Overview
The purpose of the
Lecture: Critique Assignment is for you to explore lecture techniques and strategies by watching another professor give a lecture. For the
Lecture: Critique Assignment, you will be watching one YouTube video of an undergraduate psychology lecture from the list of approved YouTube psychology lectures that can be found on the
Lecture: Critique Assignment page under
Lecture: Critique Resources. Most of the videos are roughly 29 to 35 minutes long. If you choose one of the longer lectures, you are only required to watch the first 35 minutes for this assignment. It may be helpful to take notes on the assignment components provided below while watching the video.
Instructions
After viewing the lecture, you will write a 2–3 page paper about the lecture. Your paper should include two main sections: a descriptive summary of obsevations and a critique
. The required details in these sections are outlined below. Your paper should be organized as follows:
1.
Observations – Clearly identify which lecture you viewed, and then provide a summary of your observations of the lecture. Your observations must include the following details in clearly identified sections (using current APA-style headings):
· Professor’s appearance – Comment on the appropriateness of the professor’s look, dress, grooming level, etc.
· Physical presence – Comment on how the professor commanded the room. Details may include things like movement (i.e., moving around or staying stationary), positioning (i.e., standing behind a podium or table, being centered in the class or off to the side), use of gestures, eye contact, etc.
· Oral communication – Include a description of how well you believe the professor communicated information orally. Details may include things like tone of voice, use of inflections, speech volume and speed, etc.
· Confidence and knowledge – Did the professor seem comfortable or nervous? Did the professor seem to have mastery of the content being taught? Did the professor come off as an authority on the subject?
· Organization and Technology/Multimedia use – Was the lecture well-organized and easy to follow? Did the professor use any technology (e.g., lecture slides) to help guide the information? If so, did the slide design contribute to or distract from the material? Were any multimedia resources used (e.g., videos)?
· Interaction and Engagement– Did the professor elicit any sort of responses/questions/interactions from the students, and if so, how? How did the professor respond to any student questions or concerns? Were any other forms of engagement used (e.g., humor)?
· Activities/Demonstrations/Examples – What techniques, if any, did the professor use to maintain student interest and make learning more active? Details may include things like the use of active learning exercises, demonstrations, examples, etc.
2.
Critique – Your critique must include the following details:
· Strengths – Describe at least two strengths of the professor/lecture. What did the professor do well?
· Weaknesses – Describe at least two points of constructive criticism for the professor/lecture. In what areas could (s)he have improved? What might you have done differently?
· Research integration – Intergrate research into your discussion of strengths/weaknesses to support your ideas. You must use and cite:
· A module reading (textbook or article)
· An outside scholarly source (academic books and peer-reviewed articles only) that was published within the last
7 years.
Additional assignment requirements include:
· Your paper must be 2–3 pages (double-spaced) in current APA format. You must include an APA-style title page and reference page, but these are not included in the length requirement.
· Your paper must be submitted as a Word document.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
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