It's not just students who have a negative attitude toward "alternative instructional approaches" - during one of my class visits from a faculty member of my tenure committee I decided to do a class activity instead of a lecture. That was a mistake. She gave me an unfavorable review and I had to repeatedly defend what I did. I still got tenure (and of course continued doing class activities), but you've got to be careful in your use of non-lecture class activities.
Michael Britt [email protected] www.thepsychfiles.com On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > > > An interesting article, especially for those who prefer not to > lecture, in favor of discussion/participation models of teaching. > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/18/fearfactor > > Here area couple of tidbits: > > "some students 'interpreted the absence of a lecture as the absence > of instruction.' > > "'Students' firmly held expectations undermined the instructors’ > efforts to achieve their pedagogical goals,' Cox [the researcher] > writes. 'Ultimately, students’ pedagogical conception led to overt > resistance and prevented them from benefiting from alternative > instructional approaches, which they perceived variously as > irrelevant ‘b.s.,’ a waste of time, or simply a lack of instruction.'" > > Chris > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================== > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
