The new orthodoxy calls for a more interactive style of lecturing, in which pupils are constantly called upon to answer questions and make suggestions.
As he lectures about honesty, several pupils look past him to the windows and begin to snicker.
And so we have Greek lectures transcribed by diligent pupils; sketches by Leonardo; a collection of Gertrude Stein's writing; the fireside scratch of a chatty F.D.R.; a cinematic tour of Stephen Hawking's universe; and now, at this great, late date, we have Timothy Leary charting his last days just a mouse-click away.
Having developed an interest in chemistry while still a child, largely through self-study, Bird was far enough advanced to deliver lectures to his fellow pupils at school.
In the news conference, Mr. Kerry, like a teacher lecturing a younger pupil, listed myriad conflicts around the world he was working to resolve, including in Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea and the South China Sea, and he made clear that he needed Britain's help.
Kelly, who had gathered together female pupils for his lecture, referred to a recent anti-rape advert.
Social conflicts have been minimized, though pupils have been lectured on tolerance for different peoples.
Three years later, Pearson began a parallel teaching career, lecturing at Camberwell College of Arts (where his pupils included Mo Jupp, Ian Godfrey and Ewen Henderson), and later at Harrow School of Art and Medway College of Design, Rochester.
They work with local schools in disadvantaged areas and invite pupils to 'taster' lectures, summer schools, and other activities that demystify university for those, often the first in their families, to enter higher education.
Drake had won his scholarship to study English Literature but, according to friends and fellow pupils, seldom attended lectures, preferring instead to get further into music – and his guitar playing and songwriting in particular.
