Criminal justice teaching practicum I: Teaching doctoral students to teach

Most college professors receive no training in education and teaching unless they have degrees in education. Criminal justice professors are no exception. This article describes a three-credit course on teaching that is required of all doctoral students in one academic criminal justice program. Not only are the students required to take this course for graduation, they also must complete this course adequately in order to teach during their doctoral program. The author designed this course and has taught it for the past four years. The topics covered include preparing a course, lecturing, class discussion and exercises, critical thinking, varied uses of writing, multicultural and gender issues, testing, grading, advising, ethical issues in teaching, and evaluations.