[lit-ideas] Re: Office Hours

> I gave up office hours long ago, substituting a
> policy very much like  
> the one Walter describes,


Giving them up would have been a luxury for me... they
were a requirement.  Obviously that didn't mean I
didn't see students other than in office hours, nor --
and this I think must be your objection to them, David
-- did students ever think I was only available
without appointment during those hours, and/or, would
only spend two hours a week seeing students 'outside
class'.   

The real issue here, I think (I thought, anyway,
before you posted this) is the systematic denigration
of teaching as against 'research' i.e. publication. 
That's actually a worse problem here than in the US
now.  Focussing on office hours -- compulsory at both
the places I taught, simply to ensure that staff who
might not otherwise see students except in formal
timetabled teaching contact hours, did -- loses sight
of that.





Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK


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