"Always keep your eyes open; keep watching, because whatever you see can inspire you"
Grace Coddington
My good old days at the university were also demanding. Both the academic staff and the students claimed for changes to improve education and, like today, there was a feeling of insatisfaction: libraries did not have enough books; the laboratories lacked enough supplies and/or technicians; the classrooms were not as clean as they should be; the materials to work with were expensive; the study programme missed significant subjects; ... Yet, on graduation, we were all proud of the formation received and satisfied for all the accomplishments reached in those good old days.
Time seems to stand still and, although progress has solved many of the problems of the past decades, new demands arise that require major solutions. One issue that usually comes up is the study programme that seems to be always behind the times. Technology provides the tools that make things easier today ...
A few decades ago, internet was a interesting tool with plausible applications in the future; today, we cannot afford living without internet with all its benefits and risks...; robotics and artificial inteligence are increasingly becoming common issues in everyday life. Education has also benefited from technology, mainly internet, which has turned into an important source of information, training, entertaining...Thus, new areas of knowledge and new subjects have been created to fulfill the needs of current times and your career has also been touched by this era of changes: clinical pharmacy, gene therapy, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, ... are just a few of the many new fields created in the last decades that have been included, to a certain degree, in your study programme.
In my good old days at the university, my classmates and I also thought that the study programme should have had significant changes to improve our education... What about you?
In my good old days at the university, my classmates and I also thought that the study programme should have had significant changes to improve our education... What about you?
Now, it's your turn
Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)
Among others, think about:
- The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
- Workload and length of studies
- Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
- Use of technology
- Teaching methods
- Word Count: 250
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ and the teacher's posts.
I would leave my study programme as such
ReplyDeleteHi Francisco,
DeleteNice to know... You are starting, maybe in the future you'll have a different opinion.
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I think everyone has something that they don't like of their careers
ReplyDeleteHi Karina,
DeleteThat's usually so... I agree with you.
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Great :3
ReplyDeleteHi Thomas,
DeleteNice to know...
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i think it was a lot harder study some years ago because internet didnt exist
ReplyDeleteHi Luis,
DeleteToday getting the information is easier..., but learning is a demanding process that takes time today and in the past.
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I think education will change every day because of technology
ReplyDeleteHi Tomás,
DeleteLife is always changing, demanding adapting ourselves to new situations.
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The world has change
ReplyDeleteHi Sebastián,
DeleteThe world is changing constantly... and we, too.
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I wouldn't like to change that much my programme :(
ReplyDeleteHi Macarena,
DeleteNice to know..., but you are a fresher, right now...You might have a different view in a few years time.
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I think improving the study programme is very important for any career
ReplyDeleteHi Joaquín,
DeleteI quite agree with you... the point is making right changes...
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I think studying with technology is easier than some years ago
ReplyDeleteHi Camila,
DeleteGetting the info is much easier today that long ago... It was commonplace to go the libraries to find adequate books... now you use the internet... But there were advantages in the learning process done in the past too...!
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That felling when you finish your studies must be amazing!!
ReplyDeleteHi Vicente,
DeleteIt's great to finish your studies and get your diploma(s)...
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Actually internet helps a lot to all of us, and it is very important for us
ReplyDeleteHi Carla,
DeleteNowadays, it's hard to think of living without internet... Yet, there was a time when we lived without computers and we were also happy...
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