Carl Wieman had a recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science…comparing lecture to active learning…no surprises….active learning won by a lot
Lecturing is pedagogical malpractice
"lectures—the
pedagogical equivalent of bloodletting”
"If a new antibiotic is being tested for effectiveness, its effectiveness at curing patients is compared with the best current antibiotics
and not with treatment by bloodletting."
Basically making the point of if we are going to compare new teaching techniques to something, perhaps lectures aren't the best anymore.
His commentary is here:
And the commentary is on this article:
Jim Sibley
Director
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia
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