Hi, All, My pedagogical training as a graduate student at Emory in Spanish language and culture, and my subsequent work as a faculty member and administrator have been almost entirely focused on student-centered learning techniques. Within the language classroom, for example, lecturing would get the professor very poor marks on his/her peer teaching evaluations. Upper-level courses in the languages, as well as in History, English, Philosophy and Religion, among others, all value small group discussion and problem solving over lecture. Best wishes, Jess Jess M. Boersma, Ph.D. Director of ETEAL<http://uncw.edu/QEP/index.html> Director of Team for Interdisciplinary Global Research<http://uncw.edu/tigr/index.html> Associate Professor of Spanish Foreign Languages & Literatures University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5954 NOTICE: Emails sent and received in the course of university business are subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §132-1 et seq.) and may be released to the public unless an exception applies. [cid:image001.jpg@01D10A90.5B8F6E70] From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Smith Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 4:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: reaction to NYT article The author makes an argument for lecturing in the humanities. I would particularly like to hear comments from teachers in those disciplines. Regards, David Smith On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Nicholas DiFonzo <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello TBL-ers. Our dean recently sent the link below which is a recent piece arguing in favor of the traditional ‘lecture’ as a valuable pedagogical approach to teaching. I am curious what people think about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/opinion/sunday/lecture-me-really.html Nicholas DiFonzo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology 18 Lomb Memorial Drive Room 1-2363 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 USA [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>* Phone: 585-475-2907<tel:585-475-2907> Skype: nicholas.difonzo Faculty Website<http://www.rit.edu/cla/psychology/faculty/difonzo>*Personal Website<http://www.professornick.com/> Rumor Psychology: Social & Organizational Approaches<http://www.rumorpsychology.com/> The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors<http://www.thewatercoolereffect.com/> Rumor-Gossip-Research Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/rumor-gossip-research> *Note: I typically process my email to zero around 10 AM and 4 PM each weekday. ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.<https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website. -- David W. Smith, Ph.D., MPH Chartered Statistician ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.<https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.