大概的翻译: 他是“退休的人文学科教授,在一所大型公立大学任教。 我希望向那些认为小班授课很重要的人表达我的声音。 我曾为 300 多名大课新生讲过课,并为 10-12 小班新生上过课。 两者都可行。
但是我认为,本科生拥有大量由全职教师而不是研究生助教或兼职教授的小额招生课程是非常重要的。 有两个原因。
1) 经验丰富、深入参与学术研究的教师能够在小班教学中,最好地、最经常地传达学习的兴奋感。 2)其次,尤其是在小班教学中,学生之间更容易互相学习。
我深感遗憾的是,由于大型公立大学资金不足,尤其是在红色州,大学越来越依赖研究生和兼职人员来教授本科生。”
“Retired humanities professor who taught at a large public university here. I wish to add my voice to those who write that small class size matters. I have lectured to 300 plus and taught seminars of 10 to 12 freshmen. Both can work. But I believe that it is very important that undergraduates have a good number of small enrollment classes taught by full-time faculty, not graduate student teaching assistants or adjuncts. For two reasons. Experienced faculty deeply involved in scholarship can and will communicate the thrill of learning best and most often in small classes. Second, students learn from each other especially in small classes. I deeply regret that because large public universities are inadequately funded, especially in red states, universities increasingly rely on graduate students and adjuncts to teach undergraduates.”