The practice of experienced teachers of technical universities proves the correctness of the statement: the lecturer should actively encourage students' questions. For this we can recommend several "tricks".
- Even at the cost of some exaggeration, stress to students the complexity of certain sections to be studied, which, therefore, should raise questions among students.
- Allow students to ask questions as they arise, and not at the end of the lecture. In some cases, such a resolution may cause some feeling of “disorganization” of the process, but it soon stabilizes.
- Prevent elements of “poking out” questions that may indeed indicate weak knowledge. In such cases, you should safely refer to the relevant literature or give a very brief explanation.
- From time to time, the lecturer himself will ask the audience short questions for brief thinking, before answering them, thus creating a peculiar dialogue. Verbally encourage every attempt on the part of students to give, and perhaps not quite the right answer to the question posed.
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Higher education pedagogy (engineering pedagogy)
Terms: Higher education pedagogy (engineering pedagogy)