四個怪招只為出勤率大學教授很傷神

大學里，課堂出勤率令老師們頭疼不已，而各種電子產品更是讓學生無心聽課。為了將學生們的注意力重新吸引到課堂上，老師們也是怪招不斷。

In the digital age， getting students into classrooms is an increasingly challenging mission for university teachers， not to mention retaining their attention.

“It’s much harder to teach students now，” said a math professor at Fudan University. “They use smartphones and tablets to search for information， even during class. They get knowledge from a variety of sources， and consider it trivial to skip classes.” According to him， this phenomenon has forced teachers to adopt “odd tricks” for luring students to class.

在這個數碼時代，對于大學老師而言，讓學生們來聽課是項愈發艱巨的任務，更不用說讓他們集中精力聽講。

復旦大學數學系一位教授表示：“給現在的學生教課可謂難上加難。他們用手機和平板電腦來搜尋信息，甚至在課堂上也是如此。他們獲取知識的渠道五花八門，在他們看來蹺課只是件尋常小事。”該教授指出，該現象致使老師們不得不采取“怪招”吸引學生來上課。

Food For Thought

食物激勵

Rather than providing only moral encouragement， teachers at Wuhan University of Technology are offering tangible incentives to boost student attendance.

Students sitting in the first row of the health psychology course taught by professor Lei are rewarded with snacks.

“I’ve accumulated 7，000 fans on my micro blog， and most of them are my students，” said Lei， director of the university’s Development and Education Psychology Institution. “I wanted to express my thanks to those coming to listen， and to make the class more lively.”

為了提高出勤率，武漢科技大學的老師們不只從精神上鼓勵學生，更是采用物質激勵法。

在雷教授的心理健康課上，坐在第一排的學生會得到零食作為獎勵。

雷教授是該校發展與教育心理研究所的所長，他說：“我的微博粉絲數已達到7000多了，其中大都是我的學生。我希望對前來聽課的學生表示感謝，讓課堂變得更加生動活潑。”

Teacher vs Phone

老師PK手機

In the broadcasting and hosting course of Hankou University in Hubei， teacher Huang gives students permission to busy themselves with their cell phones during class.

They keep their heads down until they hear something interesting. If not， they can sit through the entire class without being disturbed and even give the teacher advice following the class.

“A teacher is not a boss and students have the right to make content suggestions，” said Huang.

在湖北漢口大學的播音主持課上，黃老師允許學生在課堂上專注于手機。

學生們一直低著頭，直到聽到有趣的內容才會抬頭。如果課堂毫無趣味可言，他們可以把一節課的時間都花在手機上，絲毫不受干擾；甚至還可以在課后給老師提建議。

黃老師說：“老師不是老板，學生有權利提出合理意見。”

Friendly Blogs

微博來作良師益友

You might hesitate to participate in class discussions， but what if you could send a message instead of speaking out loud？ In the computer science course at Changsha University of ScienceTechnology， students can voice opinions via their cellphone.

“I open a micro blog web page and when students text a message to the account it appears on the screen，” said teacher Huang.

Su Ying， 19， a sophomore at CUST， said， “I feel relaxed as I don’t like standing up and getting everybody’s attention.”

At Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications，students who arrive at the laboratory early are rewarded with a message of praise on a micro blog named “BUPT CAD center attendance machine. It might say something like： “Edison invented the first bulb； Bell invented the first telephone； and this morning， Xiao Li printed the first fingerprint.”

The machine， which sends a message whenever a student places their finger on it， was invented by a computer professor. “Students wrote the posts themselves. If they come first， they are praised in front of 2，000 fans，” the professor said.

你也許會為是否參加課上討論而猶豫不決，那么如果改用發信息的方式來表達觀點呢？在長沙科技大學的計算機專業課上，學生可以通過手機來表達觀點。

黃老師說：“我打開微博頁面，當學生發來私信時，它就會顯示在屏幕上。”

該校大二學生，19歲的蘇櫻說：“我覺得很放松，因為我不喜歡站起來接受所有人目光的洗禮。”

北京郵電大學的學生如果早到實驗室，便會獲得由“北郵CAD中心考勤機器”微博發來的獎勵信息。內容大致為：愛迪生發明了第一只燈泡，貝爾發明了第一部電話，今天早上，小李印下了第一枚指紋。

這臺會發信息的指紋考勤機的發明者是該校計算機系一位教授。該教授說：“微博內容都是學生自己寫的。如果他們來得早，便會在2000多名粉絲面前接受表揚。”

Kungfu Style

功夫范兒

Splitting bricks by hand usually only happens in movies. But in a class at Sichuan University， dean of the computer science department did just that. But he didn’t just want to attract attention.

“I want to tell my students that even when you only know some simple science principles， if you use them right， you can achieve great things，” said he. “I want them to know that university is not only about doing research， but also about employing your practical knowledge.”

徒手劈磚通常只在電影中出現，而在四川大學的課堂上，計算機科學系系主任就上演了一幕徒手劈磚。但他并不只是想吸引同學的關注。

該主任說：“我想告訴學生們，即使你只知道一些簡單的科學原理，如果應用得當，你也可以成就大事。我想讓他們知道，大學不僅僅是做科研的地方，也是運用和實踐知識的地方。”