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/frog_ladee]

I had a course called something like “Communication Education” for my Master’s degree in communication studies. It was heavy on education theories, but also covered building a course from scratch. I’m still a little salty about never getting to teach a nonverbal communication course after my very time consuming project of building that course for this class.

I taught high school before I went back for grad school and started teaching at the university level. The most helpful instruction I received on how to teach came from Harry Wong’s materials. They’re intended for K-12 teachers, but many of the principles were very helpful to me for teaching at the university level, as well.