chalk and talk

Instructor-centered classroom method

Chalk and talk is a traditional teaching style where the instructor lectures while writing on a blackboard, with students as passive listeners rather than active participants.

The phrase is usually dismissive, contrasting old-fashioned methods with more interactive approaches: The professor still relies on chalk and talk instead of group activities.

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school · didactic · rote learning · students · lesson plan · classroom · oral · presentation · one-room schoolhouses · marker · whiteboard · pointer · education · projector · demonstration · eraser · front of class · overhead transparency

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pedagogical approach

chalk and talkinteractive learning

Education through participation

active learning · collaborative learning · discovery learning · flipped classroom · Socratic method

technology and medium

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Internet-delivered instruction

digital learning · blended learning · online learning · virtual classroom · distance learning

learning modality

chalk and talkhands-on learning

Education via direct participation

learning by doing · practical training · applied learning · lab work · role-playing

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