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
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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]> 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
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