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SUMMARY:Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Eric Mazur\, Harvard University.\nDr. Mazur's peer instr
 uction teaching method has developed a large following\, both nationally a
 nd internationally\, and has been adopted across many science disciplines.
  Mazur is Chief Academic Advisor for Turning Technologies\, a company deve
 loping interactive response systems for the education market and for this 
 conference he will use clicker technology.\n"I thought I was a good teache
 r until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather t
 han learning to understand the material.\nWho was to blame? The students? 
 The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that t
 he culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students t
 o fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it
  has improved my students' performance significantly."\nEric Mazur is the 
 Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University a
 nd Area Dean of Applied Physics. An internationally recognized scientist a
 nd researcher\, he leads a vigorous research program in optical physics an
 d supervises one of the the largest research groups in the Physics Departm
 ent at Harvard University.
LOCATION:Auditoire D l'Amphipôle\, UNIL http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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