I personally think that there is too much book theory and little real-world instruction that takes place lecturers need to be encouraged to work in the real world in order to produce/create students that can function admirably in the real world where they are going
You can go from Bachelors to Masters and to PHD without having really worked in any company then be hired as a person who passes on the skills to students Might as well tell the students to read the book! Kiggs On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > But surely Sculley was an accomplished business leader, and rescuing Apple > was a business a computers problem. > > I think it is very hard to motivate students well on a subject you do not > know well. You need not be a guru, but you need to understand it well. > > P. > On Sep 11, 2010, at 16:11, Mwirima Byaruhanga wrote: > >> Paul Bagyenda wrote thus on 9/11/10 11:00 AM: >>> And you think the kind of lecturer who uses "Teach yourself C in >>> 21 days" has a chance in hell of motivating students? >> >> Yes and yes. One does not necessarily have to be the guru on a >> subject to motivate/lead at it. >> >> Unrelated but somewhat similar, what did John Sculley know about >> computers when he (sort of) rescued apple ;) ? >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
