History classes
For the past couple of months I've been participating in private history lessons organized by a historian with almost two decades of teaching experience. The classes are organized as weekend courses, two hours a week, usually Saturday morning, and students can opt to join only for the topics that interest them.
The participants are currently mostly from his network, many of them former students, but the audience is growing: just today the parent of a member of a previous session joined because he saw his son watching it. The group of members (no more than 8, usually) makes the class closer to a "book club", with their comments and questions allowing the professor to explore some points in more detail.
He also organizes longer sessions on topics on demand, which are charged per hour of presentation, essentially private lectures. I've also joined a few and I love the format, but it does involve a bigger time and financial commitment. However, if scheduling allows, it's still 100% worth it.
I'm just writing this because even though adult education, study groups, book clubs and other kinds of self-motivated learning are common enough, I don't feel like I've seen this format discussed around the internet, and it has a lot of potential as a hobby for those who like to learn but would prefer to do it in a more social and dynamic but private setting.
So, if you feel like you'd love to join a study group but don't know how and feel like organizing one yourself could be too difficult, try to reach out to teachers in your community and see if they'd be interested in the challenge.
It's a great experience and I strongly recommend it.
The participants are currently mostly from his network, many of them former students, but the audience is growing: just today the parent of a member of a previous session joined because he saw his son watching it. The group of members (no more than 8, usually) makes the class closer to a "book club", with their comments and questions allowing the professor to explore some points in more detail.
He also organizes longer sessions on topics on demand, which are charged per hour of presentation, essentially private lectures. I've also joined a few and I love the format, but it does involve a bigger time and financial commitment. However, if scheduling allows, it's still 100% worth it.
I'm just writing this because even though adult education, study groups, book clubs and other kinds of self-motivated learning are common enough, I don't feel like I've seen this format discussed around the internet, and it has a lot of potential as a hobby for those who like to learn but would prefer to do it in a more social and dynamic but private setting.
So, if you feel like you'd love to join a study group but don't know how and feel like organizing one yourself could be too difficult, try to reach out to teachers in your community and see if they'd be interested in the challenge.
It's a great experience and I strongly recommend it.
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