Tag Archives: lectures

The diminishing returns of lecture preparation

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Chris Rowan

It seems that like so many other things, lecture preparation expands to take up the time available. Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, teaching

How useful are lectures, really?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chris Rowan

There has been an interesting discussion amongst the geologists on Twitter, that I’ve archived over on Geotweeps Discuss…, over the role of the lecture in undergraduate education. This was in response to an NPR story claiming that in physics at … Continue reading →