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Monday lunch presentation presented by Yousif Shamo at the 2011 NSF ADVANCE Workshop: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position, A Workshop for Underrepresented PhDs and Postdocs in Science, Engineering and Psychology September 18-20, 2011
Why do we teach?
- So that individuals
learn
- To convey the excitement of our intellectual area
- To capture interest and imagination
- To ensure deep understanding
- To share our own research efforts
Who do we teach?
- Undergraduates (focus for today)
- Graduate Students (focus)/Post-docs
- Colleagues
- Your chair, your dean
- The public
- Program managers/patent office/others
Remember…
- Developing a good course takes time
- Learn good time management
- What students learn is
less than what you teach
- Don’t just try to cover the material
- Understand different learning styles
- Students have different ways of learning
- Use the resources you have available
- Be aware of accessibility requirements
What is the nature of your course?
- Large/medium/small enrollment?
- Lecture-type classroom or smaller more intimate setting?
- Majors? Upper level or lower level?
- Non-majors?
Styles for these different types of courses are quite different!
Think about “active learning”
- Traditional/passive learning = lectures + exams
- Student-centered, active learning can include (among many possibilities):
- Use of I-Clickers
- On-line quizzes
- 1-2 minute papers
- Student discussion and reporting
- Projects
Find out about resources
- Are I-Clickers available?
- What support for teaching is available?
- Are there faculty groups to discuss teaching?
- Are there on-line resources in your area for student-centered learning?
- Are there sessions at professional meetings or specific meetings relevant to your area?
- Will your Chair pay for you to attend?
Know about yourself
- If you are asked what you’d like to teach…
- Do you really love a big lecture setting?
- Does a small group setting elicit a sense of excitement or a sense of dread?
- You may not have the opportunity to choose, but knowing what attracts you (and why) may help in dealing with your teaching assignment
Preparation is key
- Plan for 6-8 hours of preparation per class session the first year
- Get notes from the previous lecturer, but make the course your own
- Be familiar with the material (rehearse a lecture beforehand if you need to)
- Don’t wait until the last minute
- Not much room to improvise
- May be easier in smaller classes
Do’s and do not’s
- Do not expect perfection
- Do not expect eager, listening faces
- Do learn the names of your students if at all possible
- Do get feedback
during the semester
- You can adjust accordingly
- Do work the problems yourself
- Texts have typos and errors – read the text
Think very carefully about your syllabus
- Textbook information
- Policies/Grading information
- What makes up the grade? Is there a curve?
- Are there make-up exams?
- Don’t change point assignments mid-semester — stick with the syllabus
- Think through the grading scheme — they’ll ask, so you might as well be ready!
Don’t make exceptions
- If you make an exception for an individual, it will be an exception for the entire course
- Do you allow —
- Regrading?
- Late tests? If not, how is grade determined if student was ill/had a death in family?
Questions & Answers
What are the factors that affect demand for a commodity
differentiate between demand and supply
giving examples
differentiated between demand and supply using examples
Lambiv
how is the graph works?I don't fully understand
hi guys good evening to all
Lambiv
In economics, a perfect market refers to a theoretical construct where all participants have perfect information, goods are homogenous, there are no barriers to entry or exit, and prices are determined solely by supply and demand. It's an idealized model used for analysis,
Ezea
other things being equal
AI-Robot
When MP₁ becomes negative, TP start to decline.
Extuples Suppose that the short-run production function of certain cut-flower firm is given by: Q=4KL-0.6K2 - 0.112 •
Where is quantity of cut flower produced, I is labour input and K is fixed capital input (K-5). Determine the average product of lab
Kelo
Extuples Suppose that the short-run production function of certain cut-flower firm is given by: Q=4KL-0.6K2 - 0.112 •
Where is quantity of cut flower produced, I is labour input and K is fixed capital input (K-5). Determine the average product of labour (APL) and marginal product of labour (MPL)
Kelo
Can I ask you other question?
Shukri
What is different between quantity demand and demand?
Quantity demanded refers to the specific amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a give price and within a specific time period. Demand, on the other hand, is a broader concept that encompasses the entire relationship between price and quantity demanded
Ezea
how do you save a country economic situation when it's falling apart
what is the difference between economic growth and development
Economic growth as an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services within an economy.but
Economic development as a broader concept that encompasses not only economic growth but also social & human well being.
Shukri
production function means
Jabir
What do you think is more important to focus on when considering inequality ?
any question about economics?
sir...I just want to ask one question... Define the term contract curve? if you are free please help me to find this answer 🙏
Asui
it is a curve that we get after connecting the pareto optimal combinations of two consumers after their mutually beneficial trade offs
Awais
thank you so much 👍 sir
Asui
In economics, the contract curve refers to the set of points in an Edgeworth box diagram where both parties involved in a trade cannot be made better off without making one of them worse off. It represents the Pareto efficient allocations of goods between two individuals or entities, where neither p
Cornelius
In economics, the contract curve refers to the set of points in an Edgeworth box diagram where both parties involved in a trade cannot be made better off without making one of them worse off. It represents the Pareto efficient allocations of goods between two individuals or entities,
Cornelius
Suppose a consumer consuming two commodities X and Y has
The following utility function u=X0.4 Y0.6. If the price of the X and Y are 2 and 3 respectively and income Constraint is birr 50.
A,Calculate quantities of x and y which maximize utility.
B,Calculate value of Lagrange multiplier.
C,Calculate quantities of X and Y consumed with a given price.
D,alculate optimum level of output .
the market for lemon has 10 potential consumers, each having an individual demand curve p=101-10Qi, where p is price in dollar's per cup and Qi is the number of cups demanded per week by the i th consumer.Find the market demand curve using algebra. Draw an individual demand curve and the market dema
suppose the production function is given by ( L, K)=L¼K¾.assuming capital is fixed find APL and MPL. consider the following short run production function:Q=6L²-0.4L³ a) find the value of L that maximizes output b)find the value of L that maximizes marginal product
Abdureman
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OpenStax, Rice university’s nsf advance program’s negotiating the ideal faculty position workshop master collection of presentations. OpenStax CNX. Mar 08, 2012 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11413/1.1
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