Hi Robyn - I agree totally.... A friend uses the phrase "death by powerpoint" to emphasise the mind-numbing process of subjecting an audience to yet another pile of information via powerpoint. It is far better to adopt the more Socratic process of dialectic - which is an amazing way of approaching real understanding with a group of people. However it requires a confident leader - someone who is confident in themselves and who does not pretend to know everything. Only in this way can the discussion really flow into uncharted waters..... People only really absorb new knowledge when they talk and participate in it - indeed the etymology of the word education is to "draw out from..." or something to that effect... It does not suggest feeding them with information!
Hi Robyn - I agree totally.... A friend uses the phrase "death by powerpoint" to emphasise the mind-numbing process of subjecting an audience to yet another pile of information via powerpoint. It is far better to adopt the more Socratic process of dialectic - which is an amazing way of approaching real understanding with a group of people. However it requires a confident leader - someone who is confident in themselves and who does not pretend to know everything. Only in this way can the discussion really flow into uncharted waters..... People only really absorb new knowledge when they talk and participate in it - indeed the etymology of the word education is to "draw out from..." or something to that effect... It does not suggest feeding them with information!