Monday, February 13, 2012

“Is it just the transfer of information? If that’s the case, then Harvard has a problem"


...that's from Eric Mazur, a professor of physics and applied physics at Harvard, who has decided that he learned more from his brilliant lectures than his students did and has now moved in the direction of peer instruction and interactive learning.

Check out the full story in Harvard Magazine.

Thanks to Post Oak parent Joey Hayles for bringing this to my attention!

4 comments:

  1. A shortcut to the article...
    http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture

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  2. Thanks, michael -- I need to drop in the link!

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