This depends heavily on the country's educational system. I have gone through most of my middle-school and some high-school in Italy, and after that completed

This depends heavily on the country's educational system. I have gone through most of my middle-school and some high-school in Italy, and after that completed high-school in Moldova. Classes in Moldova were exactly how you described, and I hated it, while in Italy it was exactly the opposite. Having the teacher explaining and expanding on the content in the course books while students take their own personalized notes is much more efficient and productive.