Recently, I had a conversation around the lunch table with several of my colleagues. The discussion turned to the requirement to take pedagogical courses, now part of the criteria for getting an ...

One of the things that’s amenable to scientific study is how we communicate information about science. Science education should, in theory at least, produce a scientifically literate public and ...

The conventional method of lecturing in classrooms for teaching will be replaced shortly in pharmacy colleges in India with international method of interaction between students and instructors, where ...

The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is. "Before printing someone would read the books to everybody who would copy them down," says Joe Redish, a physics professor at the ...

Skip this paragraph if at any point it sounds familiar. A stereotypical American college student — let’s call him Michael Normalperson — goes to a college lecture class. He is bored. The time he doesn ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. COVID-19 restrictions required universities to move their classes online. It was a tremendous – although difficult – ...

On a December night, hundreds gathered in Georgetown University’s ornate Gaston Hall. Students and young alumni, professors and think-tank scholars, Jesuits and Dominicans came from down the street ...

The realm of education has made significant strides over the past few decades. From mandatory education to expanded subject offerings, we’ve certainly come a long way. There’s one area, however, ...