BLOG - 5 Changes To My Study Programme
Hello class, this is our fifth entry. This time, we will write about the study programme (career) you are doing at university. Consider the following questions for your post:
- The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
- Workload and length of studies
- Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
- Use of technology
- Teaching methods
Instructions:
Write 200 to 220 words (pay attention to misspellings, grammar errors and vocabulary).
You will also need to write three (3) comments on your classmate’s posts and one (1) on mine (25 words as a minimum). Try to use all the English that you know and what we have learnt in class. DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATOR TO DO YOUR ENTRY. You will have 48 hours to do it.
Do not forget to include some photographs.
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Changes to my study programme
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| Casa central - Universidad de Chile |
This last entry is basically an invitation to you look at your study programme critically. When I say “critically” does not necessarily mean in a critic, acid or negative way. To look, or to observe something in a critical way, in nothing less than to examine accurately, with a sharp investigative eye all the pros and cons. In this line, I can clearly state that the university realm, gives us actually this opportunity; to deepen and face all possible options to reach a final conclusion, which might lead us into a potential truth.
As for college programmes, syllabuses and study agendas, I side what has been proposed by early university founders back early 1300's: “a university is a space to seek for the truth”. Therefore, our curricula should reflect what our society is in need for. A reflection of the requirements our settings are in need of. Thus, I have some apprehensions with some of the subjects sometimes are offered to our students, is no that they are not important or crusial, is simply, they sometimes, seem to be slightly outdated, disconnected or poorly crafted. It also seems, it is merely an unfitted study programme to today's reality.
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| A popular cafeteria at UChile |
In this line, and considering university facilities, for example, these are an important asset when it comes to pick a place to spend the next four or five academic years. Hence, thinking on our university appropriate infrastructures, these would enable students and professor’s in researching, giving and receiving lectures, opening green spaces for relaxation, well implemented and organised cafeteria as well other areas supplying beverages and/or similar. All before mentioned will help the academic environment to be more accessible and friendly.
As for technology and internet, our university is well positioned. Nonetheless, there are several obstacles to be covered. By instance, internet connection or availability is sometimes really weak and almost inaccessible in certain areas of our campuses. This problem is something our academic authorities might have a look into. Some computer labs are extremely out-dated and need a quick update. Again, there are plenty of good assets and resources, but sometimes, technological advancements are faster than our supplies.
Lastly, the different methodologies, styles and approaches when we take up a class, could be very challenging to both students and professors. Current educational trends tend to put a lot of efforts and emphasis on the communicative or the hands-in approach. These are only one aspect how we humans could acquire knowledge, nonetheless, there are not the only ones, there are multiple ways to learn and to be taught. Thus, our university is constantly seeking for new ways to implement subjects and contents, but we do not have to put aside all previous teaching experinces as they have shown that they worked out positively in the past.
for me the university should have the better infrastructure because the truth is that it is poorly implemented and should improve that so that students feel more comfortable in the faculty
ReplyDeleteI think that all you say about the structure is very important to consider at the moment of organize a university, and for me one of the most important things is to have green spaces for relaxation. Furthermore I believe that having a good internet connection is really important in this times. BTW I would like to know what are the subjects that you said that are poorly forged haha.
ReplyDeletein the point of the technology you talked, at today i know another faculties have so advanced supplies like computers of last generation and the university spend a lot of millions on that but makes me a little sad thinking that in our faculty its like if no one really cares of our career and knowledge, ever our motivation to come everyday and have everything we need starting by bigger spaces for having classes or good internet in all the faculty
ReplyDeletethere are so many poorly used or thought out spaces on the faculty, that some students kind of suffer with cluttered, poorly ventilated and poorly equipped classrooms, and some other spaces are not even used at a reasonable capacity. so that is a concern about art's infrastructure, but there are teacher's workshops that are enough to work on what they teach, and other spaces that have the tools to work in different types fo projects. But then again i feel that the infrastructure bent to a symmetrical architectural fetish that I don't know if it actually fit the students needs.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, the technology at the faculty is awful. I study theory of art and all my class are in the underground room, so is terrible when we had to present some explanation and the powerpoint doesn`t open and we have to wait and wait... As well at all the faculty, the internet maybe could be better as all the infrastructure, but the money always go to the engineering faculty >:(
ReplyDeleteeverything you describe in the post seems to me fundamental for good learning! unfortunately our faculty is in deficit, especially with the infrastructural and access issues and it is sad to think that it is such a deep structural problem :(
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of the things in the blog, i think that specially in terms of structure the spaces in this faculty could be so much better and more friendly in terms of inclusive for all the students, the green areas are probably the best but there's a lack of spaces like that in other zones of jgm
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in the apprehensions with some of the subjects sometimes are offered to us, I also think that they seem to be outdated or disconnected. This also happens in schools nowadays and that causes us, as people, to focus on things that are not really that important in real life or in a real work life.
ReplyDeleteI very much agree with what you say in the blog and the comments of my peers. This reminds me that when I applied and entered Visual Arts, just the day before I saw the location of the faculty and when I arrived at Las Encinas I couldn't believe it haha it was so creepy the infrastructure, in 2019 it looked like an abandoned factory.
ReplyDeleteabout the internet connection on campus, that's a mystery to me because there are places where the internet does not reach and also there is no signal even to call, sometimes it seems like a bunker
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