Ted Talk, Sugata Mitra Review (EDU 622)
Sugata compares the Victorian Era use of producing contemporary models of citizens that were, or should be, identical in every way in order to allow relocation and keep a stable function in society. Unfortunately, the production has not changed since then, so modern day production of citizens are not meeting the needs and standards of the growing world and society.
His experiment poses that society and the people in it have the capabilities and adaptability to grow and understand technology that has never been or may have never been accessible to that group ever.
I think this has a great impact that could be used in modern day teaching, online or offline, by the sheer curiosity babies and children show on an every day basis. If you're a parent, you know about the questions! Well, what if the kid was able to actively apply that curiosity as an everyday activity? I believe that results would show an early mastery of certain skill and knowledge sets, just like Sugata observed in his experiments. Sure, what they are learning isn't set on a curriculum track, but we've heard from Sugata about schools being an outdated form of education that does not reflect the ample qualities and functions a modern day citizen needs.
Grandmothers seem to have become, and to my thought always have been, a major and central party of encouragement of learning. Pushing the curiosity of younger generations through what "grandmother's do" as Sugata put it in speech.
I think part of his discovery is setting a great example and encouragement for young children to instill and support their natural curiosity in the world. Like, in my field, the program with Suzuki, and others, a student learns to perform an instrument at the rate of how comfortable they are. By how comfortable, I mean from the position of sitting down, standing, or movement is natural and calm prior to performing, all while their parents are required, not always, to sit in on the lessons and encourage their child at the early stage to practice on a regular basis or as often as they want if really invested. This is part of what Sugata seemed to relay to us as an audience, that encouragement is key to upcoming generations without the constant stimulus to shut down creativity and essentially "numbing" future citizens. A time for that has passed and needs to usher in a new way of teaching and learning. How that is, I or we may never know.
Thanks for Reading,
Christopher Pierce
Video Source:
Sugata Mitra TED 2013 winning talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcEpmNbHds&feature=youtu.be
His experiment poses that society and the people in it have the capabilities and adaptability to grow and understand technology that has never been or may have never been accessible to that group ever.
I think this has a great impact that could be used in modern day teaching, online or offline, by the sheer curiosity babies and children show on an every day basis. If you're a parent, you know about the questions! Well, what if the kid was able to actively apply that curiosity as an everyday activity? I believe that results would show an early mastery of certain skill and knowledge sets, just like Sugata observed in his experiments. Sure, what they are learning isn't set on a curriculum track, but we've heard from Sugata about schools being an outdated form of education that does not reflect the ample qualities and functions a modern day citizen needs.
Grandmothers seem to have become, and to my thought always have been, a major and central party of encouragement of learning. Pushing the curiosity of younger generations through what "grandmother's do" as Sugata put it in speech.
I think part of his discovery is setting a great example and encouragement for young children to instill and support their natural curiosity in the world. Like, in my field, the program with Suzuki, and others, a student learns to perform an instrument at the rate of how comfortable they are. By how comfortable, I mean from the position of sitting down, standing, or movement is natural and calm prior to performing, all while their parents are required, not always, to sit in on the lessons and encourage their child at the early stage to practice on a regular basis or as often as they want if really invested. This is part of what Sugata seemed to relay to us as an audience, that encouragement is key to upcoming generations without the constant stimulus to shut down creativity and essentially "numbing" future citizens. A time for that has passed and needs to usher in a new way of teaching and learning. How that is, I or we may never know.
Thanks for Reading,
Christopher Pierce
Video Source:
Sugata Mitra TED 2013 winning talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcEpmNbHds&feature=youtu.be
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