Also, the real spice take:

There would be more jobs in academia if professors were actually made to learn how to teach. Consider: of my colleagues who want PhDs, the majority hated taking CMST Pedagogy because "this stuff's useless." And that's in Comm.

Imagine how bad STEM is.

Maybe this is the dweeb in me talking, but I fucking LOVE learning to teach. I read Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a high schooler learning debate. Education, not research, is the primary function of the academy.

Also consider: my advisors told me to put my publications and presentations above my teaching experience on PhD applications.