1、Attend Your Classes RegularlyNowadays it is a very common phenomenon that some university students are late for or even absent from classes. And still there are some students who slip out of the classroom before the class is over. Class attendance has become a thorny problem to both the students and
2、 teachers.In fact, it is very important for the students to attend their classes regularly. First, it will ensure you to catch up with the teachers in your learning. That is very helpful to you if you want to do a good job in your study. Second, attending classes regularly is a way of showing respec
3、t to your teachers ,too. Your teachers will feel bad if the students do not attend their classes, which, in turn, will affect their teaching and be no good for the students. Third, attending classes regularly will help to form a good habit of punctuality, which is of great importance for the student
4、s to do a good job in the future.Therefore, we university students should form the good habit of attending our classes regularly from now on. And some day well benefit from it.Why Students Dont Attend ClassStudents General Attitudes about Attending LecturesWe found that students attitudes toward lec
5、tures vary widely, from “I never miss them” to “theyre worthless,” with most responses falling somewhere in between. Most students reported they try to attend lectures, and usually do, missing them from time to time as the result of academic, extracurricular, or personal conflicts. Whether the stude
6、nts expect to learn from the lecture If students do not expect to learn from lectures, they are less likely to attend. “The absolute most important thing,” according to one student, “is if I feel that I am learning something in the class.” A second student echoed this opinion, adding, “If Im not lea
7、rning, why go?” The difficulty of the class and the material Students say that if they dont find the material challenging or if they are doing well in the class, they may decide to allot time they would otherwise spend on the class including attending lectures to classes they find more challenging,
8、especially at the busiest and most pressure-filled times of the semester. How the lectures relate to psets and tests Students felt that the lectures should be aligned with what appears in the homework and on tests. As one student put it, “Having the lectures directly relate to the problem sets and t
9、est materials is probably the most motivating factor in going to lecture. Because that way, what is said in class can be processed in doing the problem sets and I can see that they are both useful and applicable.” How interested the students are in the subject matter Not surprisingly, students are m
10、ore likely to attend classes they find interesting. At first glance, this may appear to be beyond the professors control, but at least one student would disagree: “What matters most for me is how much I like the class. Sometimes a class is good because it is simply an interesting topic. However, an
11、otherwise boring subject can become an interesting class if the lecturer is able to present the course material in such a clear and cogent manner that students cannot help finding it interesting. Generally I have found that if a lecturer genuinely finds the material he/she is teaching interesting, a
12、nd he/she is able to connect with students through lectures (present material in a way that makes sense), then he/she doesnt have trouble making the material interesting for students.“Recommendations for Ensuring High Attendance RatesA number of students offered observations on how professors can en
13、sure high attendance rates. Some of those methods pop quizzes, taking attendance, and giving away test questions in class force students to attend. Students referred to these methods as “cheap” and “mean,” the implication being that a professor using them might achieve high attendance rates, but wou
14、ld not be earning them. Other methods, they said, make the students want to attend. How can a professor do this? The easy answer is to say that he or she should lecture well and clearly, use relevant examples, engage the students, schedule classes in the afternoon, use a lot of demos, and align the
15、lectures with the psets and tests. This is sound advice as far as it goes, but is of only limited usefulness, since it does not suggest how these things can be done. Fortunately, some of the same students who provided the other insights in this article also offered specific advice on how to give gre
16、at lectures. Their suggestions include:In todays fast paced world, excellence is defined not in terms of a singular domain, but in terms of multifarious knowledge. Part time education, due to its flexibility, makes it possible to acquire insight into a wide array of subjects, sometimes totally diver
17、gent, at the same time, leading to the growth of a wholesome personality. More importantly, for those who seek to study further, and yet find it difficult to do the same due to lack of time, economic constraints and resources, part time education is a blessing. Part-time education is a perfect synth
18、esis between campus education and distance education. In this education there is a great interaction between the students & teachers. Classes are generally taken in the evening or the week-ends or any time suitable to students. Here students learn as much as students receiving in campus education th
19、rough traditional face-to-face instruction. Though in part-time education teaching time is very much unusual but student-to-student interaction and timely teacher-to- student feedback made it more effective as traditional instruction.Part time education is offered in plenty of universities and insti
20、tutes, and it covers a whole range of education, ranging from undergraduate courses to business management and language diplomas. Its main advantages are the affordable fee structure, flexibility of time and schedule. Part time education thus makes it possible to juggle learning with earning in the
21、truest sense of the term.This type of education is particularly popular among the urban youths, upper executives and professionals. In India all most all reputed educational institutes providing part-time courses to the students. The great IIMs, IITs, ISESs, Pilani Institutes of Technology, NIFT, TF
22、IR, AIIMS and so many universities and institutes are also providing part-time courses. Even open universities are also front runner in this race. They are providing diploma to doctorate course through part-time course. Private and foreign educational institutions have also very good stake in this e
23、ducation.AdvantagesThe flexibility of time allows the student to devote his energies to other avenues as well. It also makes “multiple learning” possible and at the same time through fine balancing of priorities. Part time education also makes learning interesting and relaxing, thus enabling the stu
24、dent to learn more effectively in a tension free environment. Part-time education is affordable and flexible. These are the reasons that part time education is now increasingly becoming popular.In a nut shell the main advantages of part time learning are as follows: Student is more active and self d
25、irected in learning environment. Well planned instructional design and self-instructional material. Easy schedule. Students can engage course at home. Economical and affordable for every one. Can pursue any job along with education.Due to its wonderful feature “Flexible schedules and off beat timing
26、s”,Part-time education especially help those who are either employed or engaged in some full time activity. Housewives, drop outs, working professionals etc., all come within this ambit. It also takes care of those students who are busy preparing for some competitive exam and who cannot afford the luxury of taking up a full time course.
