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Memorization or understanding: are we teaching the right thing?

Presented by Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University

Education is more than just transfer of information, yet that is what is mostly done in large introductory courses—instructors present material (even though this material might be readily available in printed form) and for students the main purpose of lectures is to take down as many notes as they can. Few students have the ability, motivation, and discipline to synthesize all the information delivered to them. Yet synthesis is perhaps the most important—and most elusive -- aspect of education. Eric Mazur discusses how shifting the focus in lectures from delivering information to synthesizing information greatly improves the learning that takes place in the classroom. Listen here.

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Lunches/Evening Events

• Supporting Students to Read and Discuss Challenging Academic Texts: Workshop on Teaching with Discussions-3/27/09
   
• CETL Lunch: Supporting Students to Read and Discuss Challenging Academic Texts-3/27/09
   
• Helping Students Become Better Writers: Two Approaches-2/19/2009
   
• First Year Seminar Faculty Lunches-10/30/2008, 10/31/2008
   
• Faculty Syllabus Swap-10/14/2008
   
• Two, Three, Four, or More? Strategies for Facilitating Group Work and Collaborative Learning -9/18/2008
   
• Articulating Course Objectives Using IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction-8/27/2008
   
• New Faculty Workshop-8/26/2008
   
• Academic Advisors Workshop-8/22/2008
   
• Academic Orientation Book Discussion Lunch-8/22/08
   
• Expanding Conceptions of Undergrad Research-3/19/2008
   
• Our Millennial Students--Clark's 2007 BCSSE Results - 2/28/2008
   
• Exploring the Student Ratings Options - 2/14/2008
   
• Large Class Strategies for Engagement and Learning - 11/15/2007
   
•  Into the Library, Into the Research - 10/18/2007
   
• Getting Students to Read/Teaching Students to Read - 9/20/2007
   
• Returning to the Original Purpose of Higher Education through Civic Learning: a talk by John Saltmarsh, a co-sponsored event hosted by the Community Engagement and Volunteering Center and Center for Teaching and Learning - 4/4/2007
   
• Community Engagement and Course Construction: a co-sponsored event hosted by the Community Engagement and Volunteering Center and Center for Teaching and Learning with funding from Learn & Serve America - 3/26/2007
   
• Clickers, and Webcasting, and Blogs, Oh My!: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning
  CETL and ITS's Academic Technology Services collaborative lunch event - 3/1/2007
   
• Exemplary Assessment of Student Learning in the Disciplines - 2/1/2007
   
• How Engaged are our Students?
  Reflecting on Results from The National Survey of Student Engagement - 11/9/2006
   
• Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism - 3/1/2006
   
• Grading Standards and Expectations - 11/30/2005
   
• Disability Awareness - 10/26/2005
   
• More Student Learning, Less Faculty Work?
  Let's Talk about Student-Assisted Teaching! - 3/17/2005

Campus Community Events

• Critical Pedagogy: Talk & Discussion with Professor Peter McLaren - 4/2/2007
• Why are you in College?  A Conversation with Dr. Ellen Lagemann, for undergraduate students - 3/21/2007

First Year Seminar (FYS) Events

• FYS Lunch - 1/25/2007
• FYS Lunch 1/25/2006

Graduate Teaching Assistants (TA) Training Workshops