Resultados interesantes de una investigación reciente sobre los estudiantes estadounidenses. Evidentemente, no se debe extrapolar directamente a otros países, pero dado que EEUU es la referencia en universidades, es algo a seguir. El artículo presenta argumentos a favor y en contra, así vale la pena leerlo todo. Una de las conclusiones de los autores, que tiene su grado de plausibilidad:
One theory, offered by Babcock and Marks, suggests that the cause, or at least one of them, is a breakdown in the professor-student relationship. Instead of a dynamic where a professor sets standards and students try to meet them, the more common scenario these days, they suggest, is one in which both sides hope to do as little as possible.
“No one really has an incentive to make a demanding class,” Marks said. “To make a tough assignment, you have to write it, grade it. Kids come into office hours and want help on it. If you make it too hard, they complain. Other than the sheer love for knowledge and the desire to pass it on to the next generation, there is no incentive in the system to encourage effort.”
De hecho, acaban relacionándolo con las encuestas, en la línea de lo que comentaba Fish últimamente:
Course evaluations have created a sort of “nonaggression pact,” Sperber said, where professors — especially ones seeking tenure — go easy on the homework and students, in turn, give glowing course evaluations.
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