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Date: | Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:21:12 -0500 |
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Gary,
My answer is, No--you don't need to and should not lecture more for "younger" students. In my opinion, lecturing shortchanges students at any level, In fact, I think it borders on being unethical to use practices that perpetuate what I see as a very real deficiency in our educational system. If students lack reading skills, they have a permanent handicap and, if we (TBL users) don't hold them responsible for improving their reading skills, who will? (certainly not our colleagues who lecture)
That said, I think there is a lot we can do to help build both their reading competence and confidence--both of which are important. These include things like:
- making sure that they understand why we don't want to lecture (it's in their long-run best interest)
- carefully selecting what we ask them to read so that they get what they need in a readable form.
- providing materials that inform them about good strategies for reading.
- providing reading guides--i.e., when you finish this reading, here are some questions you should be able to answer.
- using technology to underscore key concepts (e.g. iPod downloads of PowerPoints with or without voice over--others will know a lot more about this than I do).
I hope this helps.
Larry
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Larry K. Michaelsen
Professor of Management
University of Central Missouri
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Warrensburg, MO 64093
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