Re: learning from lectures

Arne Raeithel (raeithel who-is-at informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Thu, 9 May 1996 17:41:37 +0200

A wonderful demonstration of what is possible in mass teaching, Ana.
I am inclined to say, this is typical for Neo-Europeans. But then this
would be totally unjust, because also in other regions of our globe,
and surely in the U.S. of A., too, there must have been hundreds of
"lower" or "higher" teachers inventing or mimicking forms like
your pro-and-contra play.

>There are other games, too. In general, I think that it is possible to engage
>even larger groups of people into a very motivated activity which could
>become a significant learning experience. Whether it is possible all the
>time as Dewey would like, I don't know. We can at least arrange to have more
>of those exciting moments.

Yes, it is possible to engage even larger groups. In the group therapy
movement this is also called "taming the tiger", because a hundred or
more interacting people can hurt the moderator quite decisively without
ever touching him or her...

My own experience with teaching psychotherapeutical diagnostics is
written up in the self-comment for the symposium in MCA 1 (1/2) 1994,
pp 90 f. We used a specially produced video, and loosely structured
discussion with back-reports from the discussion groups. And, of course,
role playing, psychodramatic tools, etcetera...

More fun and fascination (f&f) into lectures, yes !

-- Arne.