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> It's not a substitute for interacting with teachers. Why not? Teachers can still do what they do best, which is answer questions and clarify things. You don'

> It's not a substitute for interacting with teachers. Why not? Teachers can still do what they do best, which is answer questions and clarify things. You don't need a teacher to actually teach a lesson de novo each time. I don't see what's wrong with recording a (very good) lesson and just reusing that and having the actual teacher in the room answer ad-hoc questions. I actually see this teaching model as potentially amazingly transformative for students in what would otherwise be bad schools. Rather than being held back by disruptive classmates, teachers having to teach to the lowest common denominator, etc. it could give students the ability to learn at their own pace and advance asymmetrically compared to their fellow students, even without funding for gifted programs. Basically it can be a more formalized montessori model.

ssully 7y ago
Outside of self learning and higher education, I cannot see even the best recordings being anything more then supplementary material in education. A good teacher is able to shape a lesson in preparation and during it's delivery to meet the needs of her classroom/students. A recording can be used to deliver a high level overview, but it will require reinforcement afterwards by the teacher. Why not just let the teacher teach and reinforce where needed during the delivery?
- jasode 7y ago
  >A good teacher is able to [...] Why not just let the teacher teach [...]? By adding a qualifier such as "good" as in "good teacher", you've (inadvertently?) made your argument look more reasonable and correct. Some teachers are good, most are average, and many are bad. The gp you responded to is talking about superior teaching recordings to help the teachers at bad schools. (But it can also help the good teachers by letting them put more energy into the 1-on-1 phase of instruction.)
secabeen 7y ago
The challenge I've seen is time. If a teacher has a 50 minute class, and 25 students, that's less than 2 minutes per student, if each needs individualized instruction.

ssully 7y ago

Outside of self learning and higher education, I cannot see even the best recordings being anything more then supplementary material in education. A good teacher is able to shape a lesson in preparation and during it's delivery to meet the needs of her classroom/students. A recording can be used to deliver a high level overview, but it will require reinforcement afterwards by the teacher. Why not just let the teacher teach and reinforce where needed during the delivery?

jasode 7y ago
>A good teacher is able to [...] Why not just let the teacher teach [...]? By adding a qualifier such as "good" as in "good teacher", you've (inadvertently?) made your argument look more reasonable and correct. Some teachers are good, most are average, and many are bad. The gp you responded to is talking about superior teaching recordings to help the teachers at bad schools. (But it can also help the good teachers by letting them put more energy into the 1-on-1 phase of instruction.)

secabeen 7y ago

The challenge I've seen is time. If a teacher has a 50 minute class, and 25 students, that's less than 2 minutes per student, if each needs individualized instruction.