Re: Not qualified to teach? Who cares?

Kate

Posted on 8/27/09

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Not that this is right, but major universities do not reward
professors for good teaching. It's not how it works. Research dollars
are the key, in science and engineering, anyway. When the people
teaching fight over who gets to NOT teach, a communication class
isn't going to help. JMO, and yes, I have witnessed several
professors griping about teaching one class, once a year (not once a
semester).

On 8/26/09, sspil wrote:
> It's not just teachers who don't have knowledge, it those who
> can't communicate it to others that are a problem as well. I've
> run into many very knowledgeable people who were very bad
> teachers. Just because you know your subject, doesn't mean you
> can communicate it to others. Some of the most brilliant people
> in their field are horrid teachers. Perhaps they should require
> all those who plan to teach at a university to take a class on
> communication skills.

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