tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3775842814027674888..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Team Teaching Early Thirsty from Fiery Frank.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90712651695745671312011-07-01T03:18:56.535-04:002011-07-01T03:18:56.535-04:00If you have to team up with a boring prof, meet an...If you have to team up with a boring prof, meet and agree to play to each others strengths. It may look like Laurel and Hardy, but anything that keeps you sane is good.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64532957132349658752011-06-29T18:54:58.429-04:002011-06-29T18:54:58.429-04:00Having just graduated from a program where most co...Having just graduated from a program where most courses were team-taught, I can confirm Dr. Cranky's statement that being paired with a poor lecturer will only improve your own evaluations. I had one professor team-teach two different classes, one with an awful lecturer and one with decent lecturers. In the first case, the general opinion seemed to be that he was "hard, but fair", Spamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467916966262492701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46164231337897264722011-06-29T11:31:07.414-04:002011-06-29T11:31:07.414-04:00My only experience in team-teaching was an unmitig...My only experience in team-teaching was an unmitigated disaster, at least from my perspective. A lecturer went into the hospital (and then died) just as the semester started, and even though I already had five sections of Intro to Hamster Fur Weaving to teach, I got recruited to team-teach two more sections of the same course. My "partner" ended up being dead weight; she didn't knowDr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28540323412406226332011-06-29T09:59:20.330-04:002011-06-29T09:59:20.330-04:00Like the Beaker says, if you are splitting the lec...Like the Beaker says, if you are splitting the lectures--in blocks or even alternating days--then just teach your part and deal with it. At least I hope that's what you are doing. Having both of you standing in front of the class simultaneously never works well.<br /><br />More importantly, however, my suggestions would be that you should probably reserve judgement until you actually see thisAngry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40507198567499872472011-06-29T08:29:31.120-04:002011-06-29T08:29:31.120-04:00Gawd I hate gimmicky shit like that in the classro...Gawd I hate gimmicky shit like that in the classroom. I narrowly avoided one of these scenarios myself a few years ago. <br /><br />It's going to end up being like a group project that we might assign students...one student/prof does all the work, and the other student/prof coasts along. <br /><br />If he's as dull as you say though, you'll look like a rock star. I can't imagine Dr. Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544814759723000405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11867734041395001672011-06-29T07:53:00.004-04:002011-06-29T07:53:00.004-04:00I've team taught several classes. Here's ...I've team taught several classes. Here's my advice:<br /><br />Divide the labor. You prepare the syllabus, I'll find the readings, etc. If a task requires only one professor to complete, then rofessors will make it slower.<br /><br />If you t single chunk of the class, like the first half of the semester, students can complete evaluations after you finish that chunk.<br /><br />If Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com