Sugata Mitra TED 2013 Winning Talk - thought provoking! "... schooling as it exists now was created 300 years ago in the British Empire. The Victorians created a global computer made up of people. It’s called the bureaucratic administrative machine. In order to keep that running, you need lots and lots of people. They must be identical to each other … So they created a system, called school, to make parts [for this human computer]. They must have good handwriting, they must be able to read, and they must be able to add, subtract and do division. But these skills aren’t as necessary with the advent of computers... It’s quite fashionable to say education system is broken. It’s not, it’s wonderfully constructed — it’s just that we don’t need it anymore. It’s outdated.” --- Excerpt from the TED Talk "Mitra wants children around the globe, in addition to traditional schooling, to get a chance to participate in self-organized learning. Translation: to spend time in learning environments where they are given the space to explore on their own, make discoveries and share them with their peers..." --- TED Blog
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:14:22 +0000
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