Word: tfs
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...combined with an archaic, decentralized and inefficient hiring process, leaves both professors and graduate students in the dark. Consequently, as doctoral candidate in sociology Felix V. Elwert explained, shopping period becomes the “week from hell.” While undergraduates are leisurely shopping for courses, potential TFs from across the University are scrambling to keep as many job options open as possible. And as Elwert pointed out, “At Harvard, people do evaluate each other by how much they get done, and you can’t do much when keeping your foot...
...main concern with Ec 10 is not so much its bias, but the fact that nobody seems to care. Marty’s apathy trickles down; TFs just read off the printout lesson plans, students just copy down what’s on the board in section,” he said. “What excites me about this new class is that Prof. Marglin seems to be really interested in building and teaching a new course that will force students to learn actively...
pointed to the problem of hiring teaching fellows (TFs) as another reason to instate preregistration...
...It’s better to have the clear evidence of how many TFs you’re going to be using, to get them clued in ahead of time so they could work on the material,” said Ryan...
Even if preregistation improved class size predictions—allowing for additional training of graduate TFs—there is no indication that the quality of instruction would improve. There is no evidence that undergraduates are more dissatisfied with newly-hired TFs than with those who were picked months in advance. In fact, the most common complaint among students stems from communication problems, a deficiency that needs to be addressed but will not be cured by preregistration...