Developing the ability of students to think and work independently is an important goal. Lecturing is a significant part of how I teach each of the class sessions. I provide very clear guidelines for how I want tasks completed in this course. I often show students how they can use various principles and concepts. Course activities encourage students to take initiative and responsibility for their learning.
Students take responsibility for teaching part of the class sessions.
My expertise is typically used to resolve disagreements about content issues. This course has very specific goals and objectives that I want to accomplish. I solicit student advice about how and what to teach in this course. My expectations for what I want students to do in this class are clearly defined in the syllabus. Eventually, many students begin to think like me about course content.