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Well, it is not always necessary to "resonate well with students", especialy in a tertiary education scenario. May be this is a requirement for primary or high-
by ramgorur 14y ago
Well, it is not always necessary to "resonate well with students", especialy in a tertiary education scenario. May be this is a requirement for primary or high-school level, but for university? I don't think so.
I did my undergrad from an insignificant public school in a third world country, but secured my masters (by research, no coursework) from one of the top 30 schools from that list and it was an enlightening experience.
To say the truth, I have learned most of the undergrad craps by myself (thanks to our local book markets teeming with pirated/photocopied books) -- in my case, the contribution from the so called "good teachers" is almost none. the "quality of teaching" is a very subtle concept and thers is no apparently good way to measure it. I think it is the "research" that should matter the most. Above all, no one is interested in average GPA of students.
- batiudrami 14y agoWe...obviously have completely different philosophies on how universities should be run. A good lecturer is, in my opinion, paramount to learning. Too many of my classes had lecturers who were completely incompetent, and worse than that, didn't even make an effort to be good teachers, and I, like you, was forced to learn the content myself. Another, a man who is highly regarded (our school built him a lab just so he'd come here), used slides literally copied and pasted from Wikipedia. The result of this is I have a significant debt (though less than you get from a US college), and an education which is completely sub par.