I would agree. Most student are more likely to participate if there is a hands on activity to go along with the lecture. They tend to be more excited about the career field that they have chosen.. One the biggest problems with incorporating a hands on project with every subject is having the time to thoroughly complete them wihtin a career college because of the overall pace.

 

I would like to add that besides the regular ways of teaching,like a lecture,ppt or just oral presentation there should be ways to grab our students attention,I need to bring in all the diff ways I can in order to capture my students attention,as it becomes boring and students tend to just seem to have ADD!i teach the same subject sometimes  6 hrs/day,if anyone has some new ideas to share please do let me know,for example, if it is an Anatomy and physiology class, and have to cover 3 chapters in 5 hrs!what are the different ways to make this long class interesting as well as giving them all the course objectives  to be covered in that time frame.