For chemistry, my teacher has a PowerPoint she works off, and along with it she hands out a sheet. The ppt is a summarised version of the sheet. And then she tells us to go over the textbook ourselves at home. At the end of each dot-point we do past papers. I make notes during her lectures.
Physics, its mostly him explaining a dot-point, and then he writes up a quick summary on the whiteboard. At the end of each dot-point we have to hand in chapter summary from a textbook.
With society and culture, usually we have class discussion and scenarios. And if we have any trouble, we bring it up with the whole class. If further explanation is needed, we see the teacher at lunch or recess for a one-on-one. I make my own notes during her lectures.
Personally, I prefer the copying out from a board or discussions, just because I learn better wen I write things out. I mean, everything's different for each student.