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Philg: Universities and Economic Growth
- tokenadult 17y ago"Why isn't all of an CS undergrad's education done via open-ended projects? Consider the requirement to take Physics 1 (freshman mechanics). This could easily be replaced by the professor saying 'I would like you to build me a simulator for my home pool table.' The professor doesn't say what the interface should be or how detailed the simulation must be. It is up to the students, who will organize themselves into groups of 2 or 3, to figure out what is practical to accomplish in a portion of the semester. It will also be up to those students to work through exercises in a standard Physics textbook as a subtask." This is an interesting suggestion for changing the undergraduate curriculum. See a famous video series http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html for a startling problem with the old way of education: "Why is it that students can graduate from MIT and Harvard, yet not know how to solve a simple third-grade problem in science: lighting a light bulb with a battery and wire?"