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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Taking responsibility for your PhD
There is a lot of discussion out there about attrition rates (high) and time to completion (long). Beyond asking questions of your prospective programs, what can you do to make sure that you finish and finish in a reasonable time? Take responsibility. Here’s an extended example from one cur Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning
Tagged attrition, completion, graduate school, PhD programs, Political Science, SSHRC, University of Victoria
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Which student are you writing this syllabus for?
In the online biz world standard advice about writing a blog post is that you should write to one reader. I’m not sure I always succeed, but it is sensible advice. Thinking back to the days when I planned courses, … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Skills
Tagged assessment, athletes, course planning, effort, grading, graduate school, learning objectives, marking, passion, politics
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Why should students attend your class?
Your goal is for students to learn things. Is giving marks for attendance really going to help you achieve that goal? Or is your course designed so the benefit of attending and participating is clear? Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Skills
Tagged attendance, consequences, grading, learning, lectures, marking, online forum, partcipation, practice problems, seminars
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What is the purpose of your marking scheme?
Are you just assessing what students have learned? Or is part of your marking scheme really a behaviour modification scheme? Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Skills
Tagged assessment, attendance, behaviour modification, grading, marking, participation
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