Confessions of a Converted Lecturer: From Teaching by Telling to Learning from One's Peers

Presentation Date: 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Location: 

Active Learning Summit 2024, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance significantly