Teaching in Grad School

Less than Perfect Types of Students in College: Dealing with Pesky Students

Published: 30 September 2013
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Categories: Surviving Grad School, Teaching in Grad School
Tags: types of students in college

There are many different types of students in college. As an instructor, you will likely have many wonderful, dedicated, prepared students who will show up on time for class and who will be ready and eager for the day’s lecture. However, you will also have difficult students. At this point in your graduate career, you are probably familiar with many different types of pesky students; without knowing it, you may…

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The Perks of Teaching in College and Being a GTA

Published: 11 March 2013
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Categories: Surviving Grad School, Teaching in Grad School
Tags: teaching in college

Teaching in college is one of the many opportunities for professional development that most graduate programs offer. The level of responsibility for graduate teaching assistants can range from assisting faculty members (i.e., grading papers, copying tests, covering lectures while professors are out of town) to being the primary instructor responsible for the course, or even teaching an online course. Teaching in college is a great way to get some valuable…

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Teaching in the Virtual Classroom

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Surviving Grad School, Teaching in Grad School
Tags: teaching an online course

How is teaching an online course different than teaching a regular course? Education is changing in many schools and programs worldwide. In recent years, the number of courses and entire programs–both undergraduate and graduate–that are being offered online has dramatically increased. As a graduate student, you will likely be either assisting or teaching an online course at some point in your graduate career. There are some important differences between teaching…

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Helpful Tips for First-Time Graduate Teaching Assistants

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Surviving Grad School, Teaching in Grad School
Tags: graduate teaching assistant, lectures

You got your bachelor’s degree. You got into graduate school. Now, you find yourself with your first teaching assignment. For some grad students, this is an exciting moment for which they have been waiting a long time. For others, however, being assigned to teach is terrible news, and dread the idea of having to give a lecture. Some graduate students chose to go to grad school to further their educations…

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Maintaining Large Classes

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Surviving Grad School, Teaching in Grad School
Tags: classroom management

Think back on your undergraduate career, do you think your professor or GTA had good classroom management skills? Do you remember sitting in the back of a large lecture hall talking with your friends, texting, and taking notes that consisted of nothing more than doodles? If this was you, you were probably thinking that no one even noticed you—you were just one person in a room of 300. The beautiful…

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