I believe that a formal college education should last about 2-3 years depending on what you are studying. Medical practices and other occupations that risk other people's lives should be an additional 2 years of training. College education should be of little cost similar to the price of the current CUNY tuition. Everyone should be required to have a proper education so that they are qualified to work. However, if someone is struggling and after two years they don't want to do it anymore, they have the option of dropping out. Schools should be mixed with male and female because it allows for a more diverse learning atmosphere. There are different opinions from each side that can be essential for the learning process. Loans will be granted to the less fortunate.
Students will learn in lecture halls and professors should teach more from their knowledge and less from a textbook. If a professor is just going to read off a textbook, why go to class when we can just read it ourselves at home. There should be interaction with the students making sure everybody is up to date. Classes should be about 1 hour and meet 3 times a week. A student will take about 2 or 3 classes a semester and there will be 2 semesters per year. There will be exams to test the knowledge but it will be on a pass/fail basis. A passing grade would be a 80. Because of this pass/fail system, there will be no GPA.
Students will only be required to take courses that relate to their major. If a student wants to be an Accountant, they will take accounting courses and business related courses for 2 years. Students will also need to take a communication course because proper speech etiquette is important. The tuition only covers the major classes but if one would want to take extra you can pay $100 per extra course that they may be interested in.
I chose to only require Major courses because that is the occupation you are focusing on. A student shouldn't have to take a class they don't want. They should be concerned with only what they are intending on studying on. You don't really need the other courses but its there if you want to take them.
Gargantua Activity: Designing and Ideal Education
Group Activity: Designing the Ideal College Education
In Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, two different types of education are described: the Medieval and the Renaissance (or Humanist). After comparing and contrasting the two different types of education presented, your group will discuss and develop what you believe to be the ideal education for the average college student. Your plan should be appropriate for all majors and fields, so you cannot limit your subjects to one area.
I. Duration and Orientation: Discuss how long a college education should last. Should all people be required to have a college education? Should schools be coed (male and female)? What should the cost of education be, and do you have emendations to make in the current way that financial aid (loans, scholarships, your parents or your checkbook) works?
II. Pedagogy: Before developing your curriculum, be sure to discuss classroom format and the method of teaching and assignments. Will these be distance-learning courses or will students meet in classrooms? How many times weekly? Will there be exams, writing assignments, group activities, grades, etc.? What kind of methods will the ideal teacher be expected to use?
III. Courses: Here are some subjects to consider and help get you started (although these are by no means the only subjects to consider—refer back to Rabelais for additional suggestions). Remember, each subject has its own subsets, some of which I have included below—so list not only subjects, but which specific types of courses, and the number of courses in each section, are to be taken. If you feel that internship and field training are requirements, make sure to list those alongside the appropriate courses.
Math (i.e. Calculus, Logic, Algebra, Geometry); Languages (i.e. Ancient Latin or Greek, Chinese, French); Literature (World Lit—ancient or modern, Lit from different countries, styles: poetry, plays, stories, novels); History (ancient or modern, world or national); Religions; Physical Education; Fine Arts (i.e. painting, sculpture) and Performing Arts (acting, debate); Music; Games and Hobbies; Sciences; Military Preparation and Tactics; Trade School Courses (i.e. nursing, paramedic, mechanic, sanitation); Emergency courses (i.e. CPR, choking); Etiquette (i.e. eating, dancing, speaking, walking, dressing); Technology (computers—graphic design, internet guidance, repairs).
IV. Conclusion: Once you have developed a curriculum, explain why you chose the courses that you did. What does your emphasis on certain courses demonstrate about your approach to success in the modern world? In other words, how will your curriculum better prepare students for success in society than the current curriculum that you are being forced to complete?
In Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, two different types of education are described: the Medieval and the Renaissance (or Humanist). After comparing and contrasting the two different types of education presented, your group will discuss and develop what you believe to be the ideal education for the average college student. Your plan should be appropriate for all majors and fields, so you cannot limit your subjects to one area.
I. Duration and Orientation: Discuss how long a college education should last. Should all people be required to have a college education? Should schools be coed (male and female)? What should the cost of education be, and do you have emendations to make in the current way that financial aid (loans, scholarships, your parents or your checkbook) works?
II. Pedagogy: Before developing your curriculum, be sure to discuss classroom format and the method of teaching and assignments. Will these be distance-learning courses or will students meet in classrooms? How many times weekly? Will there be exams, writing assignments, group activities, grades, etc.? What kind of methods will the ideal teacher be expected to use?
III. Courses: Here are some subjects to consider and help get you started (although these are by no means the only subjects to consider—refer back to Rabelais for additional suggestions). Remember, each subject has its own subsets, some of which I have included below—so list not only subjects, but which specific types of courses, and the number of courses in each section, are to be taken. If you feel that internship and field training are requirements, make sure to list those alongside the appropriate courses.
Math (i.e. Calculus, Logic, Algebra, Geometry); Languages (i.e. Ancient Latin or Greek, Chinese, French); Literature (World Lit—ancient or modern, Lit from different countries, styles: poetry, plays, stories, novels); History (ancient or modern, world or national); Religions; Physical Education; Fine Arts (i.e. painting, sculpture) and Performing Arts (acting, debate); Music; Games and Hobbies; Sciences; Military Preparation and Tactics; Trade School Courses (i.e. nursing, paramedic, mechanic, sanitation); Emergency courses (i.e. CPR, choking); Etiquette (i.e. eating, dancing, speaking, walking, dressing); Technology (computers—graphic design, internet guidance, repairs).
IV. Conclusion: Once you have developed a curriculum, explain why you chose the courses that you did. What does your emphasis on certain courses demonstrate about your approach to success in the modern world? In other words, how will your curriculum better prepare students for success in society than the current curriculum that you are being forced to complete?
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I do agree with you that for those jobs dealing with human’s life, additional training and education should be required. I also find a class more interesting when the professor knows his material. When he likes what he is teaching is so much better and easy for me to understand. If a Prof. is only reading I tend not learn anything and most of the times dropping the class. I think that you are right if we wouldn’t have to have a GPA grade. This only put us to more stress and make it harder to graduate.
"Students will also need to take a communication course because proper speech etiquette is important." What? If you don't know how to communicate than you should take communication courses. It shouldn't be a requirement. I personally am finding the communication course I'm taking to be helpful because of my language barrier but everyone shouldn't be required to take it. Also, if there is no GPA- how does one determine understanding of the studied subject?
I personally do not like when we have classes in lecture halls i believe that students do not get the undivided attention from their teacher...and students are not comfortable to ask question when there are so many people around. Also i defiintely agree with you that teachers should teach more from their knowledge and less from textbooks because it just makes it more interesting. Always putting personal knowledge and stories makes it much more interesting to learn rather than using a textbook.
I agree, I hate it when professors read off a textbook because we can read it ourselves. I think classes should be met 5 times a week for 1 hour a day because usually people forget the subject so easily. I think a 80 passing grade is pretty high. I would've chose something more along the lines of 65-70. It would be ideal if we can pay $100 per course, I think your utopia school is pretty interesting.
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