Teaching load and the quality of education

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This paper presents a summary of a daily log detailing my work as a Computer Science teacher with a load of 106 students in 4 different meeting sections and 3 different courses. This data, together with my experience of twelve years on the Computer Science faculty at SUNY-Geneseo suggest that teaching is no easy life. Indeed, it is necessary to work nights, weekends, and holidays to do an adequate job. Under such teaching loads, there is no time for family without taking time away from preparation, grading, and individual student teaching. The same is true of committee work, research, publishing, and other important professional activity. It is suggested that such heavy teaching loads reduce the quality and quantity of educational services to students; a situation that is exacerbated when extra-classroom duties are required.

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