Re: Advice for Tina and other rookies...

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

Good point.  Some school do, U Minn for example...I hope others will
follow their example...but the class leader needs to know their
stuff...how many universities have someone with the mix of experience
you are looking for.  This is not a criticism of your valid request, but
rather a comment on the status of teaching and learning in some
graduate schools.

cheers,

joe

On Wed, 1 May 2002, Tina Fanetti wrote:

> Not to be snitty...but here is a wild idea
> What about a class in graduate school on teaching?  I mean really tea=
> ching not just being a teaching assistant.
>
> It would be sooo useful.  Here people throw around all this pedagogy =
> that I have never heard of and need to look up.  =20
> WOuldn't it be nice if in grad school I could have taken a class that=
>  helps explain some of the different learning theories and such.  ANd=
>  practially things like how to design tests labs and courses..
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Fanetti
> Physics Instructor
> Western Iowa Technical Community College
> 4647 Stone Ave
> Sioux City IA 51102
> 712-274-8733 ext 1429

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr.               219-284-4662
Associate Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556