Large Lecture Class Policy
Large Lecture Class Policy
The Predominant Dilemma of Educators and Students
Many policymakers nowadays are confused on what must be done in order to have quality education in a wise way. We all know that the most intriguing and most controversial issue is when we talk about the right usage of the country’s budget. This is not only happening in our country but almost all over the world. Wrong usage of funds may lead to budget cuts in the different departments of the government and one of the affected is education. Due to budget cut, heads of some state universities implemented large class policy. They say that it is the best way to give education for everyone. But, it only became a burden for students and teachers of state universities, sacrificing the student’s academic achievement and knowledge and making it hard for the teachers to provide quality education in a large number of students for just a short period of time.
One of the state universities that use the large class policy is the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Moreover, UPLB Ex-chancellor Luis Rey Velasco proposed to increase the size of foundational and general classes from 25-40 students into 120-175 students. Many students and teachers were opposed to this idea. Showing their protest, around 1000 teachers and students walked out of their morning classes. But of course, the administration has many justifiable reasons to pursue the conduction of large class scheme. So, the policy was implemented, starting on the first semester of school year 2007-2008.
The implementation of large class scheme is not the ideal solution. Many researches oppose this set-up because of its negative effects.
One evidence opposes large class policy is the work of Joe Cuseo. According to “The Empirical Case Against Large Class Size: Adverse Effects on the Teaching, Learning, and Retention of First Year Students” of Joe Cuseo , there are eight findings opposing to the large-sized class: “(1) increased faculty
The Predominant Dilemma of Educators and Students
Many policymakers nowadays are confused on what must be done in order to have quality education in a wise way. We all know that the most intriguing and most controversial issue is when we talk about the right usage of the country’s budget. This is not only happening in our country but almost all over the world. Wrong usage of funds may lead to budget cuts in the different departments of the government and one of the affected is education. Due to budget cut, heads of some state universities implemented large class policy. They say that it is the best way to give education for everyone. But, it only became a burden for students and teachers of state universities, sacrificing the student’s academic achievement and knowledge and making it hard for the teachers to provide quality education in a large number of students for just a short period of time.
One of the state universities that use the large class policy is the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Moreover, UPLB Ex-chancellor Luis Rey Velasco proposed to increase the size of foundational and general classes from 25-40 students into 120-175 students. Many students and teachers were opposed to this idea. Showing their protest, around 1000 teachers and students walked out of their morning classes. But of course, the administration has many justifiable reasons to pursue the conduction of large class scheme. So, the policy was implemented, starting on the first semester of school year 2007-2008.
The implementation of large class scheme is not the ideal solution. Many researches oppose this set-up because of its negative effects.
One evidence opposes large class policy is the work of Joe Cuseo. According to “The Empirical Case Against Large Class Size: Adverse Effects on the Teaching, Learning, and Retention of First Year Students” of Joe Cuseo , there are eight findings opposing to the large-sized class: “(1) increased faculty
References: Cuseo, J. The empirical case against large class size: adverse effects on the teaching, learning, and retention of first year students, Marymount College. http://www.nordis.net/?p=6127 www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2011/05/11-class-size-whitehurst-chin http://www.uplu.com