Timeline for Is it okay to use students as a reference when applying for a teaching position?
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| Jan 18, 2013 at 21:25 | comment | added | F'x | “ex-students really are a perfect match for ‘what relevant information about your quality can the reference provide’”: I would even dispute that. Students are not expert in teaching (see my fuller answer below). | |
| Jan 18, 2013 at 21:22 | answer | added | F'x | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 18, 2013 at 20:57 | answer | added | StasK | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 23:59 | answer | added | Javeer Baker | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 23:21 | answer | added | Eric Marsh | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 16:29 | answer | added | Anonymous Mathematician | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 13:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/291904520806617088 | ||
| Jan 17, 2013 at 13:46 | comment | added | Per Alexandersson | We have course evaluations at my university (online forms), and attaching such evaluations sounds to me like a good idea, since these are done anonymously. But, I have never applied for a teaching job, so... | |
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| Jan 17, 2013 at 13:12 | comment | added | penelope | I would guess two most important things about a reference letter would be a) what relevant information about your quality can the reference provide and b) how credible is the reference. While ex-students really are a perfect match for a) if looking for a teaching position, they might not satisfy the b) criterion (just by being an ex-student). However, I'm just a PhD student, and this is just what seems logical to me -- I do not think I am a credible reference in this case, so I'm just posting this as a comment :) | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 13:05 | history | asked | Jonathan Gleason | CC BY-SA 3.0 |