Preface / Lee Trepanier -- Introduction: the college lecture today / Lee Trepanier -- Observed trends in lecturing and the relationship to student retention / Brendon Westler and Eric Michael French -- A voice in the dark: the art history lecture / Emily Kelley -- Teaching writing in literature lecture courses / Taryn Okuma -- Decentering the lecture as responding to material and historical changes / Elizabeth Rich -- Discourse on lecture comprehension in the 21st century classroom: teaching with an awareness of the cultural construction of language / Monika Dix -- The continuing value of lecture in history education / Hyrum Lewis -- What lectures do well: history lectures as an intermediate pedagogy / Caroline R. Sherman -- Lecturing and media studies in the 21st-century / Karen P. Burke -- Campfire, curator, deejay: lectures & 'lectronic enhancement / Mike Mosher -- The lecture in political science education: unpacking a paradox / John Craig -- The lecture in political philosophy and political science / Lee Trepanier -- The music lecture as Gestalt / Jamie Fiste -- The religious lecture: synthesizing persona and narrative immersion / Paul Krause -- Creating a Socratic lecture space in religious studies / Paul Corey -- Curious lectures and engaged students: teaching in a context of bureaucracy and consumerism / Warren Fincher.
Summary:
"The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the social sciences and humanities. Aimed at teachers, students, and administrators who want to improve teaching at their universities, this book explores how to lecture without sacrificing theoretical knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.
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