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Before the 1850’s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, chu
Before the 1850’s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, chu
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Before the 1850’s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.
Throughout Europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. In Germany a different kind of university had developed. The German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals. Between mid century and the end of the 1800’s, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to Germany for advanced study. Some of them returned to become presidents of venerable colleges, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and transform them into modern universities. The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher’ scholars. Drilling and learning by rote were replaced by the German method of lecturing, in which the professor’s own research was presented in class. Graduate training leading to the Ph. D, an ancient German degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduced. With the establishment of the seminar system, graduate students learned to question, analyze, and conduct their own research.
At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own courses of study. The notion of major fields of study emerged. The new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. Paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, with engineering students being the most characteristic of the new regime. Students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.
Those who favored the new university would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements? ( )
选项
A、Learning is best achieved through discipline and drill.
B、Shaping the moral character of students should be the primary goal.
C、Higher education should prepare students to contribute to society.
D、Teachers should select their students’ courses.
答案
C
解析
推断题。“那些支持新大学的人们将会同意以下哪种观点?”C选项“高等教育应该为学生们为社会作出贡献做准备”是正确答案。A选项“学习最好通过严格的纪律与练习进行”,这种观点是与文中提到的新观点相违背的;B选项“让学生们形成一种好的道德标准应该是最主要的目的”,这也是旧观点;D选项“教师们应该为学生选择课程”。这与文中提到的新式的选课系统恰恰相反。
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