Usually, the transition from being a high school pupil to becoming a university or college student is considered a significant leap in the learning and maturity requirements. For most people the role of the high school teacher might seem quite similar to that of the college professor. However, as students differ from pupils, the requirements for lecturers at colleges and universities are quite different from the ones needed to be a high school teacher. It is no wonder that most lecturers do not hold a teaching diploma while it is a must for high school teacher. Teaching teenagers contains many aspects of social and emotional learning and teaching abilities, while teaching college students usually requires academic knowledge in a filed of interest and almost nothing else. In this work the researcher uses his own experience as a college and university lecturer for almost 20 years and as a freshman for high school teaching to compare the two teaching experiences. The work compares teaching electrical engineering undergraduate courses at college to teaching high school physics to 14-16 years old pupils. The research combines data of several years of college teaching in groups of 30-40 students per class and the data of 4 high-school classes, also containing 30-40 pupils per class. The purpose of the work is to compare high-school teaching to college teaching in terms of personal attention, grading methods, teaching techniques, and more, to determine which approach is suitable for which population.

Authors:
Eran Gur, Azrieli College of Engineering, Israel

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Eran Gur is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Azrieli College of Engineering in Israel

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