11-12T16:05:33.896-05:002013-11-12T16:05:33.896-05:00Mad libs!
A dirty little secret of higher educati...Mad libs!<br /><br />A dirty little secret of higher education is that administrators at most American colleges and universities have never set foot in an actual classroom, and most don't give a flying fuck about the quality of education at any given institution. This is true of administrators at elite institutions like Yale University as well as those at broad-access campuses like those in Gone Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545285786616979495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3478129650330905812013-11-12T15:21:51.672-05:002013-11-12T15:21:51.672-05:00Peter, Paul and Mary on a tandem bicycle. I though...Peter, Paul and Mary on a tandem bicycle. I thought reusing ancient class notes was the sign of a <strong>bad</strong> teacher. introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81434500467193229632013-11-12T14:09:56.826-05:002013-11-12T14:09:56.826-05:00Workshops...
Don't fucking get me started abo...Workshops...<br /><br />Don't fucking get me started about workshops. I'm sure there are some good ones, but for the most part they are a joke.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85515111461471498632013-11-12T14:09:42.338-05:002013-11-12T14:09:42.338-05:00This sounds like a great beginning to a CM manifes...This sounds like a great beginning to a CM manifesto.<br />The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71040252674586943942013-11-12T14:09:25.044-05:002013-11-12T14:09:25.044-05:00Because clearly, students are a testament to how w...Because clearly, students are a testament to how well one can master material by taking a course in it. Of course, anyone who has taken a course in "how to teach" (EDUC 101) will be a MASTER teacher. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72667129468029334872013-11-12T11:47:36.292-05:002013-11-12T11:47:36.292-05:00The suggestion that parents ask/demand that facult...The suggestion that parents ask/demand that faculty learn to teach is worth sharing to readers. <br /><br />The article mentions that some faculty could reuse their old class notes which they wrote as a student when they teach the class. I've never heard of such a thing. Does that happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5351862224654648852013-11-12T10:56:29.425-05:002013-11-12T10:56:29.425-05:00Regular folks don't know anything about the mi...Regular folks don't know anything about the misery of higher ed, except student debt. These revelations that occasionally come up might in some way make folks wonder what the hell is going on.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53843968212013678992013-11-12T10:15:28.955-05:002013-11-12T10:15:28.955-05:00A dirty little secret of education is that there i...A dirty little secret of education is that there is very little evidence that education courses make students learn better. In fact, given the actual performance of many high school graduates, the evidence points the other direction.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61878200847618641402013-11-12T09:17:21.476-05:002013-11-12T09:17:21.476-05:00A dirty little secret of higher education is that ...A dirty little secret of higher education is that students at most American colleges and universities have never taken a course on how to learn. This is true of students at elite institutions like Yale University as well as those at broad-access campuses like those in the California State University System.<br /><br />This troubling reality is compounded by four additional problems that make the Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.com