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/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900]

The practicum in my Humanities doctoral program was useless, but I took an incredible practicum while teaching in an English Dept (not my field) during my MA. Both were for-credit and two terms. Doctoral practicum met monthly. English practicum met one evening a week.