Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

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• Interactive technology tools. • Written materials (in print or on websites). • Pictures and information giving (see also Group Discussion, below).

Lectures Table 6. Advantages and disadvantages of lectures Lecture Advantages

Disadvantages

● A formal/informal meeting for oral transmission of

● Large amount of

● Limited types of learning (lower-level cognition); do they really learn anything but recall? ● May be challenging to customize for stage/readiness to learn, harder to reach those “not ready” since they do not attend. ● Less-active learner (“note-taking sponges”). ● Possibly boring for both student and teacher. ● Hard to judge comprehension and interact. ● Significant teacher responsibility. ● At worst, a “monotone litany of unrelated trivia”. ● Students typically forget 25% within first hour.

information given in a cost- and time-efficient manner.

information; a didactic method of information-giving. ● Vary in effectiveness; at best, they are an organized, systematic and fun way to transmit a large amount of information in a time- efficient way.

● Familiar for learner; easy. ● More educator control. ● Integrate material from multiple sources. ● Synthesis; easy for learner.

What do you think makes a good lecturer? List some of the characteristics here. Student ratings are

Poor characteristics.

Good characteristics.

excellent indicators of effective teachers and methods