Why the UMN needs to keep its hands off the campus lecture

Hey, we look forward to this. (nikolayhg1 via Flickr)
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Hey, we look forward to this. (nikolayhg1 via Flickr)

In a Minnesota Daily story on flipped classrooms, University of Minnesota  chemistry freshman Jessica Wyatt says she likes the prof-at-the-podium model just fine, thank you very much:

"Flipped classrooms at the [University] are really obnoxious, because you don’t get the lecture-style learning that you’re looking forward to when you go to college.”

So take that, higher-ed reformers.

You can read about the U's plans for the trendy teaching method here.

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