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The best researchers are rarely the best teachers

• selimthegrim 6y ago
  They won’t be stumped by a question from a smart undergrad. The best teachers might fail to make it a teachable moment.
  • imtringued 6y ago
    Why would I need a world class researcher for e.g. linear algebra? Lots of students struggle with it because of bad teaching, not because it's difficult to understand.
    • mcguire 6y ago
      Who would you rather be taught by, someone who spends the rest of the week using what you are being taught, or someone interested in something else (at best, teaching itself, at worst, doing anything else)? I might suspect bad linear algebra teaching is caused by a lack of interest in linear algebra by the teacher.
      • disqard 6y ago
        Having seen world-class researchers up close, and having experienced their teaching first-hand over many years, I don't believe that being one is any guarantee of also being the other.
        • selimthegrim 6y ago
          Oh I didn't say they'd be good at the board.