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The Investigation Of "Professors Teach Undergraduate Courses" At Research Unviersities

Posted on:2009-06-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360272491224Subject:Education administration
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The research university is the high grade university, its function is that discover knowledge and train can discover the creation knowledge human. But, today which speedily developed in the economy, the utility values causes universities to forget their most basic duty considered only the former, neglected has set up foundation of undergraduate students the school to educate. The research university's true connotation is the church and guides the students to study, but is not merely professor is immersed. According to some comparison research pointed out that professors at research universities generally do not like to teach undergraduate courses for several reasons. Main reason is they like to concentrate on research to get work down. Many university use Ph.D. students to teach low level courses. There are no general laws that professors must teach undergraduate students. But each department has rules that each professor must teach few undergraduate courses each year, but professors all the teaching took the university the first impel, all earnestly invests into the undergraduate student teaching work in.This research take East China Normal university as a case, has studied in the research university through the record review "professor teaches for the undergraduate student" the present situation; Through carries on the questionnaire survey to nine department's 26 professors as well as three department's 140 students, understood has the question reason; Through the real diagnosis research and the literature research, seeks solves the question countermeasure. Because in the real diagnosis research record review is this research foundation, therefore the author has done the massive record review work. This research obtains the file the way to have two kinds: The first way is in the public material obtains from the East China Normal university campus net; Another way is through seeks the help to East China Normal university School administration office to obtain. East China Normal university School administration office supports extremely regarding this research, provided "Undergraduate course Teaching Work level for this research To appraise from Commented Report", "Undergraduate course Teaching Condition Data Bulletin", "Student Comments Teaches Statistical data" and so on the reference materials, these reference material has provided the powerful data support for the present paper composition.This research through "professor teaches the question research to East China Normal university for the undergraduate student" to discover that, Although professor teaches in recent years for the undergraduate student the proportion has the enhancement, but the proportion excessively is low. This research from the government, the school, professor tripartite facing created "professor to teach the proportion excessively low reason for the undergraduate student" to carry on the analysis, and proposed solved the question measure and the suggestion. In now the global economic integration time, the talented person is road of the powerful nation. Therefore the author hoped brings to parties attention with the aid of this article, makes them to realize profoundly "professor teaches for the undergraduate student" the importance and the necessity, "professor teaches for the undergraduate student" should not be only in a form, but must take the measure to land on feet truly it.
Keywords/Search Tags:Research Universities, professors, undergraduate students teaching
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