To the Editor:
On behalf of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, I would like to clarify a statement attributed to me in a recent article ("Preparing students to teach," March 1). The Center does not train graduate students to be teaching assistants within a discipline. We focus on helping them develop a reflective teaching practice which will enable them be effective teaching assistants at Brown regardless of disciplinary conventions. We also prepare them to be faculty at a wide variety of educational institutions after they leave Brown. As a result, the Center provides graduate students with an opportunity to develop an adaptable approach to teaching and does not advocate specific teaching methodologies. Finally, the individual teaching consultations offered by the Sheridan Center are performed by a pair of trained graduate students who provide constructive feedback from a peer perspective.
Rebecca MoreDirector, Sheridan Center for Teaching and LearningMarch 1
