English language question: person teaching ?

[VJ]

Hello,

And again we have an English language question.

How do you call the person that is teaching a number of students (at a university level); you know, the one standing in front of the class/auditorium and explaining everything.

"Teacher" sounds more like a highschool function...


Thanks!


Jörg

[Brian Ellis]

Professor or Assistant

[VJ]

Is there no general word?

(I was considering "tutor")


Jörg

[Brian Ellis]

Tutor is more for one-on-one teaching. Certainly not a prof, but a prof often does tutoring as well as teaching.

[VJ]

In Dutch we have the word "lesgever", literally meaning "he who gives the lessons". I was hoping for something similar in English...
The Oxford dictionary mentions "Instructor", but somehow this does't seem right...

Also, the material used for teaching (a book, ...), is there a particular name for it?
Can you use "syllabus" to indicate it?
(edit: yes, found it in the Oxford)


Jörg

[Brian Ellis]

Syllabus: A concise statement or table of the headings of a discourse, the subjects of a series of lectures, etc.; a list of contents; an abstract, a summary.

Curriculum: A course of study at a school, university, etc.; the subjects making up such a course.

[lowlifecat]

from wiki:

Teachers in college are called instructors or lecturers. In the United States, the term "professor" is usually applied to college or University teachers who have received their Ph.D., while instructors or lecturers have received their Masters degree, and usually are pursuing their Ph.D. Professorial rankings from Assistant Professor through Full Professor that may be defined differently at various institutions.

[Admiral]

One more for "Lecturer" ("Lector" in Romanian).

[Umfriend]

Now I have been Dutch all my life and for the life of me I can not remember ever having heard the term "lesgever". "Leraar" at (high-)school, "Docent" at uni or BA level.

[Fat Tone]

UK:

Teacher at School
Tutor at college (esp. part time and adult learning)
Lecturer at Uni
Professor usually is someone who's gone Lecturer -> Senior Lecturer -> Reader (maybe) -> Professor. It often has a degree of administrative responsibility attached to it (head of department or group) and is a title that the Uni has the power to bestow. Retired Profs are still known as Prof.

[Sasq]

scum sucking oppressor of the masses...

oops sorry wrong generation

[lowlifecat]

scum sucking oppressor of the masses...

oops sorry wrong generation

scum sucking?! must be my lucky day!!!

[henryc]

what to call a university 'teacher' or 'lecturer' or 'professor'

a person who makes otherwise happy people's lives miserable ...

[Sasq]

a person who makes otherwise happy people's lives miserable ...

says the senior prof

[VJ]

Umfriend:
Could be colloquial... "lesgever" is used here to indicate the person teaching the class; but this person can be an assistant, a "docent" or a professor. Each of these three are possible mandates one can have at the university, but each of them can lecture a class.

GuchiGuh:
Vorleser would translate to "voorlezer" (not a real word in Dutch), literally meaning "he who reads the text out loud"

henryc:
What a way to make an entrance...
Welcome btw.


I do like the word "lecturer"

Thanks guys!


Jörg