A Defense Of The Lecture Analysis

Have you ever taken a class where there was a teacher lecturing for two hours straight? Well lectures have been the main form of teaching for the past six hundred years. This has also been an argument throughout the years for obtaining knowledge. Some people prefer class lectures while others prefer a more innovated style of learning. Although the lecture and interactive style of learning’s have similarities, they have more different outcomes than you may think. In Adam Kotsko article “A Defense of the Lecture” he states that we need to get students to become good readers, and that lectures can be a good tool for that. He believes that in order for students to come to class and have a lively conversation, the teachers need to get them to …show more content…
“ The best way to cultivate that comfort may well be for them to study in groups in an old-fashioned information heavy course” (Kotsko 2). For students to remember things long term the student needs to be able to put the text and concepts into his or hers own words. The author says you can only learn by doing. By getting students to discuss by themselves and in groups can help them. As mentioned earlier in this paper it will boost their confidence when reading or taking part in class discussions. Kotsko concludes his article by saying that lectures have a crucial role in learning as long as they are used in a conscious way. Lectures are not the only known way of teaching. With new technology emerging so quickly nowadays, new ways of teaching are starting to form. In Eric Mazurs article “Twilight of the Lecture” he discusses and experiments with innovative styles of learning. He focuses on interactive and hands on learning in the classroom. Mazur is a physics professor at Harvard and he came to write this article when he noticed that his students had not grasped the basic ideas of his physics …show more content…
Mazur said why don’t you ask each other. “A fellow student is more likely to reach them than Professor Mazur-and this is the crux of the method” (Mazur 23). This verbal collaboration between the students creates and enhances the learning environment for them. The author explains that students who are able to argue and explain to each other their understandings are more likely to hold onto their knowledge longer. With the new technologies available for students, this can change the way teachers teach. They can have a lecture class but also have an interactive hand on