Student's presage

My tutorial with Liz went fine. After clearing out the doubts I had a bout the profile and the portfolio submission, we started discussing about teaching research methods to undergraduate students. It seamed to me that I take my student's presage for granted. I mean, someone doing a PhD degree is there because he/she wants to. It never occurred to me that students might not desire to pursue studies, or modules...

Indeed, this may not be completely nonsensical in undergraduate courses. Some students wanting to be artists sometimes have no interest whatsoever in the particularities of conducting an effective literature survey, even if at a very modest level.

The questions is: how would I teach these students? I am very lucky (if lucky is the word I want) because my students are keen. I can ask them to read 40 pages of a text on Project Management and 95% of the times, they would have done so by the time they arrive to the seminar, making my job much easier. How would my teaching change if students could articulate thoughts, would not do their homework or indeed did not want anything to do with the subject I was supposed to teach?

Liz will be in a difficult position, although I sense this is probably not new to her. However, I would not mind giving it a go sometime, if only to be challenged in my approach to teaching. With the way things are going at Wimbledon (merger, restructuring of research...) I may be forced to look for work elsewhere. Obviously, I would not rule out teaching in undergraduate courses, but I will certainly have to change some of my ways, making sure I maintain an appropriate level.