文章大意:本文是说明文。介绍了Connections Are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education这本书的作者,特点,写作背景及观点等。
Connecting with peers, professors, and staff members is a fundamental part of having a good college experience. But students don’t always know how important those relationships are — or how to form them. A new book is here to help. Connections Are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education is the follow-up to Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. The first book’s authors, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert, have added two more for the second: Isis Artze-Vega and Oscar R. Miranda Tapia.
While professional in research, Connections Are Everything is accessible. It’s a quick read, and its tone is friendly. Each chapter ends with a few reflection questions and a few concrete actions students can take to reach out to other people on campus. The book draws on a large body of student interviews, and it features stories from a diverse group of students attending all sorts of colleges.
Felten pointed out, many colleges do talk about connecting during orientation (入学教育), and many professors do on the first day of class. “So it’s not like institutions don’t do anything about this,” he said. But sometimes, Felten added, those messages get lost, especially in the initial, busy adjustment to college. “A faculty member might say, ‘I’m available, and I’m here to support you,’ and all this, but the student is still trying to figure out how the online platform works, or whatever it is. So sometimes we do a great deal of orienting, without recognizing that these are humans we’re dealing with, and they’re really overwhelmed.”
While the book emphasizes many people on campus can help students, it also makes clear that a college education isn’t something that happens to you, but something you build. For about a decade, Artze-Vega said, there’s been a lot of emphasis on how professors can better support their students in the classroom. The book, in contrast, says “it’s a shared responsibility”. The book encourages students “to use their agency and to take an active first step,” she said. That is something Artze-Vega thinks will appeal to professors, who, after all, are tired. When students are empowered to take charge of their own education, the authors emphasized, not everything falls to faculty members. And besides, students who are empowered are simply more fun to teach.
8. What makes
Connections Are Everything a practical book?
A.Its authors’ creativity. | B.Its narrative writing style. |
C.Its authors’ academic backgrounds. | D.Its various student samples. |
9. What does Felten think of general university orientation?
A.Far-reaching. | B.Ineffective. | C.Personalized. | D.Advanced. |
10. What idea do the authors favor as for a rewarding college life?
A.Mutual communication should be enhanced. |
B.Students’ initiative also plays a key role. |
C.Interaction among peers is of more importance. |
D.Professors’ guidance is a must in and out of classroom. |
11. Who might find
Connections Are Everything useful?
A.A researcher in college. | B.A senior in high school. |
C.A freshman in university. | D.A teacher in kindergarten. |