53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Lectures, 5th Revised Edition

53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Lectures, 5th Revised Edition
by Anthony Haynes, Karen Haynes
Paperback: 160 pages
Published: January 12, 2012
ISBN-10: 1907076301
ISBN-13: 978-1907076305

Lectures remain a staple form of teaching in higher and professional education. However, some lectures are more effective than others. 53 interesting things to do in your lectures presents practical suggestions, each tried and tested, for developing your lectures. The book is designed for dipping into to find suggestions that dovetail with your own practice. The topics covered are wide-ranging.
They include:
structuring the lecturing process;
improving students' notes;
structuring and summarising content;
linking lectures to each other;
holding the students' attention;
promoting active learning during lectures;
using resources;
and monitoring students' learning from lectures.

53 practical ideas for developing lectures are presented. For each of the ideas, a problem or issue is identified and a practical teaching or learning method is proposed. Overall, the ideas are designed to help reflective practitioners in professional and higher education broaden their repertoire of pedagogical techniques.