31st October 2005, 03:57 PM
Quote:quote:I'm not sure whether that makes me happy that students are being independant minded or sad that lecturers haven't been able to convince their students of the validity of their arguement.
From my perspective (as a professional) the students seemed to be pretty realistic, as I think the professionals were. The academics however came across as hopelessly outdated (clueless even)in their opinions about the future of archaeology and who was going to provide the training.
It made me think immediately of many of my disillusioned colleagues who have done recent masters courses, who complain that the courses taught them almost nothing of practical use.
Were there any other BAJR members at this session, and if so did you draw the same conclusions about academia[?]