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ABSTRACT
Beyond changes in structure, organisation, curriculum, etc. changes in student life and, perhaps, in the student role are an important aspect of the development of university in the past as well as in the future. In this paper five indicators of such changes concerning students in the Federal Republic of Germany—recruitment of students, age, family, jobs, housing—are presented on the basis of recent surveys.
In the following discussion of their implications, it is suggested that the university as an environment and studying as an activity are losing their central place in student life and that teaching and learning ought to respond to the needs and demands from those learners who in fact have become part-time students.
Based on a contribution to the symposium ‘Tradition and reform of universities-an international perspective’, Heidelberg, May 1986. Iam particularly indebted to Lewis Elton for his help in improving the English version printed here.
Based on a contribution to the symposium ‘Tradition and reform of universities-an international perspective’, Heidelberg, May 1986. Iam particularly indebted to Lewis Elton for his help in improving the English version printed here.
Notes
Based on a contribution to the symposium ‘Tradition and reform of universities-an international perspective’, Heidelberg, May 1986. Iam particularly indebted to Lewis Elton for his help in improving the English version printed here.