Tham khảo tài liệu 'wankat & oreovicz - teaching engineering episode 1', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | CHAPTER INTRODUCTION TEACHING ENGINEERING It is possible to learn how to teach well. That is the thesis of this book. We want to help new professors get started toward effective efficient teaching so that they can avoid the new professor horror show in the first class they teach. And by exposing them to a variety of theories and methods we want to open the door for their growth as educators. Since one goal is immediate and the second is long-term we have included both immediate how-to procedures and more theoretical or philosophical sections. Written mainly for . students and professors in all areas of engineering the book may be used as a text for a graduate-level class or by professionals who wish to read it on their own. Although our focus is engineering much of this book should be useful to teachers in other technical disciplines. Teaching is a complex human activity so it s impossible to develop a formula which guarantees that it will be excellent. But by becoming more efficient professors can learn to do a good job and end up with more time to do other things such as research. . WHY TEACH TEACHING NOW The majority of engineering professors have never had a formal course in education and some can even produce a variety of challenging rationalizations why such a course is unnecessary 11 didn t need a teaching course. 2 I learned how to teach by watching my teachers. 3 Good teachers are born and not made. 4 Teaching is unimportant. 1 2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TEACHING ENGINEERING 5 Teaching courses have not improved the teaching in high schools and grade schools. 6 Engineers need more technical courses. 7 If I am a good researcher I will automatically be a good teacher. 8 Even if a teaching course might be a good idea none is available. 1 The first criticism can be answered in several ways. Just because someone did not need a teaching course does not logically imply that he or she would not have benefited from one. What is more important times have .
