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I had a friend who went to Berkeley 20 years ago. He told me his professor was teaching 300 students via a video monitor. Any, real instruction was taught thr
by marincounty 13y ago
I had a friend who went to Berkeley 20 years ago. He told
me his professor was teaching 300 students via a video
monitor. Any, real instruction was taught through TA's.
Plus, he said the professors didn't care about teaching;
it was all about their research. Yea, I know they need
to publish, but it just didn't seem fair to the students?
There's a lot of students who drop out of that university,
and never set foot in a college again.
- k3n 13y agoOne of the top reasons I gave up on "college" -- I'm paying for an education, so it'd be nice to be taught by, y'know, an educator. Someone who wants to teach, who enjoys their craft so much that they're excited just to talk about it... I had a few professors like that, and even though that was decades ago, I can still recall their names and mannerisms, if that tells you what kind of impact they had. They even made me enjoy classes that I loathed taking, simply because they were excited to teach it. However, as I progressed, I had fewer professors and more TA's "teaching" classes.
- derefr 13y agoIs there any resource which ranks colleges on their staff's passion+teaching ability, rather than some combination of fancy equipment and recruiting students who will do well no matter what?
- xvedejas 13y agoI am an undergrad at a university where the common sentiment is similar; professors care much more about research than teaching. However, it works out since it seems most undergrads at this school are more interested in doing research than attending classes. Maybe undergraduate education should be more research-focused at research institutes?