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Some Citations[edit]

Here are a couple of citations that would certainly strengthen the article.

Cox, Kenneth R. & Ewan, Christine E. (1998). The Medical Teacher. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. (p29) describes lectures as just "giving information".

Hativa, Nira (2000). Teaching for Effective Learning in Higher Education. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. includes the following quote - "a comparitively uninterrupted talk by a teacher on an academic subject, usually in a classroom setting"

I hope these are helpful. DmP —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dpenrose (talk • contribs) 01:32, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

quote section[edit]

I don't think the quote-section is improving the article, so I have removed it. For easier reference, the section was the following:

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Quote

"Lectures," said McCrimmon, "are our most flexible art form. Any idea, however slight, can be expanded to fill fifty-five minutes; any idea, however great, can be condensed to that time. And if no ideas are available, there can always be discussion. Discussion is the vacuum that fills a vacuum. If no one comes to your lectures or seminars, you can have a workshop and get colleagues involved. They have to come, and your reputation as an adequately popular teacher is saved." (John Kenneth Galbraith, A Tenured Professor)

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I'm new to the wikipedia editing process so forgive my formatting. The quotation "College is a place where a professor’s lecture notes go straight to the students’ lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either." cited as "The Professor’s Lecture Notes Go Straight to the Students’ Lecture Notes". Quote Investigator. Retrieved April 19, 2013.. This source suggests that Edwin Slosson is more likely the original writer." wasn't found when I checked Millers book here: ^[1] I'm not sure if the website that is quoting Miller is wrong or if the website that I'm using to search for the quote is wrong but there is a potential for misattribution to an already cloudy reference yet very quotable excerptTimothyslau (talk) 19:58, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I hope everyone is ok with that. --- Marc K 20:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I liked the quote, and will suggest that if anybody else feels strongly about it that they add it back. Of course, let's not do an edit war, if there are people strongly against it, maybe you should list that here. As far as the substance of the quote, I think it underlines a major theme of the article - that even though lectures are something everybody loves to hate - they work in many situations and often have no alternative.

Smallbones 10:04, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... I didn't expect anyone to defend the quote. I don't have very strong preferences either, as I don't think the quote absolutely ruins the article. What does everyone else think? In any case, you are welcome to put the quote back in, although I still do oppose it. :-) --- Marc K 01:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've heard the quote before, and it's a great quote, but I don't think it really adds anything to the article. --Tango 19:29, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References

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Lecture as Cheap Technique[edit]

No practical alternative to the lecture as a teaching method has been found. Have they looked very hard? I'd like this article to explore the history of the study of teaching methods in which various techniques have been tested, the test results, and conclusions. No doubt the lecture continues because IT IS CHEAP and IT IS TRADITIONAL. That is ISN'T VERY EFFECTIVE seems to bother the few who are in overall charge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.75.81.177 (talk) 01:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lecture not just pedagogy[edit]

This article was virtually all consumed with discussion of the lecture as a pedagogical or classroom method, ignoring completely the long history of lectures at conferences, public meetings, and so on. I've added some material to address that, but may well have left out important examples. Other thoughts? --lquilter 20:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why not link this article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bag_seminars —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.6.18.64 (talk) 10:04, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar[edit]

First off, I am not a native speaker, yet I think the phrase "In British English and several other languages the noun "lecture" must grammatically be the object of the verb "to read."" is not correct. "Lecture" can also be used without the verb "to read", so I assume the must isn't appropriate - you can for example also deliver a lecture, and I have also frequently encountered the form "give a lecture". Besides, what other languages are meant here? As British English is mentioned, I'm assuming it's supposed to mean other varieties of English (British, Australian, American, South African, etc.). Still, in which of these is it compulsory to use the word "read" in front of "lecture"? If anyone can give me an answer, it'd be very happy. If not, I'll delete the sentence. -- FagusNigra (talk) 11:54, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just removed it. It made no sense whatsoever. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 01:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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