Lecture Technique

Lecturing is a standard teaching method and should be taken seriously.  Lecture technique vary from people to people. For Lecturers, Lecturing is an act of passing information to a student. It is required to have an  introduction, body and conclusion. It is the Lecturers  job to however help the student to understand the subject.  An effective lecture technique is the use visual aids and practice.

For students, the best way to approach lectures is by reading before classes, attending class, taking notes and revising them. Full  attendances is important. Most of the time, relying on your course mate is not necessarily a good option because they are likely to sometimes miss some valid point. Disadvantages of taking your course mate note is that their handwriting may not be legible and also his or her style of taking notes may be different to your style hereby making it difficult to understand.

Students should not just attend the class but also try to be early because most lecturers say things in the beginning of class which they might not repeat. Most of the lecture notes are given using Microsoft Powerpoint. Depending totally on PowerPoint however has its disadvantages because PowerPoint  just gives a brief point and does not explain in detail. Taking note is also essential. It is good to take note because they are some point that would not be stated in the PowerPoint.  I believe the best way to take notes is using a linear style however other styles work for different people . The chart works for me but it depends on the note taking. If the note taking has to do with questions like, "what is the difference between natural law and positivism?", i use the chart method because I understand better and it is similar.

The act of Re- writing notes works differently for different people. Some people believe it is a waste of time since they already took notes in class or since they can read from the PowerPoint on Moodle. However it is not a waste of time to others, I believe re-writing notes are helpful. Most times when re-writing, you get to remember some points. The notes become simplified if you are  writing it again. Revising notes are good . However, in the lectures I have attend so far the lecturers have taken time out to highlight and explain each point given . I believe if you don’t attend the lecturers regularly you never really get what the topic is about even if you read on your own. Although many lecture  materials can be found online, they will not explain in detail. They just give brief overviews. The lecturers also give useful information in lecturers rather than classes, most time the classes are about your opinion on the a subject area.