“The lecture when done well, goes far beyond covering the material. It is a carefully planned performance with student learning as its focus.” That quote by Harold B. White appears in a commentary column that is regularly included in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.
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Concerns about Active Learning
Posted Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerIf you read this blog, you probably don’t need to be convinced of the need to regularly engage and involve students actively in learning. But I’m also pretty certain you have colleagues who still lecture almost exclusively and who to varying degree express concerns about active learning. I thought you might find this list of common concerns and responses to them useful.