Comments on: Does Good Teaching Matter? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/does_good_teach.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:47:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: George http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/does_good_teach.html/comment-page-1#comment-48117 George Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:23:15 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/does-good-teaching-matter.html#comment-48117 It is an "interesting result", but does it cross over to legal academia? That is, are law professors the same as math, science, or humanities professors? I think not. Students in traditional academic settings are encouraged to engage their professors and receive continuous feedback on their work. This is not true in law school. I'm not sure you can describe what it is a law professor does as teaching in the traditional sense. This isn't meant as a criticism, just a fact that may justify taking these results with a grain of salt. Further, if there are qualitative differences in “teaching” styles, then that would change the metrics used to measure good qualities of a law professor versus what are good qualities of a humanities professor. It is an “interesting result”, but does it cross over to legal academia? That is, are law professors the same as math, science, or humanities professors? I think not. Students in traditional academic settings are encouraged to engage their professors and receive continuous feedback on their work. This is not true in law school. I’m not sure you can describe what it is a law professor does as teaching in the traditional sense.

This isn’t meant as a criticism, just a fact that may justify taking these results with a grain of salt. Further, if there are qualitative differences in “teaching” styles, then that would change the metrics used to measure good qualities of a law professor versus what are good qualities of a humanities professor.

]]> By: anonyma http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/does_good_teach.html/comment-page-1#comment-48116 anonyma Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:36:27 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/does-good-teaching-matter.html#comment-48116 Try this site for the June 2008 version: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/scarrell/profqual.pdf (sometimes a little googling goes a long way) Try this site for the June 2008 version: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/scarrell/profqual.pdf

(sometimes a little googling goes a long way)

]]> By: TRE http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/does_good_teach.html/comment-page-1#comment-48115 TRE Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:03:24 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/does-good-teaching-matter.html#comment-48115 Suggests problems in the grading system. Suggests problems in the grading system.

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