tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post9053308672110960889..comments2024-03-14T04:16:20.472-07:00Comments on In Socrates' Wake: Employing a student to criticize my teachingMichael Cholbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012523929044363216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-87089239244700760922013-06-01T13:00:10.495-07:002013-06-01T13:00:10.495-07:00This is really interesting and useful -- thank you...This is really interesting and useful -- thank you! Did Emma already personally know any of the students in the class? I think that if I were to do something like this, I'd strongly prefer to hire a student who was, at least at first, a stranger to the students enrolled in the class. But do you think that that makes a difference? Do you think it would have made a difference in this case?Vance Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615463743461037098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-74008578373786609062013-05-29T06:37:25.311-07:002013-05-29T06:37:25.311-07:00So glad you wrote this up Harry! I'm going to ...So glad you wrote this up Harry! I'm going to need to find some funds at CCNY to foster this kind of thing. I had an almost reverse situation last term. One of my students from my first year seminar got picked to be a TA for a science course the semester after he was my student. He is ridiculously bright but he was nervous about teaching. So he would stop by a few times during the term to talk about pedagogy, fill me in on how his sections were going, etc. And though I never observed him, I learned a lot from these conversations because he was, as you said, a thoughtful undergraduate who had lots of ideas about how teaching could be better. Jennifer M Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605594189543742740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-17442233069788367022013-05-28T16:59:53.081-07:002013-05-28T16:59:53.081-07:00Harry - Very cool idea. I've never heard of in...Harry - Very cool idea. I've never heard of involving students in teaching observations in this way. I hear time and again about plans to create 'teaching mentor' or 'teaching partner' programs on my campus (programs where faculty observe one another's teaching on an ongoing basis), but they don't ever seem to come to fruition. So perhaps students are an easier resource to mine. Honestly, I think it would be fascinating to have a faculty member and a student do this simultaneously.Michael Cholbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012523929044363216noreply@blogger.com