1. Modes of Teaching 4: The Lecture
Dr Max Jones University of Manchester

2. Preparation Check Out In Advance: Location of Lecture Theatre
Layout of Lecture Theatre
How AV Equipment works/How to turn-on-off
Screen: How to lower/set-up
Inputs : How to switch from PC to laptop/external
Sound: How to turn on/adjust
Lights: How to turn on/dim/brighten
Software compatibility for moving pictures
You may need to turn-on/set-up if first lecturer of day
Top Tip 1: Check Room Location, Layout, AV Equipment incl. Sound + Screen

3. What Are History Lectures For?

4. What Are History Lectures For?
Impart Knowledge
Explain Concepts
Identify Factors
Outline Historiographical Debates
Engage Students
How do your lectures fit into the course unit?
Top Tip 2: Explain What Your Lectures Are For

5. Content: Less is More.... Do Your Homework, but….
Don’t Try and Cram Too Much In
Clarify Your ‘Intended Learning Outcomes’
Identify Key Points/Student “Take-aways”
“30-second Test” See Eric Evans article:
Visual Images
Top Tip 3: Identify Key Student “Take-aways”

6. Performance - Be Yourself!
Do NOT Read Out a Script for 50-Minutes
Break Lecture Up Into 2/3/4/5 Parts
Insert Short Breaks - Off-topic Discussion - Film Clip
Go Off Script At Pre-Determined Moments
Speak to Image or Slide
Tell a Story
Offer Summary of a Familiar Argument
To Walk or Not To Walk.…
Gimmicks – Modern Analogy/Joke/Incongruity
Keep To Time
Top Tip 4: Vary Lecture Content + Delivery

7. Student Interaction Active not Passive Learning:
Ask Students Questions
To Avoid Awkward Silences Ask Students To Discuss the Question Among Themselves
Then Convene Whole Group Discussion
Ask Students To Fill in Handouts
Pass Round Objects (Learning Styles)
Don’t Be Put Off If The Students Look Bored….
Top Tip 5: Interact With Students – But Takes Time
Top Tip 6: Show Enthusiasm

8. Powerpoints
Uses:

9. Powerpoints Uses: Lecture Outline/Structure Information Definitions
Spellings
Factors

10. Key Legislation, 1945-1990 1948 British Nationality Act
1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1965 Race Relations Act
1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1971 Immigration Act
1976 Race Relations Act
1981 British Nationality Act
1988 Immigration Act

11. 1929 1931 Liberal 23.6% 7.2% 59 seats 37 seats Cons 38.1% 60.5%
Liberal 23.6% 7.2%
59 seats 37 seats
Cons 38.1% %
(National) 260 seats seats
Labour 37.1% %
287 seats 52 seats

12. Modernity
‘a set of social, political and economic institutions that have come into being since the eighteenth century’
‘a set of structures, institutions, ideas and techniques which have emerged in the last 300 years or so’.
Harry Cocks, ‘Modernity and Modernism’, in Carnevali & Strange (eds), 20th-C. Britain (2007), 26-7.

13. Reasons for “New Liberal” Welfare Reforms
South African War ( ) and “National Efficiency”
German Naval Threat
Changing Attitudes to Poverty
Crisis of Local Government Finance
Party Politics 1: Rise of Labour
Party Politics 2: Conservative Threat

14. Powerpoints Uses: Lecture Outline/Structure Information Definitions
Spellings
Identification of Factors
Visual Sources

17. Powerpoints Advantages: Excellent Tool For Communicating Easy to Make
Structure
Information
Factors
Definitions
Easy to Make
Advanced Features
Easy to Put on Blackboard/Canvas VLE
Student Support

18. Crap Powerpoint What was the lecturer thinking?
I’ve never been sure of the purpose of putting up slides which half the class can’t read, because the point-size is so small. This text is size 20.

19. Powerpoint Problems Too Many Slides Slides Too Cluttered
Text Too Small - Minimum 28
Colours Difficult To Read
Slides should support the lecture
Slides should not be the principal focus of the lecture

20. 7 Top Tips Check Room, Layout + AV Equipment
Explain What Lectures Are For
Identify Key Points - Less is More
Vary Lecture Content + Delivery
Interact With Students - But Takes Time
Show Enthusiasm
Collect & Review Feedback
Develop Your Own Style and Enjoy Lecturing!

21. Resources Legacy HEA History Subject Centre Website
Eric Evans, ‘Rethinking and Improving Lecturing in History’ (2007)
Image Databases Media Plus – Alexander Street Press
British Universities Film and Video Council
Oxford Reference Online