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From: eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Research vs TEACHING
Message-ID: <345@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 89 18:32:20 GMT
Reply-To: eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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>I agree wholeheartedly.  I have observed quite a few university faculty
>who were poor researchers but considered by many students to be good
>teachers.  In each case, they were actually POOR teachers.
>...					     ^^^^
>You can be a fine calculus teacher without doing research, but there is
>no way that you are going to be a good teacher in junior, senior and
>graduate level computer science courses without doing research.  As 
>Dave said, "Period." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
             ^^^^^^	
	       rather open minded isn't he  (|^)
	       not to mention judgemental

I'm afraid I must disagree. I'm an instructor at the University of
British Columbia, and, so I'm told (by my peers) a good one. I've
taught courses at every level (right now I'm teaching first, second,
and third year courses), and do no research. On the other hand, I read
voraciously. I read a lot of technical journals, texts, and tech
reports, both in my area and outside it. On the average, about once a
year I tackle a field within computer science about which I know very
little.	

   more follows ... I agree whole heartedly

   I'm glad sombody had the hutzpah to to take this poiunt of view

					Amen