Lecturing

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Objectives

Today you will:Determine why and when to use lectures.Examine 3 factors that promote retention.Work through 4 considerations when

preparing for lectures.Consider the 3 phases of lecture delivery.Explore tips for improving the delivery of

your lectures.

Lectures….

Lectures rely on one-way communication to transmit

information - and so they do not serve the purposes of

effective learning well.

Lectures….

When are lectures appropriate?

How do you design effective lectures?

How do you make the actual lecture delivery engaging?

Workshop vs. Lecture

A highly participative session that puts greater emphasis on learner application than on presentations by the leader.

Learners work to produce a product or solve a problem with guidance from a leader.

A prepared oral presentation by a qualified speaker.

Lecture the Good & the Bad

GoodEfficient & economicalVersatileControlTimelyComplements &/or

ClarifiesMotivatingModelling

BadPassiveLimited feedbackFatigueLower-level learningLimited styleLack of instructor/

student skillsPoor organization

Appropriate or Not

Appropriate Not

Goal Dissemination Promote thinking

Objectives Short-termretention

Long-termretentionAttitude change

Method Oralpresentation

Studentparticipation

Content Summarizesources

Complex/abstract

If you need to...

Get students acquainted with a large/cohesive body of knowledge

ORDevelop a framework for investigation

ORPromote knowledge and comprehension

USE A LECTUREUSE A LECTURE

Promoting Retention

“I took a speed-reading course and read War & Peace in 20 minutes.It involves Russia.”

...Woody Allen

Promote Retention

Rehearsal Filters Retrieval

Retention

Promote retention

Filtering “Vaudeville was onto something”

“Tell them what you’re going to tell them”

“Heads-up!”

“Throw them a change-up.”

Promote retention

Rehearsal “As I mentioned earlier in this lecture…”

Retrieval “Details, details” “Form follows function” “A picture tells a thousand words.”

Preparation Questions

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Students Objectives

OrganizationContent & Materials

B A N K Need to vs. Nice to

Fit & Flow Life & Clarity

Preparation - Organization

Structure Hierarchical

Chaining“not three unrelated elements that are connected in the conclusion - it flows -

like a story”…a smart Grade 11 student

Opening Hooks

Preparation - Organization

Types Expository Feedback Guided Responsive Demonstration Pause Procedure Think and Write

Delivering - The Opening

Delivery - The Body

Be flexibleDetermine key pointsBe organizedUse summaries - transitionsCheck for understandingUse examplesPrepare explanationsChunk

Delivery - The Closing

Connect main ideas

Restate with new examples

Answer questions

Improving Delivery

1. What signs will be there if the group is ‘with you’?

2. What signs will there be if a group is NOT ‘with you’?

3. What actions could be taken when a group is NOT ‘with you’?

Improving Delivery

“You never get a second chance to make a first impression”.

‘Maslow was right’.Don’t run - you’ll scare the troops.Vaudeville was onto something.Even the best laid plans.There is never enough time.

…R. Christian

Overcoming Nervousness

BREATHEBREATHE