It is a question of compromising quality for the sake of quantity. On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Emmanuel Mulo <[email protected]>wrote:
> The students may not have interest in studying but maybe its because they > are not getting something *interesting*. Its like studying math for the > sake of studying maths... For abstract thinkers that may be interesting but > for most, they would probably find it interesting only if they see the > applicability. > > We cannot wait for the whole education system to change. Actually you can > start changing it in small ways on your own. For example students may be > focused on grades but if you gave them an engaging project I daresay they > would become more focused on the project. > > > > > On 11/09/2010 14:40, David G M wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Indeed this is a mental issue that has to be dealt with through our >> education system. >> Just like Johnson said "We need to tackle to problem right away from >> secondary and even primary!" >> Most students read to pass and that's all. This mentality has to be >> uprooted for better results. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 3:15 PM, J.Mwebaze <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Most of our students do not have the interest to study heard - most >> of them are there to get papers! I have seen >> students complaining about lecturers who involve them a lot and >> teach hard core stuff.. i for one - i was supervising students and >> they requested to change supervision, because i asked for a rather >> simple python implementation.. So even those good and interested >> students miss out! >> >> We need to tackle to problem right away from secondary and every >> primary! Students are rather interested in passing than leaning! >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Emmanuel Mulo >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> I believe like many that the problem lies with the instruction. >> I can give you a concrete example. For an entire semester at >> uni, the longest assignment we got for the so called Programming >> methodology course involved writing 20 lines of C code and >> mostly with scanf's and printf's for that matter. I am sure the >> situation is much improved now but if that was the quality of >> the instruction, you couldn't expect such an instructor to >> challenge his/her students to contribute to OSS projects. >> >> >> >> >> On 11/09/2010 10:11, Tim Schofield wrote: >> >> I agree here. I am currently mentoring some Makarere >> students on an >> open source project, and they do lack some very basic skills. >> >> Tim >> >> >> On 11 September 2010 01:18, Wilson >> Abigaba<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Peter C. >> Ndikuwera<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> Can you estimate how many students were at the >> event? Surely if students >> were involved in OSS development they'd have >> encountered the GSoC? >> >> >> I did submit an application when I was a student (4 >> years ago) but it >> wasn't selected to take part...it could be the case for >> many of the >> students given the fact they haven't been exposed to >> these kinds of >> projects/code etc. >> >> Another simple example, how many students do *serious* >> programming >> projects/courses at University? For BIT/Computer >> Science, MUK, I think >> the number is less than 15 per year. I for one haven't >> seen a final >> year project written in C or C++ or any at least any >> object oriented >> programming/scripting language. To me, this explains how >> our >> programming skills are still wanting. 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