Preparing Doctoral Students to Teach in an Increasingly Virtual World: A Response to COVID-19 and Beyond

The recent global pandemic revealed just how unprepared faculty and doctoral students at many U.S. colleges and universities were to teach online. In this study, we investigate the extent to which current and recently graduated doctoral students are prepared to teach online, how they are rewarded for those online teaching skills, and how they could be more effectively prepared. To answer these questions, we surveyed the beliefs of doctoral students and recently graduated faculty members from a Midwestern private university and a Southeastern state university regarding online teaching preparedness compared with those of faculty, department chairs, and deans. We also used data from a summer teaching pilot program to explore best practices for improving doctoral students’ preparation to teach online. Findings suggest that educating doctoral students to teach in a virtual world can increase students’ confidence and ability to teach in this mode and can be cost effective if offered across disciplines. However, while doctoral students believe that online competency is important in hiring and tenure decisions, deans and department chairs do not necessarily agree, and few schools provide meaningful preparation for online teaching to their doctoral students.

Pendampingan Pembelajaran Berbasis Lesson Study dan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas dalam Rangka Optimalisasi Kinerja Guru Mapel Bahasa Inggris

English Language Learning in some schools had not been conducted maximally. One of the influencing factors was the pedagogic and professional competence of the teachers which had not met the standard as mentioned in the Permendikbud No 16 Year 2007. Lesson Study and Classroom Action was expected to enhance pedagogic and professional competence to meet the process standard and the quality of English teaching learning process in general. The achievement indicators of this program were: (1) arranging lesson plan based on the requirement of process standard, (2) understanding and implementing contextual learning, (3) creating varied learning activities based on text-based learning, (4) choosing and developing learning media appropriately, (5) developing and delivering learning materials, (6) Arranging instrument and conducting assessment and evaluation, (7) doing reflective teaching, (8) enhancing teaching preparedness, (9) planning a Classroom Action Research.