Students Arround the World - A Descriptive Perspective

Abstract

With universal access of students to higher education the role of the university has changed. It moved towards the preparation of most young people for a variety of professional roles, in this postindustrial society. Access to higher education has become a right, not a privilege. Not all members of society can exercise this right equally: members of minority groups, particularly ethnic ones are underrepresented in higher education, both in the position of students or teachers in the university. Government initiatives have sought to redress this balance; for example, in Australia, USA, in some Scandinavian countries it was implemented some special admission rules in order to offer financial support (grants) and not only for these groups, to have the opportunity to be admitted to higher education.

The diversity of student customers is explained by the fact that a few universities operate a rigorous selection on admission, in the same course placing students with different levels of training, which often leads to poor performance, or even to abandon their studies.

In the classroom and seminar we have a varied typology of students who scares trainers or makes them doubt about the pedagogical skills they hold. It is difficult to establish relationships with some people which know anything about trainers or their qualities. The first step in establishing a partnership with students is the discovery of human typologies present in the classroom, and then adapt teaching and assessment to these types in order to achieve performance in the educational process.

Keywords: university education, values, formation, morality, culture, development