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本帖最后由 小肯0113 于 2010-5-13 22:16 编辑
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论点提纲
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部分同意这个观点,理由:
1、其好处在于可以帮助教授更好的理解学科领域。如心理学如果有社会学的帮助能更好理解社会现象等。交叉领域的研究是学术研究的下一个方向,比如社会心理学的广泛应用。
2、但浪费教授在本学科研究的时间,反而降低质量,大学教授更多需要的是specialist,可以作为鼓励,但不应作requirement。
同时学生在选择老师时也有不同的考虑。
3、可以增加课堂讨论,鼓励学生独立、全面思考,教授的任务是启发学生进行多角度思考而非教给他们现成的答案。
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I partially agree with the claim thatcollege or university faculty need to work on those relevant area other thanhis/her academic world. It is necessary for everyone to have some “newexperiences”, but we need to think about under which circumstances those “newthings” will benefit us, same as university professors.
It is obvious that professors willbenefit from study out of their own field. For instance, a psychologist dealwith people’s behavior and thought, with the support of socialist, he/she canhave a better understanding of behavior of individual that surrounded bystrangers. In a related world, nothing is isolated, obtaining relations betweendifferent phenomenon and predict the outcome of a decision are the essence ofacademic study. Professors can’t avoid dealing with the complicated phenomenonor social fact. It is necessary for them to know other world and take it aspreparation for their own study. Not only having more knowledge helpsprofessors to obtain a better understanding of the area they are studying butalso leading them to the interdisciplinary study. With the development ofacademic research in single discipline in last a few decades, research areabecomes more and more narrow, and interdisciplinary study will be the trend ofnext a few decades. Like Ruth Duncan said, “bring together theinterdisciplinary components and getting them working truly in collaboration isa key challenge.” In order to catch up this train of interdisciplinary study,professors should have a broader mind and a broader scope of knowledge. Think different,do different. Social Psychology, as the branch of Sociology and Psychology, hasbeen extensively used in media, crime, politic science and other areas todetermine people’s behavior and its impact. The only way to keep theirmotivation of academic research is to let them know more. From this point, therequirement is acceptable for faculties in college or university.
However, I believe that it is better toencourage faculties to study other area than requiring them to do so. Somepeople may be defended by “requiring” things especially specialists. They arewell-educated, and have their own plan of what they want to do. Some want tofocus on their own area, and work hard, try to deepen the understanding. Weshould respect their decision as specialists and individual. And also, time islimited. We can’t “require” professors spend 24 hours on teaching, studyingtheir own area and reading science journals of the related subjects. They mayknow fewer but know the information better. Meanwhile, students will chooseprofessors by taking different classes. Some students want a solid singlesubject background to support his/her study. Options and competitions exists atthe same time, and people will choose their own way, as students or professors.
Some people take professors as edifiers,not to tell students the answer but leading them finding the answer. There arelots of methods to achieve this goal, like encouraging discussion, giving themhomework, or cultivating independent thinking ability. I had a class called “Mediaand Society”. We don’t have textbook and exams on the class, but we need towrite opinion paper independently and work on a group project of the topic wechoose. The professor said, it’s more important for students to know why thanwhat, think than memorize. As long as the idea of knowing things in differentway exists in one’s mind, he/she not necessary to perceive new thing bythemselves. I think it is more effective that professors obtain an open mindand inspire students to do research and discover the answers.
To sum up, universities can encourage ormotivate faculties to spend time working on relevant subject. Just don’t use itas a requirement. Let faculties grasp the initiative of their own career, andlet students to choose what kind of professor they want.
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Revised By nanfeng25899
Ipartially agree with the claim that college or university faculty need to workon those relevant area other than his/her academic world. It is necessary foreveryone to have some “new experiences”, but we need to think about under whichcircumstances those “new things” will benefit us, same as universityprofessors.
It is obvious that professors will benefit from study out of their own field.For instance, a psychologist deal 【deals】with people’s behavior and thought, with thesupport of socialist, he/she can have a betterunderstanding of behavior of individual that surrounded by strangers. 【没连词】In a related world【有点别扭,改成in the interdependentworld会不会好一点?】, nothing is isolated, obtainingrelations between different phenomenon and predict【predicting】 the outcome of a decision are the essence ofacademic study【没有连词】.Professors can’t avoid dealing with the complicated phenomenon or social fact.It is necessary for them to know other world and take it as preparation fortheir own study. Not only【前置倒装】 having more knowledge helpsprofessors to obtain a better understanding of the area they are studying butalso leading them to the interdisciplinary study. With the development ofacademic research in single discipline in last a few decades, research areabecomes more and more narrow, and interdisciplinary study will be the trend ofnext a few decades. Like Ruth Duncan said, “bring together the interdisciplinarycomponents and getting them working truly in collaboration is a key challenge.”In order to catch up this train of interdisciplinarystudy, professors should have a broader mind and a broader scope of knowledge. Thinkdifferent, do different. Social Psychology, as the branch of Sociology and Psychology,has been extensively used in media, crime, politic science and other areas todetermine people’s behavior and its impact. The only way to keep theirmotivation of academic research is to let them know more. From this point, therequirement is acceptable for faculties in college or university.
However, I believe that it is better to encourage faculties to study other areathan requiring them to do so. Somepeople may be defended by “requiring” thingsespecially specialists. They are well-educated, and have their own plan of whatthey want to do. Some want to focus on their own area, and work hard, try todeepen the understanding. We should respect their decision as specialists andindividual. And also, time is limited. We can’t “require” professors spend 24hours on teaching, studying their own area and reading science journals of therelated subjects. They may know fewer but know the information better.Meanwhile, students will choose professors by taking different classes. Somestudents want a solid single subject background to support his/her study.Options and competitions exists【exist】 at the same time, and people will choosetheir own way, as students or professors.
Some people take professors as edifiers【?】, not to tell students the answer but leadingthem finding the answer. There are lots of methods to achieve this goal, likeencouraging discussion, giving them homework, or cultivating independentthinking ability. I had a class called “Media and Society”. We don’t havetextbook and exams on the class, but we need to write opinion paperindependently and work on a group project of the topic we choose. The professor said, it’s more important for students toknow why than what, think than memorize. As long as the idea of knowingthings in different way exists in one’s mind, he/shenot necessary to perceive new thing by themselves.【语法有点问题,而且有点费解】 I think it is moreeffective that professors obtain an open mind and inspire students to doresearch and discover the answers. 【这句话感觉和这段的主题不太协调,而且又没说完的感觉】
To sum up,universities can encourage or motivate faculties to spend time working onrelevant subject. Just don’t use it as a requirement. Let faculties grasp theinitiative of their own career, and let students to choose what kind ofprofessor they want.
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