What are they teaching me?!

yunir SG

What are the professors teaching me?! Is it relevant to what I want to become in the future? Or is it all just a load of nonsense?

Are the lessons I am getting useful for my career? Does it encourage me to think for myself?

I wonder and I would like to alert us of an upcoming public forum...

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“Universities and the Undergraduate: Designing Education for the 21st Century.”

Date: 23rd August 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 2.00pm to 5.00pm (Registration will begin from 1.40pm)
Venue: Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, SMU
Dress Code: Smart Casual

Registration is required

Synopsis

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the provision of undergraduate education in Singapore has been undergoing restructuring in response to changing global economic conditions and shifting local social needs. One significant development was the granting of autonomy to the Singaporean universities. According to the Ministry of Education, “autonomy brings about increased flexibility and new opportunities, allowing universities to draw on its strengths to enhance global education and research and to soar to greater heights on the world stage”. However, at what stage towards “global education” are our universities operating on?

For more details:

http://ntuss.blogspot.com/2008/08/public-forum-universities-and.html

yunir SG

One of the discussion topics to be looked into for the said forum, will be whether or not the education that students are getting from local tertiary schools are good enough to prepare students for the working world. Are they also trained to be members of society who can contribute to society at large?

So, with that, I would like to ask,

Are students adequately encouraged and trained to be relevant in the job market and to become thinking adults?

What say you?

Chris1988 SG

any tom dick or harry living in Singapore with good grades would naturally go through this path.

Pri Sch >>> Sec Sch >>> JC/Poly >>> Uni

and when they're in the uni, bam! got this kinda thinking. only thing that schools can teach you are probaly the fundamental skills required out there in the working world. they can't train you to be thinking adults. it defers on different individuals. some mature fast some mature slow. you can't expect everyone to be thinking on the same level, do you?

worse still there are some people who enter the uni only to realise this isn't the course they want to study but still lan lan study because they've been in it for a year or 2 already. tt explains why there's a whole bunch of engineering peeps in the financial sector these days.

singaporeans always want this want that but don't want pay. later school fees increase complain say things always increasing think about it.

uuei SG

Even if u got into a course that really isn't what u want to do, and got a degree for it, it doesn't mean u have to work in that field. An engineering grad isn't destined to be an engineer for life, u know. They only remain as engineers because they probably lack the willpower to start anew or have other more important responsibilities to fulfil. But it is still a matter of choice afterall.
If u think ur university education determines ur role and function in life, then it most likely will.

eagle SG

A uni degree is mainly for training yourself in terms of analytical skills, time management, exposure to professors, industries, foreign countries, etc

If you go there merely for learning knowledge, an employer might as well go buy an encylopedia