The Art of Lecturing: A Practical Guide to Successful University Lectures and Business Presentations - Hardcover

Aarabi, Parham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521876109 ISBN 13: 9780521876100

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This simple and clear guide to lecturing is an example-based account of effective strategies for exciting and successful lectures for academic and business lecturers. From the lecturing mindset, combating fear and nervousness, to lecturing tricks and tactics, this book discusses a wide array of practical ideas that may surprise and help even the most experienced public speakers and lecturers. The author provides unique insights into lecturing for twenty-first century audiences, based on his academic and non-academic lecturing experiences at the University of Toronto and Stanford University; experiences which have resulted in numerous institutional, provincial, and international teaching and lecturing awards. Further resources for this title, including lecture slides and videos of presentations and lectures, are available online from www.cambridge.org/9780521876100.

About this title

About the Author

Parham Aarabi is the founder and director of the Artificial Perception Laboratory at the University of Toronto. He has won many awards for teaching, including the IEEE Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award, an international award given for 'inspirational classroom instruction', in 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521876109
• ISBN 13: 9780521876100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170