Timeline for What is the point of a lecture when you have a textbook?
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| S Sep 9, 2015 at 0:33 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Sep 9, 2015 at 0:33 | comment | added | ff524 | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 13:55 | comment | added | Raphael | @einpoklum I hope we can agree that those are incredibly harmful policies. Placing customer satisfaction above skill certification as a priority and designing and grading exams is a poor choice that does not lead to (only) qualified graduates. A system where such priorities are in place is broken and, frankly, makes discussing didactics obsolete (since the learning outcome is irrelevant). | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 11:26 | comment | added | einpoklum | @Raphael: If only that were true. Many universities, and academic staff, do not like mass failures. In fact, in my alma mater it is often ensured technically that grades average out at about 70, almost regardless of what actually happened. On the other hand, failure is considered a horrendous outcome, something to be quite ashamed of. If the culture were different, I'd agree without reservation. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 9:55 | comment | added | Raphael | @einpoklum Then they'd fail, and that is as it should be. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 23:11 | comment | added | daaxix | Someone finally mentioned the actual research, pedagogy is changing, and lecturing has been shown to have little utility, class time really should be used to do "active" learning, also called learner centered teaching. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 19:55 | comment | added | math_lover | Why? Weekly problems sets which are to be discussed in class would provide a schedule for students. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 16:01 | comment | added | einpoklum | Umm, many (if not most) students would not pursue active learning vigorously if there were no lectures. Many would not pursue it at all, except right before exams. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 8:51 | comment | added | Raphael | This. It's not about lecture vs self-learning, it's about models how we spend time with our teachers, and if classical lectures are a good one. Another useful buzzword to Google with is flipped teaching/classroom. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 0:18 | history | answered | user1482 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |