Teaching-Communication Methodologies in the Medical Profession

3interesting off-shoot of this, being investigated by one of these professors, is the effect of instruction where the professor develops and displays his own personal brand of theatrics in the classroom. Television could conceivably play a greater part in expansion of these trends: the rise of certificate courses, greater number of middle-aged students (parents, if you will), and greater number of courses offered at night. 9. OUT-OF-DOORS INSTRUCTION continues to boom. A most visible trend. Americans turned out in millions last summer for informal outdoor education in the arts: music, drama, dance, and musical comedy. U.S. News and World Report in its July 7, 1975 issue reports: A major reason for the attendance boom, according to many artists, is a widespread desire for ’escape ’ from current eco-nomic problems. Until the 1960s the performing arts generally took the summer months off, but not so today as emerging summer audiences be-come progressively younger and more enthusiastic. How important is this shift in teaching method-ologies from standard lecture-and-test to innovative new methods based on building interest, and to new mediums and surroundings? It is important because the quality and speed of social-political-growth in the U.S. during the last twenty-five years of the 20th century will be determined by what-ever impact these methodologies, tools, and tech-niques have on millions of today’s Americans. Young Americans only? No. Consider the fact that one large Midwestern city’s population has an education level of only 12.1 years. Rapidly evolv-ing new teaching methodologies are for today’s adults as well. Dr. Glenn A. Olds, Kent State University’s presi-dent, summed up the dawning social revolution on education during a June, 1975, Xavier University interview: these and other changes will point edu-cation in the direction it should ~ take if it is to lead, not stumble, into the future.