Howard Community College Improving Student Learning and College Teaching
	By Dr. James Bell, Professor of Psychology with help from the HCC Faculty October 1998

Ideas on Lecturing from a Variety of Places and People

What are Some of the Advantages of the Lecture Method
of Teaching?

1. The teacher controls the topic, aims, content, organization, sequence, and rate. Emphasis can be placed where the teacher desires.

2. The lecture can be used to motivate and increase interest, to clarify and explain, to expand and bring in information not available to the students, and to review.

3. The number of students listening to the lecturer isn't important.

4. Students can interrupt for clarification or more detail.

5. The lecture can be taped, filmed, or printed for future use.

6. Other media and demonstrations can be easily combined with the lecture.

7. The lecture can be easily revised and updated.

8. The teacher can serve as a model in showing how to deal with issues and problems.

9. Students are used to the lecture method.

Lecturing, Ideas from a Variety of Places and People: Advantages | Disadvantages |
Ways to Get Feedback | Ideas to Consider | Ways to Help Students Write Better Notes |
Changing to Another Approach Every 10 Min | Selected Sources on Lecturing

Ideas to Improve Learning: Lecturing | Cooperative Learning |
Teaching Enrichment | Active Learning | Expectations of High School Graduates

Faculty Resources: All College Teachers | Psychology Teachers |
Teaching Thinking | Increasing Student Learning | Outcomes Assessment | What’s New?

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