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That’s not how it works in real life. Professors have PhDs in a narrow speciality in their field. They aren’t trained to be excellent teachers and teaching is o
by keiferski 3y ago
That’s not how it works in real life. Professors have PhDs in a narrow speciality in their field. They aren’t trained to be excellent teachers and teaching is often an unpleasant afterthought to them, as the main focus is doing research.
- jojobas 3y agoProfessors aren't "trained". If you're not an excellent teacher you have no business being a professor. You're thinking "researcher".
- keiferski 3y agoAgain, that’s not how academia actually works. Professors are hired based on research output and potential, not teaching ability.
- hilux 3y ago"Professor" and "researcher" are synonymous at American research universities. I've worked for two world-famous research universities. Getting tenure is insanely difficult, and has approximately zero to do with teaching ability. (It's different for adjuncts, lecturers, others who are hired to teach. But they have different titles.)