2nd Semester
This semester I’ll be teaching “Network Architectures” to 3rd and 4th year students (big mess thanks to the bologne process). This means that I’ve students sharing the same class with very different backgrounds and previous expertise in computer networks.
In addition I’ve got several students which I’ve known since my student years. And this confuses me the most, since it is cumbersome for both me and them. Should I treat them as friends (and have other students feeling that I treat my friends specially) or distance myself from them (and be an hypocrite). Tough call…
Posted: February 16th, 2008 under English.
Tags: AR, Education
Comments
Comment from Filipe Freitas
Time 16 February, 2008 at 1:02 pm
One inconvenience of Bologna..
About the special treatment, just swap their tests with the other teacher. This way the students can’t say you’ve beneficiated your friends.
Comment from Mário Gamito
Time 16 February, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Diogo,
You shoud treat your ex-mates as students in the classroom and classification and as friends in all other situations.
It’s as easy as it can be and I’m sure they’ll understand this posture.
Regards,
Mário Gamito
Comment from tavares
Time 17 February, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Eu acho que nao e’ necessario explicar nada.. A minha opiniao e’ de que dentro da sala todos te veem como professor, independentemente da forma como te veem la’ fora. Mas agora que falas nisso.. nem reparei como me trataste na primeira aula :p
Seja como for, acho que nao existe nada de hipocrisia em criares aquela pseudo-”distancia”.. simplesmente e’ algo logico e tenho a certeza que todos compreenderao 
-h
Comment from Pedro
Time 17 February, 2008 at 5:44 pm
O teu estilo de dar as aulas faz com que toda a gente se sinta à vontade na sala por isso acho que ninguém vai notar diferença no tratamento.
Comment from Luís Miguel Silva
Time 16 February, 2008 at 10:15 am
A minha sugestão é que:
a) OU expliques a situação aos teus amigos / colegas / conhecidos e expliques que terás que criar um ambiente formal na aula (igual para todos, onde ninguém te trata por tu)
b) permites que toda a gente te trate por tu, sem pompozidades mas com respeito e assim já não tens esse problema!
Hugz,
Luís