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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Ph.D.'s and Teaching (Student's
Message-ID: <2014@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 16:23:49 GMT
References: <6511@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <170800004@uiucdcsb>
Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Organization: Paradyne Corporation,   Largo FL
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In article <170800004@uiucdcsb> liberte@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

>Along this line, I wonder how many teachers have considered making
>video recordings of their presentations.  This would have a number of
>benefits.  Teachers would learn to appreciate how every minute counts.
>They could review the tape to see how it looks from the students perspective.

    I like this idea!  Athletes use this technique to analyze their form and
can make adjustments after viewing a tape.  Instructors may or may not be able
to pick up something from the tape, but certainly someone else could attempt to
critique the presentation.


    It is difficult as an instructor to think from the student's perspective.
I found this problem when I taugh an introductory class in Pascal.  To a student
who is new to all of this, it can at times appear overwhelming.  To the person
who is instructing the class it is all basic and trivial.  The instructor has
to realize that unless the student can grasp these concepts no future classes
will have much to build upon.  Not everyone who stands up in front of a class
thinks along these lines.


     My appologies must go out to the first section of students that I taught.
They were basically subjects of an experiment.  It may have been a painful
experience for them, but I think they learned despite my stumbling to find
the best way to teach.


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