Lecture

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…

What I found to be particularly interesting in the Heresy Lecture – Part II was the Beguine movement as they were pious women that were deeply devoted to Christianity. The Beguines were a group of women that dwelled together in communal homes that became a movement for women. In addition, the Beguines were kind of a renegade Christian sect as they were not recognized as an official branch of Christianity. The homes that the Beguines lived in were referred to as a beguinage throughout Europe.…

The lecture on this week was the most wonderful and amazing session as we got an awesome opportunity to meet with Professor Daniel Muijs, the director of research within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. I felt very lucky and proud to join the Professor Daniel’s lecture. In the same time, it also provided us a good opportunity to learn and share opinions about the research together with the PHD students in his lecture. Before the third session class started, we are…

and leisure time. And is it achievable? Although some people believe the American Dream to be unachievable, it is possible to live the American Dream. A key to achieving the American Dream is receiving aid from friends and mentors. In The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch talks about what he did and what he learned throughout his life. Randy applied to Carnegie Mellon and wasn’t accepted, but his professor, Andy van Dam, helped him go there. If his professor hadn’t recommended him, Randy would…

hypothetically dying and more specificly whatlessons and life experiences Randy Pausch wants to convey to his children . Randy Pausch starts with the “elephant in the room”, Pausch’s diagnosis of terminal cancer serves as an emotional backdrop for this lecture, slightly using ethos persuasive nature to attract the audience’s attention. In addition to revealing some of life’s important lessons, Pausch’s speech uses five techniques, which help connect to his audience. The context and Pausch…

was invited to give a “Last Lecture”. He delivered his “Last Lecture” titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”, at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. He choose to not make it about cancer or the hard times he was currently going through but in his lecture he talked about topics such as “Inspiration and permission to dream are huge”, “Enabling the dreams of others” and “Lessons Learned”. And one of the most meaningful point he made at the end of his lecture was “It’s not about how to…

Randy Pausch walks out on stage to deliver the “last lecture” smiling and joking, seemingly, without a care in the world. Little to the audience’s knowledge of the elephant in the room, he is dying. With only three to six months left of good health, Randy is dying of multiple tumors on his lever. Randy displays how people can react to death differently depending on where they are in life, their coping capabilities, and what they find their joy in. Another factor that comes into play is how…

There are a few similarities in the character Jonas from the book The Giver and Randy in the book The Last Lecture. Jonas is a character in a novel, while The Last Lecture is based on a true story of Randy Pausch. Jonas lived in a community designed by the Elder’s as an effort to live a life of utopia. Jonas grew up not knowing who his actual birth parents were, in his community married couples submitted an application to have children. Once the community children turned one-year old they are…

Disorder. From then till about 5th grade I had two tutors that helped me with reading and comprehension, and spelling it is now my strongest subject “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”- (Randy pausch, The last lecture) This lecture is about the importance of family, achieving your dreams, and finding out what you really want out of life. Family to me are the people that love you the most and are the people that will always care about you the most and want…

1. What is the purpose of the “Last Lecture” college professors? The purpose of the “Last Lecture’ college professors was to offer reflections on their personal and professional journeys. 2. Even though she had always been his “cheerleader”, why did Professor Pausch’s wife not want him to deliver a “Last Lecture”? Professor Pausch’s wife, Jai, did not want him to deliver a “Last Lecture” simply because she felt that this project would be too time consuming. Jai wanted to spend as much…