HTAV lectures in Melbourne

[Amnesiac]

So, who went, and did you enjoy yourselfs?
I found them extremely rewarding personally, but i'd be interested to hear everybody elses thoughts.

[polky]

I thought the lectures were pretty bad, I was expecting a lot of information (like an overview of all the important events/concepts for each revolution) but the lecturers just talked about exam technique, which is important I guess, but not really what I expected!  And not worth the money either.

France was really bad, Russian lecturer was more entertaining but I didn't get the feeling of being enlightened

[jfaure]

they were fukn shit
my teacher had alreadii gone through exam techniques .... it shuldve been an overview of da course
thats normally what a REVISION lecture is lol

[Nick]

I went to those lectures last year when I did Revs- they were an absolute disgrace. I learnt nothing. The lecturers dithered and went off on irrelevant tangents. It was a most unhelpful experience.

[Amnesiac]

Yeah i guess i was expecting a summery of key events/concepts as well. However, i did enjoy the hints that they gave for the exam. The Russian lecture was far to large, i couldn't hear myself think in there.

[Nick]

Last year the France lecturer was giving out inaccurate information every second breath and frequently got confused with dates. It was embarrassing lol.

[josh_kriek]

i went to america (ok) and russia (shit)
they should have the top shelf ppl doin those lectures like richard malone or steve thomson, not your average duds

[JL_91]

I think Mr. Malone is very busy at the moment, which is probably why he couldn't do the HTAV lecture..his third child is due very soon (around November 13...exam day lol!!) and he sometimes can't even make it to our classes because he just has so many meetings to deal with (he is Head of Teaching and Learning Years 7-9 at CGS) every day!

I went to the first round of lectures HTAV offered earlier this year, and I found them very interesting. They always provide a nice snapshot of the whole revolution or area of study, but I would not rely on lectures as a key revision tool personally.

[Amnesiac]

Haha very true. I found the Chinese lecturer to be very insightful. However, overall, i was hoping for a rundown of course content, mainly because i hadn't done a lot of revision at that point in time. I have done a lot since then.
Despite Nick's comments, i found the day quite helpful. It is amusing to know that your lecturer confused the dates though, lol. If a student can memorise a handful of important dates you would expect a high level teacher to do the same, haha. How amusing.

[Ashhh]

I didn't find the lectures very helpful at all, I went with my teacher and I was sitting next to her and the lady who spoke for France basically told us what with in the study guide.

My Teacher had shown us a slideshow that she had made herself which had all the same info in it.

I did however find the Russia lecture to be quite helpful.