Just seen a “situation report Tsinghua University Undergraduate Education 2009″, several of which figure in particular need attention. The survey report is completed school education Institute discussion group, and its frame of reference is the top U.S. research universities. Although concerned only with the Tsinghua University, undergraduate university students in the United States similar comparison, but also in terms of the National University of reference and reference.
Discussion group used the survey tool, “U.S. college students to learn of the investigation into” the finished version of the questionnaire. The original questionnaire consists of five institutions can be compared across indicators, including the level of active collaborative learning, student-teacher interaction indicators. Said the top U.S. research universities, is organized by the University of the United States has the most prominent features of research functions of universities.
Survey, Tsinghua University, whether junior or senior students in the student-teacher interaction indices are significantly different with American college students. Analysis of both student-teacher interaction model, the investigators believe that there are two different indicators of concern. One teacher behavior on student learning and timely feedback; two teachers, the students guide future career plans.
27.1% of the Tsinghua University student self-reported that their academic performance has never been any teacher feedback, and similar institutions have this view of American students was 7.1%; 44 / 3% of the Tsinghua University student said no and any teachers discussed their future career ideas, and similar institutions like the United States accounted for 20% of the students.
Tsinghua students and American students in the classroom learning behavior is very great. Tsinghua students in courses on self-reported never to speak or participate in the discussions were 33.6%, only 5% of U.S. college students. Nearly 60% of U.S. college students self-reporting “often” or “very often” questions or participate in the discussion, and this proportion was only 12.3% in Tsinghua. This difference is more prominent in high-performance grades.
Students learning performance has not been timely feedback of teachers, this phenomenon exists. The reasons are the reasons for teachers, but also the reasons for the students. Some courses are a large class, a teacher is difficult to 11 pairs of students to make timely performance feedback. Class, the students also lack the stability of arbitrary large, not too easy to get the teacher’s feedback. Of course, does not rule out individual teachers focus only on teaching, not pay attention to the students to accept the situation. Some students and teachers have less communication.
According to my experience, to speak less in class, do not participate in the discussions is a large number, probably more than one third. This is of course not enough reasons to guide teachers, students also have their own reasons. One of our students told me that his teacher focus on how to guide students to “think”, while the mainland is like the teacher told him how “to do.”
One-way transmission mode, two-way interaction, which interaction model relatively better than the spread. Because they can spread both to mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity. But our class, the teacher always speaks much less time for students to stay too. Even if teachers want students to speak, to discuss them is not easy to do. Many of the students in class whispering, so endless, but let him no word of their statements. Because, simply heard inside. Our teaching, not to encourage students to express their views. In many cases, are the teacher, we listen. Teacher spoke parched mind thinking about the students do not know.
The composition of the University is building, trees, atmosphere and master. Master of which is particularly important. But the master is bigger, and students have access, interactive Caixing. Master not only in his own studio, their own study, where students have to enter the middle. The students can not only master arm’s length. Only frequently ask questions to the Master, to talk about issues, to deepen understanding of the issues in order to learn the true meaning. One might say that the current master of too little, but the three lines must be my teacher. Moreover, most teachers have learned to specialize, some expertise, and they often interact, will be earnings. Teachers and students should try to create the conditions for multi-contact multi-interactions, increase understanding of the interaction, demonstrate their academic, emotional communication in order to better impart knowledge and nurture talent.
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