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issue 94 第二周的作业
94"Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study because acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the best way to become truly educated."
Syllabus:
论点:真正的教育在于以学生的个人需求和兴趣为出发点,培养健全的人格,世界观,价值观,生存技能,发展技能,掌握多个领域的知识是好事情,但是并非总是必须的
分论点1:真正的教育是……培养这样的人才需要多方面的知识
人格的养成,世界观,价值观的形成----哲学,人文,社会学
生存技能,发展技能-----nature science
分论点2:掌握多方面的知识是学好专业的要求
交叉
分论点3:学习过多的科目会分散注意力,泛而不精
My article:
Heated debate on the best way of true education has been argued between educators and sociologists. One element of this issue is whether college students should be required to take a variety of courses outside their major. In my perspective, taking into account of the purpose of education, mastering knowledge of various academic disciplines is definitely an effective way in enhancing an individual’s competitive ability, however, it should not be a must for every student.
To analyze this issue more sufficiently, it is necessary to clarify the purpose of true education. True education, based on individual needs and interests, has the function of helping students form proper outlook of world and life, developing a sound mind and personality, imparting indispensable skills on living and growing. Consequently, cultivating such citizens calls for knowledge of various types. For example, to form a proper character or outlook of world and life, one needs to absorb knowledge such as philosophy, literature, humanity, sociology. Philosophy helps to get a deeper understanding of world, spirit, material and so forth; literature and humanity provide remarkable qualities which have been tested for years; sociology is conducive to exhibit what kinds of society we have. All of these are crucial elements for a person to develop his or her own character and outlook. On the one hand, nature science outfits an individual with practical theories, skills as well as techniques. In brief, cultivating a sound person require for a multiplicity of knowledge.
Moreover, in order to be proficient in personal major, one also needs to grip knowledge of different sorts. An overwhelming current of contemporary science is that interdisciplinary communication has been occupying more and more portions. Such as biochemist, physical chemistry, study of biological information, these are all new disciplines due to the crossing between at least two subjects. Furthermore, a certain subject has its own theories while other ones might provide effective techniques to it. Therefore , universities should require students to take many other subjects outside of their major. For instance, a biology major should be required to take chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science since he or she will surely solve biological problems with the help of such subjects. To be specific, a biology major might use mathematical model to analyze ecology problem which requires to master both mathematic and computer science knowledge. He or she will also turn to chemical methods to study a certain phenomenon in life cycle as well as explain some nature rules by physics opinion. Acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is a valid method to improve a person’s professional accomplishments.
Admittedly, over emphasis on taking a variety of disciplines will occupy too much of a person’s time. Everyone should learn to allot time to each subject in a scientific way. Imagine that a student major in literature elects too many courses on nature science, what will happen next? As an arts student, he or she is only required to understand the fundamental theories of nature science, study too deep in nature science helps little to his or her major, moreover, it is highly possible that he or she must spend plenty of time to understand the complicated theories. Thus, the wise method is to select cautiously about what optional courses to be taken.
To sum up, university should adopt an elastic system of taking optional courses. Every student needs to select some disciplines of other subjects ,however, there is no need to require every one to take too many of them. |
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