--- Adrian Fogarty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> OK, I've gotta accept that we can all improve with
> experience, I'm not so
> sure about training though. For example, I've been
> through the ALS
> open/dialogue/closure training; it's total crap,
> teaches you nothing about
> how to actually teach. You may however improve from
> watching others and from
> experience, which you will pick up on these courses.
Again I have to disagree. The instructor courses aim
to get people up to a basic standard and avoid some of
the mistakes. So we tell people to use eye contact,
ask questions, get people involved, use visual aids
properly (no crowded slides, appropriate colours
etc.), allow time for questions etc. At the end of it
there are some people who are much better than the
rest, but all have improved. Now you could pick all
this up from watching good speakers in action, but
judging by the awful stuff that was served up when I
was at med school this didn't happen very often. I had
some lecturers that were quite dreadfull!
Cheers Fred.
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