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Do We Teach Disciplines or Do We Teach Students?—What Difference Does It Make?

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    Abstract

    The single most difficult notion for graduate students and new professors to grasp about teaching--and, indeed, many experienced teachers never grasp this point either--is that successful teaching to undergraduates has little to do with the degree of one's mastery of disciplinary knowledge.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalScholarship and Professional Work - LAS
    Volume141
    Issue number142
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2008

    Keywords

    • liberal arts
    • rhetoric and composition
    • student-centered teaching approach
    • teaching
    • teaching approaches
    • teaching of literature
    • undergraduate education

    Disciplines

    • Curriculum and Instruction
    • English Language and Literature
    • Liberal Studies

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