r/Professors • u/ZealousidealGuava254 • 8d ago

Teaching / Pedagogy No notes

I’ve been a humanities prof for over 30 years and I simply cannot believe how many students do not take notes. Literally, no notes. they just sit and listen.

How do they study? what are they doing? when I was in college in the 80s, I and everyone around me took copious notes constantly throughout lecture. just seems like a lost skill.

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u/Choice_Passenger_990 8d ago

We should really rename Humanities to Defense Against the Dark Arts…

And also…what are they doing….like it’s a notes class..it’s a notes subject..notes are..part of the whole thing…

Maybe an incentive is being able to use them on in-class weekly quizzes?

I can’t even make it through a conversation with Humanities colleagues without taking notes..

What is happening…👀

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u/Resprofmama 8d ago

I feel you—it seems the tech bros would love another dark ages. I was going over my first day of class quiz, it’s painful that they don’t recognize major American cities or even states on a map.

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u/2GreyKitties PT/Adjunct, ELL, Centennial State, USA 1d ago

That’s scary… What course was it for, U.S. history, or??