Obviously the first thing I want to know is
exactly what we're learning and what's this
subject about, the big picture.
I think most of the lectures I went into the
first lecture, they always go through the
unit outline step by step in detail and everyone
gets really bored after 10 minutes and it's
not really helpful.
So I reckon the first thing the lecturer should
tell the students is what is this subject
about, what are we doing here, and secondly,
what are the practical aspect of this subject,
why are we learning it.
When we go into a lecture hall or a tutorial
we first like, from my point of view, I would
first expect that the person on the other
end of teaching would actually tell us what
their expectation is from us.
That's very important because in order to
perform anywhere near good or make sure that
we live up to expectations we need to know
what they are and exactly how we're going
to be assessed and what's the procedures or
how we can contact them.
So I personally think that the most they tell
us about and how, you know, the more frank
they are about the processes that they will
actually have or what their expectations are
the better it is for us so general expectation,
it would be someone who is able to get
everyone's attention, tell them exactly what
they expect and I guess tell them how they
expect to deliver to us what they will deliver
in order for us to deliver back to them, I
guess what we need in order to get good grades.
Well, I expect the lecturer to give a brief
outline of himself or herself in the beginning,
and then go on talking about the unit, give
us some tips about how to get started on studying,
and just to point out some important points
from the unit outline.
I expect that the lecturer or the tutor be
really prepared and know what they're talking
about, and really interested in what they're
going to teach.
I was really scared because I thought as a
student, well I do think it actually is going
to be really hard, so I just expect that they're
really enthusiastic on what they're going
to talk about.
Generally I expect them to tell us everything
about the course.
Most importantly things like a rough idea
of examination dates, subjects, units, topics
that will be covered, things so that we can
get prepared beforehand.
Probably set out our timetable for the full
semester as well.
So time management would totally depend on
what they tell us.
So the more they give us probably the better.
I guess firstly what are the limitations of
the unit or limitations of the textbook, what
are the limitations we face in order to obtain
the resource materials.
If it's a book that they're teaching if it's
not available in the library, like some reference
material, how they can actually put it in
[eReserve] or stuff like that.
My general expectation would be firstly to
get the unit outline, because that gives the
best information about what we need to know
in the unit, the assessment procedures, all
of that kind of stuff.
And for the assessment procedures, actually
knowing how we're being assessed, the weighting
of each task, all of that kind of stuff.
I would also think it would be great if we
could get some kind of context for the unit,
within our whole degree.
So how what we've learned in previous subjects,
revision points from those, and what are the
main points we need to know from those.
Well, my general expectations are that the
lecturers will describe what's to be expected
from this unit.
They will go through some of the experiences
that students have for previous years, and
if there are difficulties and things to watch
out for.
… That's generally the first ‐ yeah, first
one hour of the lecture.
Okay, well tutorials are smaller than the
lectures, so I think they should announce
their name, so that it's more friendly environment
for us to learn.
Then I would need to know how to contact the
lecturers and tutors, because when we have
questions we need to look for them.
That's the most important point I need to
look at.
He [tutor/lecturer] should do a review of
what happened last semester, with some statistics
maybe, seeing how many people failed and passed
and a brief introduction of how we should
go about studying the subject.
I expect an overview of the unit.
Maybe a basic introduction.
An overview of what assessments we're going
to have, whether they're exams or group assignments
or individual assignments.
And that's about it.
I don't expect anything too full‐on in the
first lecture.
