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"Come up with uniform standards, and separate the tasks of education and evaluation. Problem solved." In the UK, people used to "read" for a subject. Then they
by wisty 17y ago
"Come up with uniform standards, and separate the tasks of education and evaluation. Problem solved."
In the UK, people used to "read" for a subject. Then they would take their exams. I'm not sure that system really worked though.
- barry-cotter 17y agoI don't see any evidence it didn't. Britain ran an Empire and had the industrial revolution all done well before the system started to change. There are people still alive whose professors had to be leaned on very hard not to give them a degree based on the quality of their tutorial work (Oxbridge sysytem). The German system that took over with end of degree Finals also has certain very obvious advantages in ensuring people learn but the bundling of teaching, examination/certification and research is historically contingent. yummyfajitas suggested some time ago asking a local university how much it would cost to take a course at a local university by examination, and I'm presuming that was a deadpan way of saying 95%+ of Universities would have hell freeze over before doing that, but the system seems to work just fine for accountancy. I see no reason why it couldn't be greatly expanded.