This book addresses the special set of communication and teaching tasks/problems faced by teaching assistants and lecturers in philosophy. Each of the eight chapters begins with an outline of the chapter's content. Chapter 1 reviews the unique problems faced by the graduate student who is both a student and a teacher. Chapter 2 discusses the various roles played by teaching assistants and the accompanying responsibilities. Chapter 3 outlines methods of becoming an effective discussion group leader, and practical suggestions for lecturing are found in chapter 4. Fair evaluation of student performance is the subject of chapter 5. Problems associated with teaching an introductory logic course which contains a large number of students enrolled is dealt with in chapter 6. The grading, tutoring, and operating of correspondence courses is the focus of chapter 7. Chapter 8 concerns problems that the teaching assistant is likely to face in his/her career, such as plagiarism and cheating. The concluding section provides resources for further reading, and Riegle's Question Classification system is appended. (SM)