By: Mary Burgan
Published: Change;
November / December 2006
Level of
Difficulty:****
BEFORE YOU READ
·
What do you feel about lecturing as a method of
study?
·
What do you feel the role of seminars and
student centered discussions be?
·
At the Sorbonne, there is almost no lecturing;
the whole lesson focuses on student research and discussion. Would you have
enjoyed such a system?
QUESTIONS
1. To
put it briefly, a lot of academics are against the two epitheys applied to them
because……
2. Which
phrase in paragraph 2 could best summarize the main idea?
3. Overwhelming
developments in IT and the technical prowess of the new generation have given
rise to two misconceptions:……………………………………………………………………………………..
4. The
views of Larry D. Spence and similar experts have their roots in the belief
that………………………………………………………………………………(Use your own words)
5. The
new learning based learning model seems egalitarian because…………………………………….
6. In
the above learning model the role of teachers is to…………………………………………………………
7. The
underlying problem in the above model of learning is the following
fallacy:………………..
8. Which
of the following best summarizes the view expressed in the paragraph beginning
“When faculty object to this rosy vision”?
·
Advocates of problem based learning seem unaware
of the dynamics of a classroom
·
Advocates of problem based learning have no
practical experience
·
Advocates of problem based learning have not
suggested solutions to enhance concentration
·
All of the above
·
None of the above
·
Other: please specify
9. What
reason does Phoebe Lou give for advice concerning shirkers, good offs and
showboats?
10. The
raison d’etre of institutional education is to provide………………………………………………………
11. The
sentence which best summarizes the writer’s objection to problem based learning
which she supports with Perry’s view is that……………………………………………………………….Where else
could this sentence go?
12. Which
phrase in the same section would be the best title for the paragraph beginning
“But” and the following two paragraphs?
13. One
advantage of lectures in terms of over all success rates is that………………………are
far more obvious.
14. Would
Steven Pinker agree with Jeanne L. Naum or not? Why?
15. What
is lacking in the constructivist model in teaching maths?
16. The
examples of Primo Levi, Oliver Sacks and Richard Feynman are provided to prove
that………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
17. The
reason why Feynman, Scully, Gubar, Rine and many similar scholars are so
popular is the fact that…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
18. What
does “it” refer to in the phrase “When
they find it on a campus”?
19. What
does “such an effect” in the following paragraph refer to?
20. Which
phrase in the last two paragraphs could be selected as a subtitle for the
section?
WRITING TASK
Go back over the paper and make careful note of the pros and
cons of lecturing. When you have done so, write an argumentative essay on the
topic.
IN DEFENSE OF
LECTURING KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES
The text this
activity is based on is a much more sophisticated and challenging one than the
texts on the same topic in level***. That being said, I don’t think this task
should be covered if you have already done those as the activity may get
tedious. Turning to the text, it is an extremely scolarly essay, lexically,
organizationwise and contentwise and therefore a brilliant piece of writing to
study for these reasons alone. The text lends itself to some good comprehension
questions and an essay task with which students get no help except for the text
at this level.
1. The
educational, pedagogical correctness of these verbal maneuvers is alligned with
a general dismissal of their training and expertise as well as distrust of
their good sense in the classroom
2. Recentering
higher education pedagogy
3. They
have the potential to master everything else; they can’t attend to talking
heads
4. Possible
answer: The way the child is seen to acquire concepts and language should be
made possible for adults too.
5. Many
thousands of students can be served at low cost.
6. Form
teams to invent and create expert-designed learning spaces and experiences
7. Uninterested
students sentenced to their tutelage are actually eager learners who have long
been thwarted in their longing to take part in mutual discovery.
8. The
first. The others are not summaries
9. If
these dorks don’t learn to work with others, they won’t last in the workplace. If
you don’t learn to confront dorks you won’t either.
10. Those
who choose or are fortunate enough to have access to contact with knowledgeable
individuals so that they can receive guidance in their pursuit of knowledge.
11. It
is appropriate to adapt our pedagogies to students’ developmental progress;
before “when students come to us”.
12. Models
of knowledgeable adults
13. Failures
14. No,
he argued that basic knowledge not only in math but in many fields of science
cannot really be learned without a substantial amount of direct exposition.
15. Learning
of arithmetic and explanation of its relevance in demonstrations of problems
and theorems.
16. Mastery
cannot always be achieved through intimate social transactions
17. They
had gifts which were forensic and dramatic as well as intellectual
18. The
chance to observe intellectual mastery and excitement in their daily lives.
19. The
build-up of expectation for the next and the next lecture; due to the comma
after comparisons, we don’t go back further.
20. Teaching
drives us to learning
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