Lecturing persists for identifiable psychological and practical reasons: it is easy, exploits personal opinion, and satisfies pupils' craving for authority and ready-made knowledge¶

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q1 i? The editorial attributes the persistence of lecturing to its ease, opportunities for exploiting personal opinion, and pupils' desire for authority and excuse from self-exertion, with the fundamental reason being the teacher's belief that the method is successful. → J. C. H 1915

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J. C. H 1915¶

J. C. H. (1915). Editorials: Educational Psychology and College Administrators; The Lecturer's Illusion. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 6(2), 121-122. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0063797

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Editorial argument, not an empirical study. The author lists reasons lecturing persists, including that it "satisfies the pupil's craving for authority, for excuse from self-exertion", and adds that the fundamental reason is the teacher's feeling that the method is successful.

"There are many reasons for this pedagogical error; lecturing is easy as compared with the skillful eliciting of a pupil's reaction; it gives opportunity for the exploiting of personal opinion; it satisfies the pupil's craving for authority, for excuse from self-exertion, and for the ready-made pellet of serviceable knowledge."

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