Reasons for including pre-class learning by teachers |
To keep students focused on the general themes of the course. To focus class-learning at a higher level (e.g., analysis, than just fact learning). To enable students to follow the discussion better. To help students to reinforce the ideas in the lesson. To enable students to find it easier to understand complicated concepts. To help and deepen learning in a limited time frame. To test students’ motivation and engage them in the course. To make sure it is possible to do some interactive assignments during class (e.g., discuss in pairs or groups) To save time from needless lecturing (if the material is easily understandable) and to allocate more time for (creative) discussion. Overall, to optimise the learning process. |