Recently I was in my women in art course and we had a guest speaker present to us about their career and artwork. I have to admit that it was much more interesting than a normal lecture.
Don’t get me wrong my professor is really great but there are some things that a lecture can’t teach you.
Getting to hear from someone that is in a field that you wish to be in after you graduate can give you so much insight into how you can really prepare yourself for the world that you are going to be in soon, and it allows students to hear a different perspective than just their professor’s on different topics.
This would also get students excited to come to class. Students often get tired or dread going to their lecture-heavy classes that lack engagement.
There doesn’t need to be a guest speaker every single class but maybe scheduling a couple of speakers a month would give students something to look forward to.
The type of speaker that a professor could schedule could correlate to the content that is being covered at that point in time.
Even though it may seem like a difficult thing to do because of COVID regulations, it actually brings more opportunities to be able to invite speakers no matter their location with virtual meetings.
This is definitely something professors should take advantage of as it makes the possibilities of knowledge limitless.
