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The "best" professors/teachers i saw yet, where radiating an exhuberant joy while talking about their topic. It is fun to listen. They where a russian teaching
by scns 3y ago
The "best" professors/teachers i saw yet, where radiating an exhuberant joy while talking about their topic. It is fun to listen. They where a russian teaching in america who recorded a series about physics for TTC, The Teaching Company. He got voted best professor in america twice.The other one was David Malan of Harvards CS50 on [0]. Beware though, it sadly spoils you for later lectures by others.
[0] https://edx.org https://edx.org
- hotpotamus 3y agoI don't know how they do it though - I could imagine enjoying teaching a subject once in awhile, but to be "on" for 5 or 6 identical classes a day and then repeat that until the pension kicks in seems pretty tough. Of course, professors have it better than high school teachers since teaching isn't their primary job.
- bigtunacan 3y agoSome people really like to teach others, so I can understand how teachers would find joy in this. I think it has to be especially hard to maintain that in K-12 where all the children have to be, but most of them don't want to be. At least college is optional, so there is a higher percentage that actually desire to learn. I think that would make it easier for a teacher to keep their passion for the job.
- nati0n 3y agoInterested in the first professor mentioned, but can't narrow it down and find who they are. Can you provide any more information?
- g8geufg 3y agoI found him: Alex Filippenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Filippenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Filippenko