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公共课程学分与时间占用太多
首先,中国学生专业课程比较少,体育类等公共课程学分与时间占用太多。我所学专业的公共课程占全课程的30%与学分的30%以上。如果中国学生能把更多时间放到专业课上,效果肯定更好。
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.
老师工作量的增加,导致老师走马观花
中国大学最大的问题,就是从培养型向生产型大学的转变。我参加过的一些班有90多个学生,老师无法因材施教。而国外大学的优势在于所谓的“小组讨论”,教师与10~15个学生进行深入讨论。如果中国要培养出具有创新能力的学生,那么应该招聘更多老师,改善教学质量。
This is the trend every where in the world. Small group happens in graduate school only.
中国大学生综合素质比较低,自主学习精神差
虽然中国人的考试技术闻名世界,但对大学生的长期学习肯定不利。一些高考中拿高分的学生,一句英语都说出不来,还有很多学生一个学期都在玩电脑,只有考试前两周才开始背老师提出的重点,还经常抄网上的文章交作业 ,缺乏主动学习的精神。在上课时看小说、发短信、听音乐或睡觉,也是对老师的不尊重。
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. |
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