1 | Aug 20, 2009 5:24 AM | Don't know/NA |
2 | Aug 20, 2009 5:27 AM | I liked the course and the instructor. He tried to make it as helpful as he could without getting in our way with silly homework assignments. It turned out well, even though it was annoying to have to go. |
3 | Aug 20, 2009 5:31 AM | Both of the above. 301 was absolutely the worst part of my fall semster - I got nothing out of it, even though I really care about teaching. Discussions were off track and consistently involved nothing more than people complaining about their students. I also see the claim that we need to raise the number of hours if units are raised (as the univ. wants) as specious: other departments have 300/301s that meet for fewer hours and are worth more units. 301 would be a lot more useful if it actually taught skills about teaching, rather than serving as some sort of group therapy. Also, I think increased attention needs to be brought to informing GSIs how to deal with sexism in project groups and what to do if students come to them with such problems. I know of two instances this year where female undergrads talked to their GSIs about experience sexism in project groups and wanting help, and they were both told to just deal with it themselves. |
4 | Aug 20, 2009 5:31 AM | All of the above. |
5 | Aug 20, 2009 5:55 AM | n/a |
6 | Aug 20, 2009 6:19 AM | Never took yet |
7 | Aug 20, 2009 7:02 AM | NA |
8 | Aug 20, 2009 7:19 AM | I found it totally worthless in its current structure; it needed to be grad-student only and much more focused, as opposed to the 'group therapy' feel it had. |
9 | Aug 20, 2009 7:29 AM | Make it voluntary |
10 | Aug 20, 2009 8:27 AM | get rid of the undergrads in the class |
11 | Aug 20, 2009 2:32 PM | I took the CS301 course, which was very helpful in giving me preparation and support. |
12 | Aug 20, 2009 3:13 PM | Teach us, rather than just making us watch othe students present. |
13 | Aug 20, 2009 3:17 PM | More improv acting sessions! |
14 | Aug 20, 2009 4:02 PM | I haven't taken the course, so I don't really know. |
15 | Aug 20, 2009 5:38 PM | Make you take the course before you are a GSI, instead of concurrently. |
16 | Aug 20, 2009 5:44 PM | Don't know |
17 | Aug 20, 2009 10:24 PM | make it one weekend to get over with rather than extend the pain through the semester
there should be waivers for people who taught similar classes... |
18 | Aug 21, 2009 3:08 AM | I don't know, Never did that |
19 | Aug 21, 2009 7:15 PM | I don't even really know what GSI means. |
20 | Aug 21, 2009 11:39 PM | not useful |
21 | Aug 22, 2009 6:27 PM | Don't know. New Admit. |
22 | Aug 23, 2009 6:16 AM | all of the above, and make the class shorter. it was useful to hear experiences from other students, but a weekly 2 hr class is just too much |
23 | Aug 25, 2009 10:03 PM | Get rid of them. |
24 | Aug 25, 2009 10:09 PM | Don't know; haven't been a GSI yet. |
25 | Aug 25, 2009 10:30 PM | Get rid of it |
26 | Aug 25, 2009 10:55 PM | n/a |
27 | Aug 25, 2009 11:18 PM | It may be useful to have a short primer course (e.g. GSI techniques, Bspace tutorial, teaching advice) in the semester prior to teaching and then the normal EE301 course during the first semester of teaching. |
28 | Aug 26, 2009 2:22 AM | Both. Clearly, GSIs need help at the beginning of the semester, not at the end. Also, the course should be taught by a teaching expert (such as Babak Ayazifar). I took it with Ron Fearing, and was not pleased. He had more questions than answers. He may have been going for the Socratic method, but when you have to teach a class, you need answers. Babak's one guest lecture, on the other hand, was quite helpful. |
29 | Aug 26, 2009 2:33 AM | Do not know yet |
30 | Aug 26, 2009 2:42 AM | I think that the faculty and students involved are already moving the course in the right direction by having a meeting before the semester and focusing on practical issues. |
31 | Aug 26, 2009 2:55 AM | add structure to it and make it shorter (like 7 weeks) |
32 | Aug 26, 2009 5:07 AM | shorten, restructure, and the make it voluntary. Probably no one will come. If they do, you can ask them what they want. |
33 | Aug 26, 2009 5:34 AM | Make it voluntary. |
34 | Aug 26, 2009 5:38 AM | I never had to take them, so I don't know. |