University of Western Ontario - Occidentalia Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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4 sift . .,,g , I e ln the face of universities growing larger and larger, stu- dents have growing fears of becoming mere numbers, instead of individuals. The challenge of preventing this is one of the major prob- lems facing the educators and the institutions of learning during the second half of the Twentieth Century according to T. J. Casaubon, Assistant Dean of Althouse College and former Director of tthe French Summer School at Trois Pistoles. A great deal of unrest and dissatisfaction he says, may be due to the dilemma of the students' individual needs, aspirations and sense of personal dignity in the face of mass teaching. Mr. Casaubon denies that large numbers of students can be given as a reason for poor teaching. Too frequently educators invoke the law of numbers as an excuse when it ought to be simply a challenge, he says. The disproportionate growth of the universities is per- haps an inevitable fact, however, if a centre of learning wants to have an impact on its students and do an adequate job, it must find ways and means of establishing rapport with its students on a small group or an individual basis. Pedestal teaching is ineffective preaching, remoteness too often tends to promote disinterestf' . af , .TS A-A 4' izxxtgzxiiv .A ...ruin- i' WWW ,ur

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