How Do I Lecture Thee?

Abstract

Although it is the object of vile denouncements when faculty members discuss teaching tech niques, the lecture remains the most common mode of instruction in higher education. The resilience of the lecture may have little to do with its education al soundness and more to do with the perceived ease of preparation and/or faculty members' unfamiliarity with al ternatives. Nonetheless, lecturing can be a vibrant teaching method, if you are well prepared. We would like to de scribe a systematic approach to lecture preparation that we have found useful.