What's the Use of Lectures?
What's the Use of Lectures?
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This volume examines the nature of teaching and learning in a classroom lecture. It describes how students learn, how much knowledge they retain, and how to enhance their attention and motivation.
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What's the Use of Lectures? by Donald A Bligh
This volume examines the nature of teaching and learning in a classroom lecture. It describes how students learn, how much knowledge they retain, and how to enhance their attention and motivation.
"This book has a wealth of information and ideas.." (Exchanges, 7/19/02)"In this long awaited American edition of his classic What's theUse of Lectures?, Donald Bligh provides a comprehensive guide tothe uses and possible abuses of the lecture method. Supported bycopious research, Bligh offers a wealth of practical suggestionsfor making lectures more engaging and effective. Written in anaccessible and helpful style, What's the Use of Lectures? should berequired reading for all college teachers who use this method."--Stephen Brookfield, Distinguished Professor, University ofSt. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
"Bligh combines decades of experience as a faculty developer andin-depth knowledge of the research literature to create arefreshing review of the advantages and disadvantages of lecturesand a practical guide to making lectures more effective forstudents. This is a rewarding read for anyone wholectures--experienced or not. I wish we had a book this engagingand this informative on every element of the teaching art."--Michele Marincovich, assistant vice provost and director,Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
"What's the Use of Lectures? continues to be one of the bestsources for new lecturers (as well as old) who want their lectureclasses to contribute maximally to student learning." --W. J.McKeachie, professor emeritus, Department of Psychology, andresearch scientist emeritus, Center for Research on Learning andTeaching, University of Michigan
"This very readable book will be a source of great insight forpeople who teach. Donald Bligh has spent more time and energy thananyone else in coming to terms with a task that bothers manyteachers and trainers. He offers a well-structured perspective onone of the core activities in higher education. His research isimpeccable and his conclusions are immensely practical. The newedition will be much welcomed." --Alex Main, foundingcoordinator of Academic Staff Development for the BritishUniversities, Murdoch University, Australia
"Bligh combines decades of experience as a faculty developer andin-depth knowledge of the research literature to create arefreshing review of the advantages and disadvantages of lecturesand a practical guide to making lectures more effective forstudents. This is a rewarding read for anyone wholectures--experienced or not. I wish we had a book this engagingand this informative on every element of the teaching art."--Michele Marincovich, assistant vice provost and director,Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
"What's the Use of Lectures? continues to be one of the bestsources for new lecturers (as well as old) who want their lectureclasses to contribute maximally to student learning." --W. J.McKeachie, professor emeritus, Department of Psychology, andresearch scientist emeritus, Center for Research on Learning andTeaching, University of Michigan
"This very readable book will be a source of great insight forpeople who teach. Donald Bligh has spent more time and energy thananyone else in coming to terms with a task that bothers manyteachers and trainers. He offers a well-structured perspective onone of the core activities in higher education. His research isimpeccable and his conclusions are immensely practical. The newedition will be much welcomed." --Alex Main, foundingcoordinator of Academic Staff Development for the BritishUniversities, Murdoch University, Australia
DONALD A. BLIGH was a pioneer in university staff development when he joined London University's Teaching Methods Unit. It was there, in 1971, that he wrote the best-selling What's the Use of Lectures? He was later elected as Chair of the Society for Research into Higher Education. He was the first professor and director of continuing education at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom and is now honorary research fellow in computer science at Exeter University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780787951627 |
| ISBN 10 | 0787951625 |
| Title | What's the Use of Lectures? |
| Author | Donald A Bligh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2000-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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