Interesting article espousing the plusses of good, old-fashioned lectures in college classrooms.

[Hoggirl]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/opinion/sunday/lecture-me-really.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1

 

I thought this had some interesting points. Previously, I felt the concept of flipped classrooms seemed to bring together the best of both worlds of lecture and active learning. However, I hadn't considered the downsides of watching on-line lectures alone in a dorm room, being able to rewind them, etc.

 

ETA: I hope the link works - not sure about the "ipad-share" aspect of the link. That's what I was working on.

Edited December 9, 2015 by Hoggirl

[Bluegoat]

I really relate to this - the idea for exmple that the lecture is bout the building of an argument.  I think many people miss this - they think of it as a bunch of information they re meant to memorize.  They don't see it s logically connected complex system.

 

One of the least useful humanities courses I took was one where the students were invited to give  lot of their views of the readings.  Somehow, I didn't feel like I was there to hear what  first or second yer student thinks of Descartes.  I wanted to understand what Descartes thought - something that would have taken ll the time the class had.

 

I also found that the idea of cresting the space was missed in classes like that - because people were supposed to engage critically immediately, they did not learn the system, nor did they challenge their own ideas.