Great Researchers Can No Longer Get Away with Being Poor Teachers

"In the past, being a great researcher and a poor teacher sufficed" according Donald Wulff, director of Washington's Center for Instructional Development and Research. Not anymore at some universities.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/09/18/teaching.to.teach.ap/index.html

Good article on the growing focus on quality teaching.

 

Wow! Do you think there actually exist any professors who even remember how to teach?

 

Clark Sorenson, Chair - Korea Studies program, University of Washington.

 

As an aside, here are some links to sites that discuss quality instruction in academia.

http://www.teachingquality.org/aboutus/boardofdirectors.htm

www.ineer.org/Events/ICEE1998/Icee/papers/196.pdf

www.teacherleaders.org/misc/hopkins_HQT.pdf

http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/index.shtml

http://www.aacte.org/News/reports.aspx

http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm

http://www.acls.org/op16bok.htm

 

Ted - There sure are. Despite all the bad press that a few poor teachers generate, my experience shows a large number of highly dedicated teachers.

Many schools employ the "teacher-scholar" model that suggets that good faculty members have to do both - teach and do scholarly work.

Regards - Andy