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Direct linkSimon C. Cork; Emma Yhnell – Discover Education, 2024
The educational benefit of the traditional didactic lecture to learners in Higher Education is hotly debated. Given increasing student numbers, existing technical set ups and many logistical concerns, lectures remain the norm in many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In this personal view piece, we discuss the benefits, opportunities, and…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Download full textMiller, Michael T. – 1991
This paper introduces and compares three types of college level teaching: discussion, lecture, and personalized systems. The discussion method is described and identified as one that allows the learner to question and probe, giving increased internalization, greater acceptance of conclusions than other teaching methods, and other benefits. The…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Wiseman, Michael – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1986
Describes the large-class BIJOU teaching support system developed at University of California-Berkeley to facilitate recordkeeping and communication with support staff. Reasons why large classes exist, organizational elements, and teaching support systems requirements are reviewed. Tasks supported by the BIJOU saystem, costs, and possible…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Computer Software, Costs, Educational Administration
Comprone, Joseph J. – 1992
A series of administrative and pedagogical questions about class size and the training of graduate teaching assistants caused the director of the freshman English program and the head of the Humanities department at Michigan Technological University to assemble an experimental class in freshman English. The course consisted of 113 students and 9…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Essays
Blank, William E. – 1984
This paper outlines a method of transforming traditional learning methods into a competency-based approach in a series of steps. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section defines competency-based education (CBE) and explains how this approach differs from traditional education. It also advances reasons why the competency-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedAllen, Deborah E.; And Others – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
In its use of complex, real-world problems to introduce concepts and motivate learning in an active and cooperative learning environment, problem-based learning is a powerful alternative to the passive lecture in introductory college science. Use of technology and multimedia instruction, focus on large classes, and use of interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Science
