Keck Postdoctoral Fellowships at Bryn Mawr College

Goal: Training College Teacher/Scholars

What I have learned…

reported by Xenia Morin, Post Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Biology

- Students come eager to learn; some are eager to talk and to discuss

- Classroom dynamics are different in all-women classes versus mixed classes

- The assessment part of teaching is difficult to do well and time consuming!

- Teaching is very emotional

- Some students are “received knowers” and need to be encouraged to think and analyze

- Students love field trips….

- My research postdocs did little to prepare me for the teaching role of a liberal arts faculty member

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