Valuing the Honor and Excellence in the Large Class Policy
Ewayan, Christine Joy B.
Valuing the Honor and Excellence in the Large Class Policy
The University of the Philippines was regarded as the number one university in the country that promotes the value of honor and excellence. However, the implementation of the large class policy had brought dilemmas concerning the values that were once cherished. Knowing that the University of the Philippines was one of the topmost schools in the country, I was fully determined to pass the UPCAT exam back then. It was a dream came true to be one of the Iskolars ng Bayan. Thinking about the values it holds, I expected of having one-to-one discussions with my professors and a critical way of teaching; however, after the experience of a large class, I begun to ask questions and conclude that learning was taken for granted. This then disappointed me on how the policy pushed through knowing that a great number of students and faculties opposed and are still opposing along the way. Large class policy was implemented to accommodate more students especially on bottleneck courses and RGEP courses which cause the delay of them. Moreover, peopleware and facilities can be utilized. On the other hand, the proposal of the new system brought implications and consequences. For an instance, the reality that there are certain subjects especially Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences are not effectively taught in large size since this needs student-teacher participation. In my opinion, a class having 120 to 175 students leads to serious problems not only in the side of the students but in their professors as well. In the students, it was really hard to focus on the subject matter your professor was teaching; hard to catch the attention of the crowd and given more work but less time on teaching for both the lecture and recitation professors respectively. In addition, the atmosphere of the room and the different noises created really caused one to become distracted, therefore leads to
Valuing the Honor and Excellence in the Large Class Policy
The University of the Philippines was regarded as the number one university in the country that promotes the value of honor and excellence. However, the implementation of the large class policy had brought dilemmas concerning the values that were once cherished. Knowing that the University of the Philippines was one of the topmost schools in the country, I was fully determined to pass the UPCAT exam back then. It was a dream came true to be one of the Iskolars ng Bayan. Thinking about the values it holds, I expected of having one-to-one discussions with my professors and a critical way of teaching; however, after the experience of a large class, I begun to ask questions and conclude that learning was taken for granted. This then disappointed me on how the policy pushed through knowing that a great number of students and faculties opposed and are still opposing along the way. Large class policy was implemented to accommodate more students especially on bottleneck courses and RGEP courses which cause the delay of them. Moreover, peopleware and facilities can be utilized. On the other hand, the proposal of the new system brought implications and consequences. For an instance, the reality that there are certain subjects especially Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences are not effectively taught in large size since this needs student-teacher participation. In my opinion, a class having 120 to 175 students leads to serious problems not only in the side of the students but in their professors as well. In the students, it was really hard to focus on the subject matter your professor was teaching; hard to catch the attention of the crowd and given more work but less time on teaching for both the lecture and recitation professors respectively. In addition, the atmosphere of the room and the different noises created really caused one to become distracted, therefore leads to