I wonder if the mixing of teaching and research is causing a lot of
these problems? In academia the only position for conducting original
research long-term is professor (ostensibly?) but they are also
responsible for teaching too (ostensibly?)... I wonder if the
enterprise has grown too
I said in my earlier posting that on faculty search committees at my largely
undergraduate teaching-focused university, we specifically look for people who
showed an interest in teaching early on; we want people that have actually run
lecture courses. We find such people. We're not doing this
Dossey, one of the greatest strengths of the teaching component of the higher
education system in the U.S. is that the people doing the teaching are truly
experts in the fields in which they teach. These experts range from full
professors through junior faculty members and down to post
But many people like both and are good at both. I wouldn't want either
a 100% research or a 100% teaching position. I can be flexible about
the mix, maybe doing research in the summers, but not about having the
opportunity to do both.
Jane
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Aaron T. Dossey
Hi All,
I would like to comment on the need for training in teaching mentioned
in earlier posts in this thread, and the comment below that students
often have little opportunity to gain such training or experience.
Things are changing rapidly: many universities now offer programs that
