Do you believe that professors in colleges and universities are "out of touch" with their students' needs?

Answer 1

You find all shades.
On the one end of spectrum there are devoted teachers who spend a lot of time thinking and reading books to see that the materials that they give to students are useful and assimilable. They take a lot of pains and try to enter into the portals of the age of students and try to find out their needs.
On the other end of the spectrum are teachers who have accidentally joined the institution and are not temperamentally suited for it.
As to students, some are mentally equipped to learn and imbibe, others find fun in learning and are insouciant to the the stuff that is being taught. They are unmindful of the the pains and the amount to time a teacher has devoted to prepare the lecture. They do not know what it means to pay respect to a ' Guru'. They deride and mock at them to show that they are smart enough and a teacher is a bore and outdated human being.

Answer 2

Like depends, what u mean? in what aspect? from what perspective?

I believe they come in and teach you the material but they don't tell you why and how we will use that in the real world and where can we go after graduation and if we decide to continue on the same path , what options we will have ....

ei: professor comes and teach philosophy and the rest study and pass the test....if you ask the student "why you are taking this course", most say "I don't know... " or "uh cause its on my program" or "because...I don't know, just because" etc

Does that answer your question? students needs aren't met because their very basic need of knowing why are they taking that class and why are they chosing that major isn't met. How are you going to build a building without foundation?. That is the reason students change majors all the time....

I wish I had a professor who taught me "why" and "what for" and what can I do with the classes I am taking and with my major once out. Remember, college kids are adults but I would say 80% of them aren't mature enough to understand the scope of a career.

Answer 3

That is usually termed as generation gap. Students
usually feel that they are being taught some thing
which is not very useful to them. And what is needed
by them is not being taught. But remember,
professors are also students at one time and felt the same with their professors.

Syllabus is so written based on the experience
and conscience of professors. A student will
understand that when goes out and becomes
an employee.

Dr. V. Siva Prasad
Retired Professor,
Andhra University,
India.

Answer 4

I have spent the last 35 years becoming self-educated because my high school teachers were out of touch with what I needed. I hear it has gotten worse. 80% of profs are convinced that subjective reality is all there is and do not teach that objective knowledge can be gained. So they have their own agendas, usually having nothing to do with the object of being in school. The original 7 Liberal Arts led to the Enlightenment and the Renaissance. Today's liberal arts are leading us back to the Dark Ages. The men who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and a few who wrote the Constitution, were the last generation of Renaissance Men in the world. Many Renaissance Men still exist, but not because of the "liberal" education they received.

Answer 5

No, they are not "out of touch".

The profs stand between the standard quantity of "what materials must be learned and understood" and the students need to "get me through this phase of my life in the shortest amount of time, with the highest grades I need to impress my prospective employer" and the smallest amount of effort for me to pass my subjects.

The professors go about their daily lives doing a job. If they should be accused of being out of touch, then it would have to be addressed by the education or professional boards who determine whether or not the teachers are teaching what is industry required appropriate material.

Answer 6

I agree with ashely w, the professors at my college have been terrific. The only short coming I've experienced has actually been in the advising department which does little to address the needs of a working student.

Answer 7

I believe that a lot of college professors are more interested in propating their political agendas or working on their university funded studies than education.

Answer 8

Depends on a professor, on a college and on students.

I've been a students at 2 different universities and I've seen it all - great professors, not so great professors, bright and arrogant students, bright and nice students, dumb and arrogant students. Dumb and arrogant students though tend to complain on their professors regardless.

Answer 9

maybe at colleges other than mines. my professors are great

Answer 10

HELL YEAH!

in fact, MOST of them are totally out of touch.
it;s almost disgusting to think about it.