Asking university students to participate in courses outside their field of study. At the first glance it sounds like a very productive and encouraging plan. But we need to take a look at it with different perspectives to be able to evaluate all its impacts.
When we talk about university students, we can classify them in various groups based on different factors. For instance the reason they joined academia, not everyboyd enter college for the same reason. In a same classroom u might encounter students with a wide range of interests, eventhough they are all in the same class attending the same courses, but each one of them can have their own reasons for that and not all of them necessarily expecting the same prospects for themselves.
In a typical group of students, there are always a group which are extremely passionate about the field of their study; This group tend to have a life-long intention of joining academia in a specific field of study. These students usually tend to show some sort of a bias towards their field of study. We all probably have encountered those groups of senior students who get into a defensive state and show a sense of rivalry towards students from other majors. Most of these students often think of their field as the most important one and some of them might bellitle what other students do in other disciplines.
If universities are about to ask their students to tend courses besides their own, this group of students should be treated with precaution. Giving them a better understanding of the bigger picture and elaborating about the philosophy of knowledge and how it is constructed so far might be a good start to help them get rid of their biases that might prevent them from utilizing the offered courses at its best. If theses student be put in another class without the mentioned preparation they might be very unhappy and nuesance for the lecturer; And this is not something anybody wants including the lecturer and other students who are there to gain something.
Back to our classification of students, there are also another set of students with the same passion but without that bias of self-importance. These group of students have a proclivity to interdisciplinary topics and are eager to science and they respect acamedics in all range of topics and subjects. If universities supposeed to require their students to attend some other classes outside their own faculty, this group of students probably will be the most satisfied group and will take advantage of this plan to the fullest.
After these two group of academia enthusiasts, there is also a range of students that are there simply because of the social norms or just simply because their parents asked them to. Students belonging to this category share some sort of an indifference towards whats happening in the classroom, that group of students who are always waiting for the session to be over since the first minute. When it comes to forcing students to be in classes in new subjects, these group of student might resist at first and look for ways to circumnavigate this situation or just take it as another norm that they tend to obey and just be in the new classes with the same indifference and will be the same lethargic and bored member of the class again.
Besides all these categorizations, the idea that students should participate in courses besides their own is a useful one, mostly because in past few decades a certain trend can be traced that most of the faculties and most of the academic institutions are moving toward an interdisciplinary approach. But noticing this fact is seemingly vital that forcing a group of people such as students might not always goes as planned, and giving them a grasp of this bigger picture about joint academia might be a good start. And to prevent the adverse effect of ''you HAVE to" pursue these courses, we can replace it with you "CAN" attend these courses and whoever who does that or come up with an interdisciplinary project can get some extra points.
Asking
university
students
to participate in
courses
outside their
field
of
study
. At the
first
glance it sounds like a
very
productive and encouraging plan.
But
we need to take a look at it with
different
perspectives to be able to evaluate all its impacts.
When we talk about
university
students
, we can classify them in various
groups
based on
different
factors.
For instance
the reason they
joined
academia, not
everyboyd
enter college for the same reason. In a same classroom u
might
encounter
students
with a wide range of interests,
eventhough
they are all in the same
class
attending the same
courses
,
but
each one of them can have their
own
reasons for that and not all of them
necessarily
expecting the same prospects for themselves.
In a typical
group
of
students
, there are always a
group
which are
extremely
passionate about the
field
of their
study
; This
group
tend
to have a life-long intention of joining academia in a specific
field
of
study
. These
students
usually
tend
to
show
some
sort of a
bias towards their
field
of
study
. We all
probably
have encountered those
groups
of senior
students
who
get
into a defensive state and
show
a sense of rivalry towards
students
from
other
majors. Most of these
students
often
think
of their
field
as the most
important
one and
some
of them
might
bellitle
what
other
students
do in
other
disciplines.
If
universities
are about to ask their
students
to
tend
courses
besides
their
own
, this
group
of
students
should
be treated
with precaution. Giving them a better understanding of the bigger picture and elaborating about the philosophy of knowledge and how it
is constructed
so
far
might
be a
good
start
to
help
them
get
rid of their biases that
might
prevent
them from utilizing the offered
courses
at its best. If
theses
student
be put
in another
class
without the mentioned preparation they
might
be
very
unhappy and
nuesance
for the lecturer; And this is not something anybody wants including the lecturer and
other
students
who
are there to gain something.
Back to our classification of
students
, there are
also
another set of
students
with the same passion
but
without that bias of self-importance. These
group
of
students
have a proclivity to interdisciplinary topics and are eager to
science and
they respect
acamedics
in all range of topics and subjects. If
universities
supposeed
to require their
students
to attend
some
other
classes
outside their
own
faculty, this
group
of
students
probably
will be the most satisfied
group
and will take advantage of this plan to the fullest.
After these two
group
of academia enthusiasts, there is
also
a range of
students
that are there
simply
because
of the social norms or
just
simply
because
their parents asked them to.
Students
belonging to this category share
some
sort of an
indifference towards
whats
happening in the classroom, that
group
of
students
who
are always waiting for the session to be over since the
first
minute. When it
comes
to forcing
students
to be in
classes
in new subjects, these
group
of
student
might
resist at
first
and look for ways to circumnavigate this situation or
just
take it as another norm that they
tend
to obey and
just
be in the new
classes
with the same indifference and will be the same lethargic and bored member of the
class
again.
Besides
all these categorizations, the
idea
that
students
should participate in
courses
besides
their
own
is a useful one,
mostly
because
in past few decades a certain trend can
be traced
that most of the faculties and most of the academic institutions are moving toward an interdisciplinary approach.
But
noticing this fact is
seemingly
vital that forcing a
group
of
people
such as
students
might
not always goes as planned, and giving them a grasp of this bigger picture about joint academia
might
be a
good
start
. And to
prevent
the adverse effect of ''you
HAVE to
"
pursue these
courses
, we can replace it with you
"
CAN
"
attend these
courses
and whoever
who
does that or
come
up with an interdisciplinary project can
get
some
extra points.