Word: tfs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discontent that Harvard undergraduates feel with the quality of graduate Teaching Fellows ("Teaching the Teaching Fellows," March 9, 1994) is badly misplaced. It should be no surprise to undergraduates that the TFs who lead section and supervise labs often have a weaker grasp on the material presented than the professors who teach the class. Certainly it is no surprise to the TFs, most of whom were undergraduates themselves not too long ago. What is a surprise is that students who pay (or rather, whose parents pay) almost $25,000 a year for an education are willing to accept such...
...clear that there's no point in bringingan undergraduate here who is going to be utterlylost," Knowles said. "The same goes for TFs inclassrooms...
Some departments already require their TFs toenroll in teacher-training courses at the Bokcenter. Courses designed to improve the languageskills of TFs include spoken English, writtenEnglish and materiel presentation...
...Math TFs, however, have traditionally been someof those most criticized for their lack of Englishskills...
...Fini, who has worked in Harvard's mathdepartment for 17 years, said she recognizes theproblems inherent in assigning foreign-born TFs toteach sections...