In Canada and US, students spend 50 to 66% on their major, concentration or specialization. In liberal arts, the percentage will go down to one third. Education is to stimulate the potential of a student, not a one way learning.
This is very common in the Chinese community. Very often when I have a debate with my fellow from the Chinese community, he or she will find information, irrelevant or not, from the internet as support evidence. In logic, we call this appeal to the authority.
There are 3 problems in university education in China:
1. Students are learning, not studying.
2. Student have limited exposure to everything, except the academic work within their specialization.
3. There are too many universities but too few are of acceptable standards.作者: 飞鱼IT 时间: 2007-10-4 14:08
楼上说得有些道理。