Learning and Teaching

But if these factors contribute to a rising percentage of failures, there are other factors in the school and university set-up which have always caused unnecessary wastage. In my opinion the schools still 'teach" too much, and the University too title. The entire school life of a child should be a feeding-cum-weaning process, designed to set the adolescent on his feet as a young adult. But in practice, even now, the typical high school product has been disciplined so much by the teacher that he hasn't learned to discipline himself. The University on the other hand doesn't take up the slack. It frequently outlines a course, fills in some bits, and leaves the student flounderine. It is only fair to state that a number of departments are now giving greater assistance than was formerly given; but with huge classes there is little personal contact between the lecturer and the student and neither knows who is the goal till the axe falls.