- 最后登录
- 2013-3-19
- 在线时间
- 338 小时
- 寄托币
- 211
- 声望
- 2
- 注册时间
- 2007-8-12
- 阅读权限
- 15
- 帖子
- 2
- 精华
- 0
- 积分
- 233
- UID
- 2380569
- 声望
- 2
- 寄托币
- 211
- 注册时间
- 2007-8-12
- 精华
- 0
- 帖子
- 2
|
本帖最后由 gfxhsj 于 2009-8-12 20:15 编辑
TOPIC: ISSUE42 - "Because learning is not a solitary activity but one that requires collaboration among people, students of all ages will benefit academically if they work frequently in groups."
In this issue, the author considers learning as an activity involved collaboration among people, and asserts that through working frequently in groups students of all ages can benefit academically. In my opinion, I share a different idea with the author. Learning as a solitary work should be combined with collaboration among others. In the other hand, working in groups is advocated, but it is not always the case.
To a certain degree, learning is a personal affair regarded as a solitary activity. As far as we can see, a great amount of acknowledge we acquire every day is the result of self-learning. With self-learning, we can get a soundly foundational knowledge at least. For instance, why Albert Einstein can work out a great many of classical theories and papers all by himself? There is no doubt that he is talented enough to attain the goal. But if without a solitary study beginning at an earlier age while just depending on his gifted talent, will he have achieved the same success as that of today? The answer is definitely not. Seen from Einstein, the solitary learning is that vital for one's career. But in fact, we are not that talented like Einstein. It is not perfect for us with only self-learning in the life-long study. So as to improve our abilities in different aspects, learning from others is supposed to be a good way. Also, the precondition lies in that we should have ideas of our own, otherwise, we will be led by the nose.
Even though solitary learning lies there, however, an environment of study is still needed. It is quite common to see collaboration among people nowadays, especially in the learning field of students. Let say, so many kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, college schools have been built in order to serve our study. Does it make no sense to students’ learning? From the beginning of kindergartens, we start to learn how to share toys with others and ask someone to teach us how to stack building blocks. As we grow up gradually, confront a great many problems that we can’t tackle with. We instinctively seek for helps as well as offer helps. Likewise learn from each other, while we work as a team to settle down the same matter. Finally, we gain a lot in these processes, such as communication skills, working abilities, and the like. With no doubts, the environment of collaboration really makes sense in our life.
Moreover, the case that students of all ages frequently work in groups is probably not what we are willing to see. What does “work” mean in this sentence? Play, study or actually work? Or include all of them. As far as I am concerned, I prefer the later explanation as it can contain all the stuffs that students do. However, students of different ages and conditions have miscellaneous ideas and works to do. Here is a simple example. A student dislikes playing basketball but prefers to play piano. But too many team works like playing basketball distract him from piano. Obviously, proper team work can enlighten students’ life while too much will give rise to their burden of study. Sometimes, it is education, itself, that stresses too much emphasis on team work, and spares not enough individual space for students, not to mention a positive effect on students’ academic learning.
In sum, students of every stage have different missions, which really enrich their life and make no sense to restrict what they ought to do and other else. What we should do is provide them with enough space. |
|