That is pretty much the US experience also, most of grade and high school was spent copying information from projector slides onto paper. Guess it is an easy way to fill time, read everything off sentence by sentence, wait for everyone to stop writing, cover the sentences not being read so people who fall behind can’t catch up, and speed writers can’t get ahead.
I’m very envious of my son, in his classes they distribute the materials via Google drive and spend the class time in discussion and working out problems.
Is it though? I've heard very often that lecturing in this fashion is the most inefficient way of transmitting information from a slide onto a notebook without being understood by anyone writing it. If you're processing what you're seeing and summarizing then maybe that works but I think what worked best for me was always asking questions about the material.
I’m very envious of my son, in his classes they distribute the materials via Google drive and spend the class time in discussion and working out problems.