Hi, Sebastian
Interesting, this author sees what we are trying to do as facilitating
the terrible future in which teachers are robots.
The missing ingredient, of course, is education. The best teachers I
encountered in school had the wide perspective of an educated
person that enabled them to movtivate students to explore.
Consider the golf coach. His expertise is not in playing golf (or he
would be on the tour). His expertise is in recognizing the problems players
are having with their game and recommending ways to solve these problems
by practice or by using new techniques. The golf coach is unlikely to
be replaced by a robot.
For me, the problem is that society has forgotten that it's about
education, not training. A teacher is not an expert but a motivator and
a door-opener.
Tony
On 04/27/2015 06:00 PM, iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org wrote:
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:32:23 -0500
From: Sebastian Silva<sebast...@fuentelibre.org>
To: iaep<iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>
Subject: [IAEP] The Deconstruction of the K-12 Teacher.
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Dear IAEP,
I recently read a fascinating article: "The Deconstruction of the K-12
Teacher".
It discusses current trends in the 1rst world with regard to "online"
education and the role of teachers.
As a parent-teacher who is active promoting freedom in software and
other human values, I find the discussion invaluable in envisioning
appropriate solutions that is appropriate for our children in a rural
context.
/"//I don?t have many answers in this brave new world, but I feel like I
can draw one firm line. There is a profound difference between a local
expert teacher using the Internet and all its resources to supplement
and improve his or her lessons, and a teacher facilitating the
educational plans of massive organizations. Why isn?t this line being
publicly and sharply delineated, or even generally discussed?"/
This is why, in the context of educating with computers, Free Software
is of/vital/ importance.
The same question Michael Godsey raises is our very reason to be.
The usage of digital tools is not innocent, it implies a commitment and
a model and even contractual requirements, for example limitations on
use and redistribution, etc.
Here's the full article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/the-deconstruction-of-the-k-12-teacher/388631/?single_page=true
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