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Edward Bujak's picture

preparing stuents for ...

Interesting that you ask if we should be preparing students for ..

I guess I have found that the more advanced the courses are typically more professorial and dogmatic.  Realistically the very advanced courses or the very very advanced colloquium/lectures by leading researchers almost lend appropriately to a pure lecture.

So ... if the students are college bound or beyond ... this format of learning is functional.  I would say it is my job as a teacher to foster this learning style of r those who want to do advanced research.

 

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