Graduate Students as Independent Instructors

Despite being responsible for a large percentage of undergraduate instruction, graduate students often receive little preparation for their first solo teaching assignments (J. D. Nyquist et al., Change 31 (3): 18, 1999). Furthermore, the existing literature on pedagogy fails to address the unique challenges faced by graduate students who are asked to serve as course instructors rather than teaching assistants. This article presents seven pieces of advice intended to better prepare the predoctoral graduate student to assume the role of the professor before assuming the title. By understanding the attitudes of undergraduate students toward graduate instructors, preparing in advance to handle the mistakes that novice teachers often make, and recognizing the correlation between outward confidence and student perceptions of instructor quality, graduate students can derive the most benefit from a stressful and time-consuming assignment. Most important, graduate instructors can learn to effectively manage the time spent on teaching duties to ensure that other responsibilities such as coursework, qualifying exams, and dissertation research do not suffer

Coursework · Graduate students · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Quality (philosophy · Accounting Education and Careers · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Medicine · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education

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• A Federal Deficit Reduction Simulation

  Open Access•Bruce A Wallin•PS Political Science & Politics•2005

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• Experiential Learning in an Arms Control Simulation

  Open Access•Alexander Kelle•PS Political Science & Politics•2008

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• Mastering the Techniques of Teaching

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• Teaching Assistant Strategies

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• Profiles of Effective College and University Teachers

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• The New Faculty Member

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• Student ratings

  Wilbert J Mckeachie•American Psychologist•1997

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• Students’ Perceptions of Characteristics of Effective College Teachers

  Open Access•Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Ann E Witcher et al.•American Educational Research…•2007

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• Teaching with Lecture or Debate? Testing the Effectiveness of Traditional versus Active Learning Methods of Instruction

  Open Access•Mariya Y Omelicheva, Olga Avdeyeva•PS Political Science & Politics•2008

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  Open Access•Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M Alex‐assensoh•PS Political Science & Politics•2000

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• Congressional Committee Simulation

  Open Access•Andrea Ciliotta-Rubery, Andrea Ciliotta‐Rubery et al.•PS Political Science & Politics•2000

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• The Use of a Middle East Crisis Simulation in an International Relations Course

  Open Access•Chad Raymond, Kerstin Sorensen•PS Political Science & Politics•2008

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• Active and Accountable

  John D Occhipinti•PS Political Science & Politics•2003

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• Enthusiasm in Teaching

  Open Access•Lawrence Baum•PS Political Science & Politics•2002

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