Professors as Teachers
by smartchica47

I've been thinking about the fact that most college professors, regardless of field, don't really get any training in teaching. I wonder if college students are aware of that. It's actually really weird when you think about it, given that we all know from the first day of grad school that if we want to go into academia, teaching will be part of the job. And yet, most graduate programs (at least in economics) don't talk much about it.

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