Re: [Phys-l] Lecture Isn't Effective: More Evidence #2

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Sorry.  The last sentence shuld end with:
preserved on videotape and available somewhere.

			Regards.
				Jack

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Jack Uretsky wrote:

> Many of the movers and shakers among the generation of pysics teachers
> that I encountered in graduate school were products of the Sommeerfeld
> Lectures, given on a ski slope prior to the fternoon skiing.  The
> audiences at theses lectures, however, were not first year college, nor
> were they high school students having their first encounter with physics.
> So, it seems likely to me, that there is an age and/or experiene level
> where lectures ccan be an effective way of delivering information.  On the
> other hand, the actual FeynmanCornell lectures were neverr considered a
> great success by anyone that I have encountered, including Feynman.  I
> believe the lectures have been preseved on bieotape and are available
> somewhere.
> 						Regards,
> 							Jack
>
> "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
> 		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
> 		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:
>
> > Note that DISCOVER magazine chose The Feynman Lectures on Physics as
> > one of the 25 greatest science books of all time. Besides, Feynman's
> > characteristic humor and insightful explanations elevate the lectures
> > to enduring classics. Inquiry based lessons may not have the
> > unparalleled humor and convincing explanations to excite students in
> > learning physics. Unfortunately, the *Passions* of Feynman in teaching
> > physics have not been measured by physics education research; but
> > passions can be seriously lacking in the so-called inquiry based
> > lessons.
> >
> > Another good example would be ?The Walter Lewin Lectures on Physics?.
> > He explains the basics of classical mechanics, electricity, magnetism,
> > vibrations, waves? with *Passions*. These lectures have been used by
> > more than four million students, teachers and self-learners around the
> > world. The number of viewers in youtube, for example, is a good
> > indicator of the success in lectures.
> >
> > Try google "Inquiry-Based Learning" in youtube videos?
> > One may not be surprised of the relatively low number of viewers...
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alphonsus
> >
> >
> > Quoting CalvinKalman <Calvin.Kalman@Concordia.ca>:
> >
> > > You can't argue on the basis of outliers such as Bill Gates. There
> > > were undoubtedly a few of Feynman's students at Caltech who were
> > > tremendously inspired by the lectures.
> > > Best wishes
> > >                      Calvin
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:38 PM, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:
> > >
> > > > The Feynman Lectures are at least more effective from the perspectives
> > > > of faculty members and graduate students.
> > > >
> > > > Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates believes that if he had been able to
> > > > watch Feynman lecture on physics in 1964 his life might have played
> > > > out differently.
> > > > (http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/gates-puts-feynman-lectures-online/) He admitted that if he had watched the lectures earlier in his life he might have become a physicist instead of a
> > > > software
> > > > entrepreneur.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Alphonsus
> > > >
> > > > p.s. Walter H.G. Lewin's lectures can be quite effective too.
> >
> >
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