I talked
about my teaching methods (obliquely, I’ll grant) but now I want to look at
what others do. I don’t understand are the methodologies that are proven to be
least effective. Every single study points to the least effective and least
enjoyable method of teaching as the lecture. But there are still far too many
that employ this method. Why is tossing information out without any involvement
considered teaching? I never learned from protected lectures, and can only
fathom that they are used because they are simple for the professors to enact.
They don’t have any real investment into the education process beyond blank
fulfillment of their jobs.