An associate professor from Kansas State University, the USA, Jonathan Mahoney delivered his lectures at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University from the 12^th of May till the 26th of May 2014. Also he conducted laboratory practicals on the program «Journalism and Democracy» and «Western higher education». Dr. Mahoney specializes in political philosophy. His representative publications are “Democratic Equality and Corporate Political Speech; “Justice in Education and Religious Freedom” ; “Democracy and Religious Freedom,”; “A Democratic Equality Approach to Religious Exemptions” ,”Secularism, Equality and Political Legitimacy”, “Pragmatism and Human Rights,” “Human Rights and the Moral Basis of Liberalism”.  Both teachers and the second, third year students of the Faculty of Journalism attended his lectures.

During his prelections Jonathan Mahoney introduced general and major characteristics of a good lecturer, such as presenting the material in a clear, obvious, precise, rational and coherent sequence; making the material accessible and procurable, comprehensible and luminous, relevant and meaningful; covering the subject matter sufficiently; pacing the lecture properly; illustrating the practical applications of the theory given; show impetuosity for the subject; generating interest about lecture material early in the lecture. Lectures are probably the first-rate teaching method in many circumstances and for many apprentices; eminently for communicating theoretic, conceptual knowledge, and where there is a significant and serious knowledge gap between lecturer and listeners. Positively, Jonathan Mahoney’s lectures can impart much.

 Zhaparova A.Zh.