Report on the Graduate Teaching Program

Abstract

The Graduate Teaching Program at the ANU, now nearing the end of its second semester of operation, is off to a fine start. Given the relatively short time it has existed and the many different needs it aims to satisfy, it appears to have already achieved significant success. In particular, its emphasis on "practical" rather than merely theoretical approaches to teaching, its insistence on enrolling graduate students concurrently teaching undergraduates, and the pedagogic skills of the Program Co-ordinator, John Clanchy, constitute essential strengths. I enthusiastically support the aims of the program, and admire what has been accomplished so far.