Bernard Peek, Author at New ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Science news and science articles from New ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Fri, 16 Apr 1993 23:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 242057827 Letters: Must try harder /article/1829264-letters-must-try-harder/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Fri, 16 Apr 1993 23:00:00 +0000 http://mg13818695.400 I note that Donald Gould feels that our professors should be trained
in their job (Forum, 27 March). I recall that during my one and (thankfully)
only year at university, a trio of lecturers contrived to turn biochemistry
from an inherently fascinating study of the processes of life into a nightmare
of rote-learned factoids. To this day I cannot understand why it took nearly
a year to teach the equations of enzyme kinetics when one competent teacher
could have handled it in two weeks or less.

There is now hope though: a series of qualifications available to those
who would like to improve their teaching ability; and they need not take
time away from their work to obtain them. The Training and Development Lead
Body have developed a set of standards for a series of National Vocational
Qualifications by which the performance of a tutor can be assessed.

Bernard Peek London

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