Chapter 6
Lecturing Creatively What is with it ? why is it done ? is it out dated ? can you get students involved in a lecture or is it just the teacher that takes the stage ? What is the role of the teacher ? the student ? can we make it engaging ? all these questions, that can be asked by educators or students. there are many opinions, some in favour, and some against, some favour discussions over lectures. “an abused calls into question the expertise of those abusing it, not the validity of the method itself.” The Skillful teacher Stephen D Brookfeild Chapter 6 (P172 Ebook) Why Lecture ? In chapter 6 Stephen D Brookfield points out: -To establish the broad outline of a body of material. -To explain with the frequent examples, concepts that learners struggle to understand. -To introduce alternative perspectives and interpretations. -To model intellectual attitudes and behaviours you wish to encourage in students. -To encourage learners interest in a topic. Characteristics of a helpful lecture: -Use a variety of teaching and communication -Clearly organized so students can follow the thread of lecturing thought -Model the learning behaviours expected in the course. In Chapter 6 Brookfield points out some of his favourite ways of varying how he lectures, some I found them to be interesting: -Lecturing from Siberia, I walk all over the room when Im teaching the class to make sure my voice is heard clearly by all students. I do not teach in an auditorium but can relate in a small way -Using Spatial Separation for “ Speaking in tongues I haven’t really considered the importance of this because teaching a trade may not be as sophisticated as intellectual tradition informing critical thinking. I do however give the class an inspectors point of view and some tradesmen point. An example I may use is doing side jobs, an inspector may say you need a permit for all electrical work for liability purposes. where a tradesmen’s view may be different, “ I need the money to pay my bills” “the inspector will just pick more things to make me fix for the customer and the customer may not be happy or willing to pay.” I do this so my learners can put some thought into the different perspectives and it may encourage them to asking questions with both views in mind. I found this chapter by Stephen D Brookfield interesting, I helps with understanding how to do a good lecture. I downloaded an App called ItunesU and there is a course by a good lecturer named Introduction to Phycology by Paul Bloom and I found his lectures very interesting, I never lost interest. url
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