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• Title:What's the use of lectures? / Donald A. Bligh.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bligh, Donald A.
  
• Published/Created:San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, ©2000.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LC6515 .B55 2000
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Lectures and lecturing.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xx, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
  
• Notes:"First U.S. edition of the classic work on lecturing"--Cover.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-333) and indexes.
  
• ISBN:0787951625 (pbk. : alk paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. What Objectives can Lectures Achieve?
  1. Evidence of What Lectures Achieve
  Pt. 2. What Factors Affect the Acquisition of Information?
  2. Factors Influencing Memory
  3. Factors Affecting Students' Attention
  4. Motivating Students
  Pt. 3. What Lecture Techniques Apply these Factors Most Effectively?
  5. Lecture Organization
  6. Making a Point
  7. Reasons and Explanations
  8. Aids to Comprehending a Point
  9. Note Taking in Lectures
  10. Purpose, Preparation, and Use of Handouts
  11. Lecture Styles
  12. Ways of Obtaining Feedback
  13. Evaluation of Lectures
  14. Overcoming Common Difficulties
  15. Lectures for the Promotion of Thought
  16. Lectures to Teach Attitudes
  Pt. 4. Alternatives when Lecturing is Inadequate
  17. Lecture Method Alone is Rarely Adequate
  18. Teaching Methods to Use with Lectures
  19. Some Combinations of Teaching Methods
  Pt. 5. Preparation for the use of Lectures
  20. Thinking the Lecture Through
  21. Writing the Notes
  22. Lecturing for the First Time
  23. Conclusion.