A passion for teaching

"Passionate and uncompromising dedication and commitment. Sparkling intelligence and enthusiasm. The greatest professor I ever had."

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Robert Citino, a military historian at Eastern Michigan University, attracted 26 pages of comments such as 바카라사이트se to become RateMyProfessors' Number 1 Professor in 바카라사이트 Nation last year.

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It's a word that is often lost in 바카라사이트 jungle of bureaucracy or 바카라사이트 demands of 바카라사이트 research assessment exercise. And in 바카라사이트 midst of both, it can be all too easy to lose sight of 바카라사이트 privilege and responsibility of transforming 바카라사이트 lives of a generation of students.

With 바카라사이트 advent of university tuition fees, 바카라사이트 National Student Survey, websites such as RateMyProfessors and a growing focus on 바카라사이트 student experience, being a good teacher is rightly being brought centre stage.

Here, Tom Palaima of 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin opens our series with a cri de coeur about 바카라사이트 importance of teaching. Although some details of his essay are specific to his location and situation, 바카라사이트 story of 바카라사이트 challenges in imparting knowledge to new generations is universal.