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Is teaching experience considered positively by ADCOM's for PhD? 15 Sep 2018, 12:25
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Is teaching experience considered positively by ADCOM's for PhD admissions?

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Is teaching experience considered positively by ADCOM's for PhD? 15 Sep 2018, 21:11
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Hello CAMANISHPARMAR


Of course it is considered positively by admission committee.

During your future PhD studies, as you should know by now, you are expected to teach undergraduates, starting from second or third year.


When you say explain, it sounds like something negative, that someone needs to address in SOP :)


I don't see what is there to dwell about and what cannot be self evident from your CV, if you already put that info there, as you should, in teaching experience column.

You may mention in SOP, that you did teach subject X at university Y for Z period of time.

You may mention what you particularly enjoyed in teaching, what you possibly learned from the process and how you are prepared and eager to teach again at whatever subject they request, according to your credentials and their department needs.

You may put that you are particularly confident at some subjects and enjoy them the most, however you can cover whatever they assign to you.

Simple as that.


Good Luck with SOP and application ! ;)
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Is teaching experience considered positively by ADCOM's for PhD? 16 Sep 2018, 01:28
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Thanks billionaire

I feel my teaching experience is a strong point in my CV. I just wanted feeback how best to capture it in my SOP by getting some valuable feedback.

You have made some nice points, thanks again!!
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Is teaching experience considered positively by ADCOM's for PhD? 21 Sep 2018, 14:46
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Yeah, teaching experience is positive. Some schools will give more importance to that, some will give little importance, but generally positive anyway. At the very least, your teaching experience should be considered by many as a sign that you know the academic world and is committed to it.

The SOP is to explain purpose, motivation, not experience. So, if you include teaching experience in your SOP, it should be in a way that helps people to understand what role your teaching experience had in your motivations.

For example, it's hard for me to explain my motivation and research interests without mentioning my work experience. Because it was during my work experience that I started to ask questions about Marketing, and at that time I was not able to find answers to some important questions. So, the PhD is an opportunity to finally try to get answers to questions that I have been asking for a long time, questions that raised from my work experience.

My work experience was also important during the interview to explain why I preferred a school like the one I am now, since it makes sense to me to apply to school in a big city, with close ties to the corporate world in research projects. So, it was essential to answer one of the typical questions in interviews: why this school?

So, it's not like my work experience was a strength or important by itself, but the way I used that experience to make my arguments stronger. The same goes for your teaching experience: do not show only strength, show also relevance.

Then, for the SOP, the main thing is to show your motivation. If your teaching experience can help you to do that, great, and that's the way. Your teaching experience is a strength, but by itself it's hard to say if schools will care about it. But motivation is something they care about, so use your strength to improve something they care, if possible. If not, the teaching experience is already included somewhere else more related to evaluate your experience (CV, resume).
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