Questions tagged [teaching]
This tag is related to the role and duties of a teacher, an academic instructor, tutor or a teaching assistant.
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In the U.S., is it appropriate for math professors to ask students to rewrite their messy (poorly handwritten) homework to be graded?
Many students write their math homework assignments in a messy, barely readable way. When I was a student TA/grader, I didn't have the right to ask them to rewrite them. But as a math instructor, I ...
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Should a TA position which requires teaching a class offer more money than one that doesn't?
I am currently a PhD student (international) at a University in the US (TX). I was offered a TA position, however the position requires me to work as an instructor of the course. I worked before as ...
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Dealing with entitled students
I am a new adjunct professor at a US university teaching calculus. I had a student complain during my first lecture and tell me that the order in which I was covering the material was wrong and that ...
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Guidance Needed on Teaching an Infinite Class
I am an instructor for a local CS class (online). We are trying something new. We are offering a 17 week program for CS (programing). The program is divided into 3 sections of 5 weeks each and then 2 ...
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Context based teaching
In areas such as information and computer science, what is meant by teaching in different contexts? I have noticed some teaching positions require a document detailing contexts one has taught in. I ...
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Are TAs supposed to get paid for hours it takes to grade?
I help students in a lab for 10 hours a week then have to grade their labs every other week. Does anyone know what the norm is? Are they supposed to assign grading hours for you as well?
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Should I include high school teaching activities in an academic CV?
I am a PhD student in economics. Before starting the PhD, I graduated with an MA in engineering. During my MA, I worked as a high school teacher in computer science. Should I list this activity on my ...
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Presenting teaching experiences and teaching plans in job talk
I have received an invitation to give a job talk for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in at a Agriculture university (U.S.). The position entails 80% research and 20% teaching ...
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Is it a problem if a professor doesn't release exam statistics?
This class is a natural science course and has 3 exams which total up to about half of the grade. Students have taken all three of the exams, and it is practically the end of the semester. There are ...
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Teaching high school math between PhD and postdoc
I am considering spending a few years, perhaps two or three, teaching math in a high school between completing a mathematics PhD and moving on to my first postdoc. My ultimate goal is a professorship, ...
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In general, do students like or dislike classes that are taught jointly?
This is a question that I originally posted to matheducators.stackexchange.com but it was suggested that I might get some more answers here.
My department is considering using more than one lecturer (...
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masters thesis format for PhD application [closed]
There is a particular PhD application I am currently applying to a professor but he needs a copy of my masters thesis.
How do I go about uploading? Am I uploading the whole master's thesis as it is, ...
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What kind of barriers will he face during the hiring process?
Suppose, someone did his bachelor's from the faculty of humanities, master's from the faculty of social science, and then received a Ph.D. in statistical mechanics and did postdocs in the same field.
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Building a Course Around One Written Assignment
Soon, I'll likely teach a stats methods course at the masters level as part of my policy PHD program. If it were up to me, the class would only have one or two assignments determining your grade (...
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Can I be a "Teaching Fellow" outside of the UK?
In the UK, a Teaching Fellow is a job position which has the same basic salary level of a postdoc, but allows permanent contracts and increases of salary because of seniority or important duties and ...
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