Sentences with phrase «best teaching professors»

The best teaching professors that I had at law school were able to communicate their ideas to all the students and not just to the bright students.

Not exact matches

Harvard research has shown that students who viewed a silent video clip of a professor teaching for just two seconds rated that professor's performance nearly as well as students who had spent a whole semester in the professor's class.

Taught by University of Pennsylvania Professor and best - selling author, Jonah Berger, this free online marketing course helps to answer the mystery of why some ideas and products become popular and why others do not.

Lewis Edward explains why storytelling is so important in small - business sales: «The best professors that I ever had were ones which engaged the class into the discussion by incorporating real examples into their teaching.

A good friend of mine (who went beyond the call of duty to teach me much about fixed income despite his role at an investment bank that could not benefit from our relationship) took a macroeconomics class taught by then Professor Yellen when he was getting his MBA at UC Berkeley.

Professor Cunningham has also taught or visited at Columbia, Fordham, St. John's, and Vanderbilt, as well as Central European University, Hebrew University, University of Navarra, and Oxford.

«The United States and China are in a symbiotic relationship, we are wed to each other and do best when we grow together,» said Susan Aaronson, a professor at George Washington University who teaches corruption and good governance.

Leblanc, Richard, «Good Teaching: The Top Ten Requirements,» The Teaching Professor (June - July 1998), 1,7 and reprinted in: Insight: Advanced Learning Through Faculty Study, newsletter of the Teaching Excellence Centre, Rutgers University, Camden Campus (Fall 1998), 1, 2; The Point, newsletter of United Faculty of PBCC, (November 1998), 6; Briarcliffe College Faculty Newsletter, Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY (January - February 1999), 2; and Focus on Teaching, Newsletter of Buffalo State University of New York (Spring 1999), 2.

Back in the 80s I think it was, when there was a war going on between the fundamentalist wing of the church and those who were merely conservative (and the few who were moderate), one of the fundamentalist leaders gave a speech or sermon in which he said, «If the Southern Baptist Convention votes that pickles are divine, then the professors at our seminaries had better start teaching that indeed pickles are divine.»

Can you think of ONE good reason a world famous professor would want to teach a bunch of religious idiots?

If you decided to enter an university to study a discipline that relies on knowledge logic and facts, there is a good chance you would have a professor that happens to be Christian (who is paid good money to teach people like you).

Quakerism started with people who were well - versed in the Bible realizing that most of what the professors and churchmen taught was not biblical at all.

It was an Episcopal Seminary, and 40 years ago, as well as some Episcopal students and professors that still taught Biblical studies and philosophy, there were also Zen Buddhists and a Jewish Shule.

To be as offensive as possible, I'll add for no good reason that I'm not thrilled with the Koch brothers bribing American professors etc. to teach Ayn Rand as serious literature.

And in conforming to mainstream academic tenure standards, is BYU losing talented professors who are best equipped to prepare students to consider changing moral foundations, but lack professionally accepted venues through which to publish what they teach and study?

His teaching career includes Oxford, Columbia and the Universities of Chicago and Minnesota, as well as visiting professor of genetics at the University of California at Berkeley and professor of biology at the University of Sydney.

It was taught by a professor who knew my grandfather well.

For example, academic camps backed by corporations, taught by college professors or well - known business executives as well as camps taught at leading college institutions can cost well over $ 1,500 for a one - week daytime session.

After leaving his leadership post at Skidmore, Porter taught at Princeton University, as well as Williams College, Indiana University, and also at Skidmore, where he served as the first Tisch Family Distinguished Professor, according to the college.

With guidance from Jerome Yochim, a professor who taught his endocrinology class, Bartke was the first to demonstrate that both the Ames and Snell mice are deficient in a hormone called prolactin as well.

The professor had just decided to move to Berkeley; but as an attending physician who taught the first - year neurology residents, he recognized that Gazzaley was «extremely well - read» in the neurology literature and had already acquired the clinical skills of a more senior resident.

Some universities will undoubtedly maintain teaching standards as they succeed in attracting the best students, but the rest will have trouble maintaining their current levels of achievement and attracting quality professors.

A pretty good backup plan, which could keep you on the right career trajectory for a high - level teaching gig, is a visiting assistant professor (VAP) position.

The concept is described in a paper in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, co-authored by Kyocera Professor of Ceramics Yet - Ming Chiang, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alexander Slocum, School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation Gareth McKinley, and POSCO Professor of Materials Science and Engineering W. Craig Carter, as well as postdoc Xinwei Chen, graduate student Brandon Hopkins, and four others.

These findings can help to identify disease severity and teach us how to take better care of our patients,» noted senior author David Binion, M.D., visiting professor of medicine, clinical and translational science and co-director of the IBD Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

According to Samaniego, the best thing about being a professor is the variety of work: research, teaching, and numerous administrative and professional commitments.

Good teaching, be it art or science, seems to be an elusive idea for most of the professors I?ve encountered in graduate school.

A unit on the Philosophy of Science and the History of Science (taught by the professor or a visiting colleague) could benefit all inferences made of scientific studies as well as expose students to alternative ways of assessing particular problems.

The change was largely due to the good fortune of enrolling in an evolutionary biology course taught by a «riveting» biology professor, the «best professor I ever had.»

People who lose their spouse may do better health-wise to confide in a close friend than in a close relative, according to Jamila Bookwala, a psychology professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., a researcher who studies and teaches about relationship trends among adults in middle age and older.

«I'm already changing my teaching slides» about the functions of bones, comments Jennifer Westendorf, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. «Now we can add that [the skeleton] affects energy metabolism as well,»

Better yet, Tufts's physiology department urgently needed to fill a lecturer position, so it hired Masoro to teach as an assistant professor in addition to his postdoc stint in Schmidt's lab.

«Over the last decade, Brenner FIT has found that instead of just teaching quick and healthy recipes, families have better results with hands - on instructions focused on how to cook, how to grocery shop and how to plan meals,» said Joseph Skelton, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist.

«Being ranked among the best programs in the nation is a true testament to the stature and reputation of our faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology — those who teach our students and residents, hold leadership positions locally, nationally, and internationally, and conduct groundbreaking research to improve the lives of women across the globe,» said Jack A. Elias, MD, senior vice president for health affairs, Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Frank L. Day Professor of Biology, and professor of medicine at Brown UnProfessor of Biology, and professor of medicine at Brown Unprofessor of medicine at Brown University.

Taught by award - winning professor of physics and astronomy David M. Meyer and vetted by curators at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, this course delivers both a thorough understanding of all the fascinating and exotic objects the universe contains, as well as a spectacular visual tour showcasing the finest astronomical images ever created.

The advent of international degree programs, as well as the distinguished traditional curricula at German universities, Fachhochschulen, and arts colleges, provide myriad opportunities for professors from the United States to contribute their topical expertise and teaching methods.

He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.

That didn't sit well with the vegetarian nutrition professor that taught half of our nutrition program.

The 10 Best Student - Professor Sex Stories, Courtesy of Our Own I'm a guy, and my first time with another guy was while still being my student) I stupidly thought i would be relatively anonymous on dating websites because you're supposed to be 18 + and I teach sophomores.

Tara transitions into her psychiatrist alter Shoshanna in her Abnormal Psychology class and is humiliated by her professor; Max considers an offer to sell his business to a competitor, which would put his best friend Neil out of a job just as he's moving in with Charmaine; Kate considers an opportunity to teach English in Japan, which thrills neither of her parents.

You could call it their take on the story of Job, relocated to the Jewish community of 1967 Minneapolis and reincarnated in the person of university physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), who at least is better off than the Biblical Job, with his suburban home and teaching position.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros., July 13) Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, David Thewlis, Helena Bonham Carter, Imelda Staunton, Katie Leung Director: David Yates Rating: NR The Pitch: Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts is darkened by the return of Voldemort, as well as the Minister for Magic's appointment of an incompetent professor to teach Defense of the Dark Arts.

And that was in class (my professor claimed that this was the best movie about teaching ever.

This week, I took a seat in the U.C.L.A. lecture hall where Professor Tananarive Due teaches «The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic,» a course inspired by Peele's zeitgeist - capturing best - picture nominee, Get Out.

University of Chicago professors Jacob Warren Getzels and P. W. Jackson in 1960 followed Berkeley professor Fred Tyler's lead in arguing that no consensus existed among researchers, and presumably educators generally, as to what was considered good teaching.

Boston Globe, 6/14/15» «There's a big marketplace out there selling curricula and teaching materials to teachers and school districts, and not all of them are good,» says Heather Hill, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Building Capacity for Family Engagement, a video featuring Professor Karen Mapp, also received notable attention, as did a list of early interventions for parents of infants and toddlers, and a video on good teaching produced by three HGSE alumni.

For HGSE Professor Chris Dede, the rise of data science in education research is a potentially transformative development in our understanding of how people learn — and how best to teach them.

Stanford professor Linda Darling - Hammond shares how using well - crafted formative and performance assessments, setting meaningful goals, and giving students ownership over the process can powerfully affect teaching and learning.

«The program will provide high - quality, intensive, subject - specific, and sustained support for fellows, both during their initial pre-service year in the field as well as during the critical first few years of teaching,» said Associate Professor Jon Star, who chaired the committee that designed the proposal.