Quote:
Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Sorry, I still don't buy it.
This is an itty bitty spec in the overall picture of 'quality education'.
If there really are 500 sessional instructors then there is obviosuly no shortage of people willing to make and extra 6 or 12 k a year in a part time gig.
If some of them would like to become full time instructors and can't get the job, who's fault is that?
Heck if it's really about quality education it might be better to have experts who spend most of their time doing and teach on the side then teachers who never actually do anything.
|
I won't speak for or to the petition. I literally know nothing about it. But here's my opinion.
1. Universities depend on good teaching.
2. Many University teachers are not good teachers.
3. What makes a good researcher does not make a good teacher.
4. If Universities want to attract and retain quality teachers they should pay them appropriately. In teaching as in anything else, you get what you pay for.