[credit_guy]

I did receive a bit of training, but as I said, I didn't find it to be too valuable.

I was extraordinarily fortunate to have just such a colleague as I mentioned. I consider her to be a genius when it comes to pedagogy. We went together and observed a great Professor teaching. She pointed to me lots of things, but one stuck to my mind: "Did you notice that he was wearing a tie? He doesn't wear a tie when he's in his office, or on the hallways of the Department, but he wears a tie when he teaches". That's respect for your students and for the action of teaching.

My Dad was a teacher. One day a former student of his told me this: "I remember the day he came and taught us X"(where X was a great poet - my Dad was teaching literature, not math). "He was wearing a black suite and white shirt and tie. That's how much he cared about teaching about X." I was impressed. I realized that kids care. And they notice. They notice if you put the effort, and they appreciate it.

Good luck in your career. I don't know of any book. I'm not a teacher or a Professor anymore. I work in the industry, but I do take interns every year, and in a sense that's a teaching (and research) experience. I enjoy it a lot, my next intern will join exactly one month from today. And just like I was preparing for my kids in the past, I'm preparing a lot for this intern. I hope he'll enjoy the experience.