Educators should find out what students want included in the curriculum and then offer it to them.
The quality of any education system is determined by its curriculum. The world is witnessing continuous development in areas of arts, science, economy, literature, which eventually influence the industry. Hence, redressal of the education system should be synonymous to the current advancements. The curriculum should be updated regularly to incorporate the latest research and findings. Prospective students always look through the course curriculum while exploring their options to determine which one would best suit their interests. I believe it is necessary for educators to know the topics students want in their curriculum, after they are taught the essential concepts in their first year. It must be noted that while students’ opinions should be taken into serious consideration, they should be evaluated before being included.
After a foundational year inclusive of basic subjects, students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, engaging the students to design their curriculum will be beneficial. The students will have the chance to evaluate their interests and have a primordial outlook of their career trajectory. This could also allow confused students to realize if they have chosen the right path. Many degrees are now accompanied with a specialization, offering combinational learning. Elective subjects are a good example, students should be asked about their interests and be offered the respective subjects. Mandatory learning of uninteresting subjects could result in the loss of morale and overall interest in the course.
Interactive and enthusiastic students are an indicator of successful teaching. When students learn a subject of their interest, it is reflected in their grades. Incorporating topics after a thorough discussion will give the teachers a clear idea of what knowledge they want to acquire from their course. This will help to redress the curriculum accordingly. This creates a conducive environment where the teachers are content with imparting knowledge to students who are eager to learn. With time, students are opting to conduct their own research based on what they are being taught. Asking them about their expectations from a subject sets a goal for the teacher, who could modify their teaching methods and topics accordingly.
There are limitations to this idea of asking what the students want and then giving it to them. This should be enforced only after the primary concepts have been taught because an overview of all the subjects is obligatory for the students. Students will learn of all the options available to them and also be exposed to newer concepts that could become their area of major. All the students should be encouraged to give their opinions. Ideas from both sides should be discussed and those that are favorable to the outcome should be taken up. Many institutions take course-end surveys, which will not be as useful since their views could be inconsistent with those of the incoming students.
The concept of education is similar to a bargain. Students may get what they like or they may have to learn something they don’t wish to. As aware as they might be, educators have more experience and have a deeper understanding of what is important and what is not. Not everything is rosy about the life we live; we have to perform duties or functions that are necessary despite the lack of interest. Similarly, some subjects that may seem futile could actually serve a greater purpose in later life and career. After all, if students have chosen to be educated by these teachers, they have to place a considerable amount of trust in them.
Many teachers now adopt a no-book approach. They don’t teach from a particular book, rather they give the students the required information and encourage students to conduct their own research. They go through scientific publications or find relevant books on their own. This kind of learning will lead to creative and innovative ideas which could further lead to novel inventions. The future of this planet rests on the shoulders of the youth. They should be given a seat at a table.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, actually, also, first, hence, if, look, may, similarly, so, then, therefore, thus, while, after all, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 30.0 12.4196629213 242% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 61.0 33.0505617978 185% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 88.0 58.6224719101 150% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3476.0 2235.4752809 155% => OK
No of words: 661.0 442.535393258 149% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.258698941 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.07049507093 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82535132835 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 321.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485627836611 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 1061.1 704.065955056 151% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 39.0 20.2370786517 193% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.0289654323 60.3974514979 55% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 89.1282051282 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9487179487 23.4991977007 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.10256410256 5.21951772744 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 24.0 10.2758426966 234% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234508615169 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0665012649847 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0557996852215 0.0758088955206 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131399768925 0.150359130593 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0395715069255 0.0667264976115 59% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.93 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 181.0 100.480337079 180% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, actually, also, first, hence, if, look, may, similarly, so, then, therefore, thus, while, after all, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 30.0 12.4196629213 242% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 61.0 33.0505617978 185% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 88.0 58.6224719101 150% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3476.0 2235.4752809 155% => OK
No of words: 661.0 442.535393258 149% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.258698941 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.07049507093 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82535132835 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 321.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485627836611 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 1061.1 704.065955056 151% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 39.0 20.2370786517 193% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.0289654323 60.3974514979 55% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 89.1282051282 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9487179487 23.4991977007 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.10256410256 5.21951772744 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 24.0 10.2758426966 234% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234508615169 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0665012649847 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0557996852215 0.0758088955206 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131399768925 0.150359130593 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0395715069255 0.0667264976115 59% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.93 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 181.0 100.480337079 180% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.