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lec·tur·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lecture, lecturingnoun

    teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

Wikipedia

  1. lecturing

    A lecture (from Latin lēctūra “reading” ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories, and equations. A politician's speech, a minister's sermon, or even a business person's sales presentation may be similar in form to a lecture. Usually the lecturer will stand at the front of the room and recite information relevant to the lecture's content. Though lectures are much criticised as a teaching method, universities have not yet found practical alternative teaching methods for the large majority of their courses. Critics point out that lecturing is mainly a one-way method of communication that does not involve significant audience participation but relies upon passive learning. Therefore, lecturing is often contrasted to active learning. Lectures delivered by talented speakers can be highly stimulating; at the very least, lectures have survived in academia as a quick, cheap, and efficient way of introducing large numbers of students to a particular field of study. Lectures have a significant role outside the classroom, as well. Academic and scientific awards routinely include a lecture as part of the honor, and academic conferences often center on "keynote addresses", i.e., lectures. The public lecture has a long history in the sciences and in social movements. Union halls, for instance, historically have hosted numerous free and public lectures on a wide variety of matters. Similarly, churches, community centers, libraries, museums, and other organizations have hosted lectures in furtherance of their missions or their constituents' interests. Lectures represent a continuation of oral tradition in contrast to textual communication in books and other media. Lectures may be considered a type of grey literature.

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  1. lecturing

    Lecturing is the act of delivering an educational talk or discourse on a particular subject, usually to a group of listeners such as students in an academic setting. It is a method of teaching that involves the presenter conveying information directly to the audience, often in a structured, formal manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lecturing

    of Lecture

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lecturing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lecturing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of lecturing in a Sentence

  1. Alan Duncan:

    Lecturing and threatening the PM is just too much, risks debasing govt, party, country & himself. PM must be given maximum latitude & backing.

  2. Majid Golpour:

    Europe needs to win Iran over, to show it wants to help, it won't get far in Iran lecturing about human rights.

  3. Chris Christie:

    He's a criminal and he's hiding in Russia and he's lecturing to us about the evils of authoritarian government while he's living under the umbrella of Vladamir Putin.

  4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

    He’s a criminal, he’s a criminal and he’s hiding in Russia, and he’s lecturing to us about the evils of authoritarian government, while he lives under the protective umbrella of Vladimir Putin, that’s who Mike Lee and Rand Paul are siding with – with Edward Snowden? Come on.

  5. Bret Stephens:

    Good journalism, like good science, should follow evidence, not narratives. It should pay as much heed to intelligent gadflies as it does to eminent authorities. And it should never treat honest disagreement as moral heresy, anyone wondering why so many people have become so hostile to the pronouncements of public-health officials and science journalists should draw the appropriate conclusion from this story. When lecturing the public about the dangers of misinformation, it’s best not to peddle it yourself.

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