Frontalformat

English translation: lecture format

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German term or phrase:	Frontalformat
English translation:	lecture format
Entered by:	Kevin Fulton

22:51 Aug 15, 2017

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / classroom structure

German term or phrase: Frontalformat

The context is restructuring approaches to seminars in medical school training.

"Die Präsenzphase beginnt im **Frontalformat** für etwa 20 Minuten und leitet das Fall-basierte Lernen durch ein Beispiel ein, welches als Beispiel vollständig durch die Dozierenden übernommen wird.

or
"Oft stellt die Murmelgruppe einen Übergang zwischen **Frontalformat** und interaktivem Lehrformat dar.

I've determined that Präsenzphase refers to a "face-to face" approach (or what was once called "pair work" when I was teaching back in the last century).

Is Frontalformat just another way of "face-to-face" or is it the traditional classroom structure where everyone faces the instructor?

Kevin Fulton KudoZ activity Questions: 203 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 309 United States
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lecture format

Explanation:
vs. interactive format.

Keine Methodik, ob Frontalunterricht oder ein offener Unterricht, bei dem Schüler in Gruppen arbeiten und selbst in die Gestaltung einer Schulstunde eingreifen können, sei automatisch falsch, eine generelle Verurteilung des modernen Unterrichts lehnt er ab.
http://diepresse.com/home/bildung/schule/hoehereschulen/1342...

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Note added at 51 mins (2017-08-15 23:43:14 GMT)
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Also referred to as teacher-centered or teacher-fronted instruction vs. student-centered instruction

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Kim Metzger
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Local time: 10:56

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Thanks, Kim! I also used "instructor-centered" in a few other places in the text where appropriate.
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Thanks, Kim! I also used "instructor-centered" in a few other places in the text where appropriate.

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