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发表于 2011-9-6 23:24:19
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The best teachers are those whose classes include a large amount of discussion between teachers and students. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
The format of classes and the extent to which they should include interaction between teachers and students is a much debated issue, and both parties undoubtedly have valid arguments for or against such interactions. On balance however, I believe that the amount of desired interaction very much depends on the nature of the topic teached as well as on the level of students. I will rely on my own experience to explain my position further.
During my first years of education, the teaching methods used were primarily relying on unidirectional communication, from the teacher to the students. In general, I thought this was appropriate, because we had so much to learn, and the topics covered were not very controversial. I do not immediately see the benefits of a teacher discussing with students about grammar or basic mathematics: these are just topics which need to be learnt by the student, no matter what his personal beliefs are.
However, as years went by, students grew and evolved, which means that they were increasingly able contribute to a debate with arguments based on their own experience and feelings. Simultaneously, topics covered by the teachers became more controversial; for example, history is a matter which can be debated amongst students, and I firmly believe that such a debate can foster the interest of students for the topics covered. Nevertheless, in the Belgian educational system, even in high school, debate between students and teachers was not encouraged. As far as I am concerned, I believe this is a major weakness of the system.
Furthermore, it goes without saying that what is stated above is even more valid when it comes to college education. However, the Belgian system, again, does not encourage interaction between students and teachers, even in undergraduate programsn when problems discussed in class become of an increasingly complex nature. Therefore, I truly believe that we should have had more opportunities to discuss the content of lectures with professors. This would have made those classes more lively and would certainly have encouraged students to learn more on their own about the subjects which they found most interesting.
All in all, as stated above, I think that there is not one single truth when it comes to teaching methods and to the level of desired interaction between students and teachers. In certain cases, interaction might be counterproductive; moreover, it might give young children the feeling that everything is open to debate, whereas I think that education should also give children a glimpse of what authority is. However, when it comes to educating young adults on very specialized topics, I think that class discussion should be encouraged in order to improve the students’ critical reasoning skills as well as the interest of the students for the topic covered. Both students and teachers would benefit from such an approach. |
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