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"Students need someone to see them, to acknowledge their efforts, to monitor their progress and give them encouragement or advice when needed." I agree with th
by glesica 12y ago
"Students need someone to see them, to acknowledge their efforts, to monitor their progress and give them encouragement or advice when needed."
I agree with this wholeheartedly. It is always important to remember that students are people and that most people are extremely social creatures who want to interact with other people directly, in a bidirectional, real-time way.
- clavalle 12y agoBut does that interaction have to come in the form of a rigid and traditional teacher to student series of interactions? Or could study groups fill that need?
- RyanMiller 12y agoIn 100 or 200 years from now, I think we can be certain that teaching won't even resemble what we do today. Not to mention just how little we've applied scientific research to modern education. We have a long way to go before we see how usable and powerful our tools for information become.
- glesica 12y agoI am not certain of that. Not even a little bit. I don't think teaching will be identical, but I don't see how it can change that much. Human contact is important, that necessitates a "teacher" of some kind. One-on-one instruction isn't efficient, that necessitates classes. I mean, teaching is basically the same today as it was 200 or even 400 years ago despite truly massive increases in technology. I don't see how another hundred years or so will really change human nature enough to necessitate a paradigm shift in teaching.