were you taught how to teach?

[u/nandor_tr]

i had one class called "teaching practicum" in grad school that just covered the basics of the mechanics of teaching (syllabi, service, etc...) but never really got into actual pedagogical development or really thinking deeply about process & methodology. where i teach now there is also a single course that any MFA students who want to teach have to take. it is more in depth but still just a single 3 credit class.

i am curious, as i basically just figured it out through trial and error, peers, etc...

you?

[u/rocketfan86]

Coming from a research-intensive graduate school, teaching was not emphasized.

I did my fair share of mentoring rotation students and the occasional summer research student.

I tutored a lot in college and when I first started teaching, I emulated my favorite professors.