In sci.stat.edu Petr Kuzmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Gordon D. Pusch" wrote:
:> When I was in Grad-school, if I allocated only the the Departmental
:> ``officially expected'' amount of time to grading the reports for the
:> Physics Labs I taught, I would have needed to grade them at the rate of
:> one per every 1.5 minutes --- hardly enough time to even *read* them,
:> let alone effectively comment on any errors in them !!! :-(
: I think Mark is interested in "efficient" lectureship, not necessarily
: in effective pedagogy. From the point of "efficiency", I can see how a
: class with three one-hour lectures per week could be reduced to _six_
: hours a week of total work load.
: How? Just cut out any lecture preparation (teach from the book), grading
: (you _do_ have a grader), supervision (the TA should know what s/he's
: doing in discussion, and if they don't it's not your fault), don't
: answer any email from students, and limit your office hours to 45
: minutes per week.
: Voila`, it can be done. Mark, I stand corrected. Now, would you want
: _your_ kid to take a Statistics class like that?
I'm mystified that my post has generated such a negative reaction.
It would be great to have a lecturer who was willing to
devote as much time as Petr is willing to. On the other hand,
don't forget that we're advertising a part-time temporary
position that is meant to attract someone with a (mostly)
full-time job who shouldn't be expected to work more than 10
hours per week. Frankly, with the resources available
(e.g., class notes from other faculty who have taught the
course) the preparation time could be minimal. I,
personally, spend quite a bit more than 10 hours per week
per class (writing up handouts, web-related material, etc.)
because it is part of my career development, and I enjoy
teaching well.
By the way, $5000 salary for a course is quite competitive
for teaching in the Boston area, so at least the market deems that our
salary is fair, even if Petr doesn't.
- Mark
--
Prof. Mark E. Glickman tel: (617) 353-5209
Dept of Math and Statistics fax: (617) 353-8100
Boston University
111 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215 http://math.bu.edu/people/mg
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