The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is. "Before printing someone would read the books to everybody who would copy them down," says Joe Redish, a physics professor at the ...

Teaching by lecturing is often referred to as expository teaching. There is more to a proper lecture, however, than, talking. A good lecture is planned before presentation and involves specific ...

Skip this paragraph if at any point it sounds familiar. A stereotypical American college student — let’s call him Michael Normalperson — goes to a college lecture class. He is bored. The time he doesn ...

Sir, Having visited numerous universities over the past two years I found your article “Tuition fees face teaching standards link” (May 16) thought-provoking. The article informs us that universities ...