Anyone Still Listening? Educators Consider Killing the Lecture | MindShift - 0 views
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Studies show lecturing to be an effective tool for transferring information
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the dilemma whether to kill the lecture is “the million dollar question in education
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But the majority of higher education seems to be moving in the opposite direction, toward project-based and student-led work, especially for time spent in class.
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... the lecture is no longer the only way to transfer important information. "Ever since the Middle Ages, the primary vehicle for conveying information was the lecture," he said. "But this is the 21st century, and there are so many ways to convey information, it's not the necessity it once was." Students don't learn by listening, they learn by doing,
