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How to guide Junior Lecturers in teaching a short Mathematics course [closed]
I joined a university recently as a senior lecturer. I became senior recently too and with the new environment (new university is private and previously I have been in a state university), ...
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How to make very long lectures interesting?
The university I work at has 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials. How can I make the lectures more interesting and interactive than regular lecture mode? As usually I keep my tutorials hands ...
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If I get a HE fellowship do I still need a PGCert for academic practice or equivalent to become a lecturer?
I have a PhD and have been working as a researcher and associate lecturer in a UK University. I want to become a Lecturer. I have the credentials for a higher education (HE) Fellowship and some for a ...
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How to get approach in teaching a subject you are fluent in but not included in your degree
I am a Mathematics graduate and have done a post-graduate degree too, with a research component involving a mathematical application in cryptography.
I'm currently working as a temporary lecturer in ...
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Explanation of certain phrases in an online interview for a fixed term teaching position at a certain Scottish university
I've applied for a (teaching only) mathematics lecturer position at a certain Scottish university, and as part of the application process, they shortlisted me for an online interview, where they're ...
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The more I improve the quality of my course, the worse the student evaluation becomes. Should I provide low quality lectures?
For almost 6 years, I have given courses on different CS topics at my university. This year, I decided to make my lectures and tutorials for a specific master course as perfect as possible, so I and ...
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Online classes - student says his learning style is different so he doesn't attend
My university has opted for online classes this semester, and I think it is great to be honest for the nature of the course topic, so a 3 hour course has a live section, reading assignments section ...
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Can someone do another Masters in Canada if you already have a Masters and PhD from the UK?
Can someone do another Masters in Canada if you already have a Masters and PhD from the UK?
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What should I recommend for a foreign student with problems on the country language?
Later this week one of my undergrad classes have their first written test and one of the students is not from my country, and he said he's been having some problems both understanding my lectures and ...
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Giving a test lecture, what should I keep in mind? [duplicate]
I hold a PhD in computer science. I've been travelling to conferences presenting my papers and sometimes as part of my teaching assistance duty, I had to give some very simple lectures to students.
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Lectures are way ahead of the planned schedule for the course. What should be done?
In my university, we submit a lecture plan at the academic semester starts. The lecture plan is a kind of semi-official documentation on the schedule of lectures or topics (Ref: Planning a course: ...
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In teaching, what do we actually mean when we say "syllabus completed"?
In my university, every faculty member has to submit a handout at the semester beginning for his(her) course. The handout is basically a list of topics (a syllabus) that needs to be taught to the (to ...
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How to write horizontally across the blackboard while keeping handwriting as horizontal as possible?
Does anyone have tips on good ways of writing horizontally across the blackboard?
I notice whenever I write across the blackboard, the line will have a slightly downward slope of 15 degrees and it is ...
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What can I do about a lecturer who isn't clear enough to understand?
I'm a Maths university student and I just can't seem to learn anything from one of my lecturers.
I understand we, as students, should do personal research on our subject. But he just doesn't make any ...
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