Rick Hintze on sun 11 may 97
I am trying to get information about teaching ceramics from those of you who
teach undergraduate courses, especially at the beginning and intermediate
levels. For the past several years I have been teaching at a community
college whose administrators have little knowledge of studio art courses. As
a result, the loading here seems way out of line with that in other two year
schools.
I am trying to get data on the time spent on various tasks in teaching such
courses, especially the percentage of time spent on activities that are
comparable to what takes place in so-called "lecture" classes. To me those
activities are demonstrations, lectures on technical aspects, slide lectures
on historical or contemporary work, group discussions, or group critiques.
Our courses meet for six hours per week and I spend roughly 33% on
lecture-comparable activities and the remainder on individual instruction.
Please let me know how you divide your time in class.
Also, if you happen to teach in a community college, I would be interested in
what is considered a full load if it consists of studio courses only. We are
currently teaching five six-hour courses per semester amounting to 30 contact
hours. After checking with about twenty community colleges around the
country, I found the average to be three to four courses and 18.5 contact
hours.
Thanks
Rick Hintze
hhintze912@aol.com
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