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Well, mathematics at a graduate level really is a subject that can only be self-taught, as are most subjects at the graduate level. Yes, some guidance can be av
by glitchc 2y ago
Well, mathematics at a graduate level really is a subject that can only be self-taught, as are most subjects at the graduate level. Yes, some guidance can be available, but the pedagogical hand-holding that is undergrad is simply not possible. The analogy to language only really applies to mathematics that is well-understood and can be taught this way. In grad school, almost no mathematics you encounter is that well understood, so the teaching methods are absent.
- j2kun 2y agoIt's possible, but counter to the point of a PhD: apprenticeship for research.
- l33t7332273 2y agoThere are lots of areas of math grad school that are well understood. Pretty much everything up to quals (and some beyond that) is well known and teaching methods are far from absent.
- grungegun 2y agoIn a sense, I spend most of my time on material after quals because it's so much harder to understand.