issue50 divine第六篇 修改版

DivineUID: 2650173

使劲地改了半个小时..恳请大家再次指教

TOPIC: ISSUE50 - "In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach."

How can we improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level? It remains to be a crucial problem of our society.
In my view, it is reasonable to suggest that some members of the faculty spend time working in professions relevant to the courses
they teach. However, the scope of its applicability is limited. Moreover, it is not sufficient to solve the problem.


Admittedly, it is beneficient indeed for  instructors and professors to work outside college and university in order to improve their
teaching, in cases where their majors are
changing rapidly. For the reason that working outside offers them a chance to catch up with the new developments and discoveries
of their
subjects, which are good resources in class.  The above argument applies best to subjects such as media, arts and global politics, in
which what seems true today may turn out to be false tomorrow. Thus only through adapting current trends to teaching can
professors in these subjects really give their students some fresh knowledge and values of time instead of banal ones from textbooks.


However, it's not advisable for all faculty, to work outside in some relevant professions unconditionally. Some majors in college are
theoretical, which means they are based on critical thinking and imagination rather than experiments and applications, are not in
direct contact to daily life. Pure mathematics, mechanics and philosophy are representatives of this kind of subject. It is obvious
that for professors in these subjects, their best choice is to stick to their own jobs. Also, some disciplines have been fully developed
and they change very little in many years, making the suggestion inadequate. Ancient language is a
example of well-established discipline. Professors giving course on it should turn to books rather than outside world for an
improvement in teaching quality.


What's more, realizing that working outside occupies much time and energy, it is wise to weigh its benifits together with its costs
and consider some alternative options. Perhaps after a reconsideration we'll find it better for professors to spend their time to do
research, or to hold a better communication with students who play a significant role in class. Faculty who whats to make their
instruction more welcome and effective ought to work on their communication abilities and teaching skills. Most often it is not
how much one has but how much he conveys that matters. For example, a physics teacher who uses excellent experiments to
illustrate his ideas is certainly more welcome than the other one who merely sticks to the textbook all the time. And students may
learn more from the former. In a word, to improve the quality of instruction, professors need to strengthen their communication
abilities and teaching skills as well as obtain new knowledge.


In short, working outside to gain moreknowledge is a good way for college and university faculty to make their lessons better. But
its expense should be considered carefully by taking other factors into accout. After all, quality of education would be improved
only when students as well as instrctors are all doing their jobs and  have a good communication.

DidasWUID: 2666962

这次我个人是感觉没什么好改了，你已经把自己思路说的很清楚了。