I believe in self teaching. I think schools are going to become more of self correcting. I believe that I am a visual learner and quick learner and always felt, get to the point in class. We are humans, we are capable of learning things. We need guidance and support and having the internet is brilliant. You can learn about anything and teach yourself. I wish I had the internet when I was a child. I tell my son is amazing.
I appreciate the person who invented the web everyday. Also, thank you so much for the people who share their hard work so freely and the people who take the time to upload it onto the web. Google and YouTube...you guys have revolutionized it again to another level. Thank you all so much.
It's true. I have learned twice the amount of French as my classmates have in the last few months than in 2 YEARS of school. After turning to the internet to study with native french speakers, i have improved my understanding to the point that i can navigate French websites, write French songs, hold entire conversations and more. Now i aspire to pursue language professionally and am fully engaged in world issues, current events and much more. These things i used to hate, now i can't get enough.
This man, is a true hero. A champion of the future of education.
By empowering children to learn themselves as opposed to going through life being "spoon fed" answers, they would forever be on a track to continue educating themselves, long past their days of schooling.
A teacher who wants to play it safe-setting up a classroom in which students learn solely through researched based systematic,explicit set of drills (teacher led)OR a teacher can trust her instinct and set up a classroom in which children are encouraged to collaborate, self-teach and learn to be creative and deep thinkers
It is common sense to me that systems associated with collaborative learning/communication emerge naturally. Being part of this self teaching process is what excites me as a teacher.I am a creative human-being and I self teach too!
I teach six year olds, and have for over 20 years. Self-teaching is how children learn best! In the history of education, self teaching has been recognized as a vital part of learning; and has been neglected as a vital part of learning. However, for me in my experience as a teacher, self teaching is the motivation, inspiration, curiosity, faith in the process, love of learning, cooperation, etc. that leads to validation of ideas and innovation in and out of the classroom community.
The video looks very positive. But it shows mainly the positive impact that Google products can have on the children of the developing nations. Nearly all the positive change was exhibited by the usage of Google products, mainly translator, transliterator, etc...
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@Howlciver I don't know which is better, having told by teachers this or that, and having blind faith in them for the things that are being taught to them, or kids simply looking for information and doing the digging on their own.
@Howlciver No, they search and internalize. The ones in "proper" schools memorize. When you are self-motivated and really put effort into finding the information you internalize it better, in my opinion.
His call is not for the removal of school, but rather the way we are taught to learn. The methodology of linear progression and directed learning has made us very identical in our pursuits until we start researching or drop out of schools. Learning and seeking should be a person's direction and not a school or organizations. Globalization will help this method reach the unreachable points of the world, I hope.
Questo video dovrebbe essere il video più visto di youtube al posto di quello di Justin, quando questo accadrà, se accadrà. il mondo sarà pronto al modello che Sugata vuole proporre.
Uh, guys, I think you should all stop hating on schools now. Schools aren't perfect, but they're better than nothing. Would you all prefer if we WEREN'T able to read each other's comments and understand what is being said up in that video? School and learning has brought us that. If you weren't forced to go to school and taught by a teacher, you probably wouldn't be able to read or write.
This makes me very excited because school for me was like prison and i hated every moment that i wasnt skipping class, yet ive educated myself enough that i work in high tech and its all because of curiosity and the internet.
After I graduated high school I became very interested in our economy and how it developed over the last hundred years. I have elevated my knowledge to the point that I can have a long conversation with a professor on the topic and even debate policies. All because I wanted to learn about it and the internet provided endless information for me. I also found that almost everything I was told about our history as been twisted or is just a lie. Ron Paul 2012.
@devboy3 Give me the name of the Economics professor who lets you go on thinking that going back to the gold standard is a good idea. I don't believe you.
@Bfavrestarr415 Think again. His message is the effectiveness of self-organized systems. Not authoritarian systems. He is a creator who looked outside the box and saw the people themselves can innovate and expedite learning far faster than top-down systems. "Putting experts in charge" is what has mired most nations in backward status quo inefficiency and has weakened the independence and strength of the majority. Now instead of learning from local experimentation we suffer global errors.
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I see willingness alongside cooperative learning. Indian students are quite willing and if without resources this can be one,supportive adults who are not bogged down by a must - finish - curriculum - to - do - exam system,we could see reduction in poverty levels.But then the Indian govt would also have to change.Sorry it's a fail.
Great work Sugata. This is how I learn things. When I find something I don't know, I search for it and learn it. Are you in any way inspired by Montessori? Seems like similar paths.
ten year olds can learn trig,great. Can't we leave them alone and just let them be kids and not academicians or einsteins. We can dull down their life later with knowledge. Ya?
@efzt The fact that you find knowledge as something to "dull down" rather than "excite and enjoy" is exactly the problem we need to fix. The right teacher can make trig a fun activity that people would choose to do freely, if they only understood applications that they are interested in.
If you like this video, check out the Sudbury Valley learning model. It's radically self-directed learning. See the web site of the founding school at Sudval dot org, or look it up on Wikipedia. You'll be glad you did.
Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity". Anyone knows what is he doing now promoting it (contacted him but got no satisfactory reply)?
Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity". Anyone knows what is he doing now (contacted him but got no reply)?
Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
Is there any proof of these claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project and really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity" driven by technology.
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project and really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
encourage physcial activity and verbal communication and to expirement, Dont physcially deny people outside travel, if you didnt physcially witness them(not video,or dont have accurate physical circumstantial evidence(not words/ video:torture,rape,bodily injury,physically abuse,or attempt to physically abuse(verbal or written words/speech arnt an attempt to physcially abuse).
minimize written words and videos, They will learn what they want to learn, something they have a use for. If they are not interested in what you have to offer them, maybe both of you can find a common interest and do that together, but if not, let each other part separate ways, to find someone that will do an activity with you that is of your interest.
if the person has access to certian materials, and are interested, they will expirement with things to see what it does from curisody, to see if it is useful, useless, or harmful, than think of what they want, say a new technology, or a certian mental vision they want to make real, or a certian activity they want to do, than mix the current knowledge they have, think of a new idea or expirment, than try to make something useful or fun.
The thing to keep in mind, though, is that this form of education is not mutually exclusive with how most of us went to school. The classroom has advantages and disadvantages. The formal education system we are so used to is not necessarily guilty of killing creativity or inspiration; the formal education system is guilty of setting up a designated time for learning that ENDS. If children go to school and then self-educate at home, with these methods, then they will be at a great advantage.
I think internet is a very good teacher, better than many teachers who make the learning a boring journey, the only thing we need is a structure, i mean a curriculum , i think Wikipedia has some of the elements which can act as a curriculum. Internet as a teacher will create magic.....i hate teachers and schools that makes things boring and take the desire out from students who would like to learn......in the end of the day a man is driven by desire
when I was 15 I had thought of an invention about instead of learning seriously on school, why not make a virtual computergame and teach children to compete while learning. But ya know illuminati system doens´t want this to happen.
So would that make trade schools evil? Should schools only teach philosophy? Hard working, smart kids that grow up to achieve monetary success become philanthropists. Thats always good. :)
Ministries and the bean-counting bureaucrats (with possibly good intentions) have impaired this in the past by trying to create systems of delivery and systems of measurement and assessment. These systems have been thrown across entire nations like a one-size-fits-all blanket. This approach was always tenuous at best and is now completely obsolete and without value. Bring on the renaissance..
We all play videogames and learn everything about it all the time (names, places, itens, heroes, vilains - and they are all in English) why not expand on it? Some english youth play japanese games and learn to speak it and recognize the writing.
Even if your 'googling' for answers, you are still learning something. And the experience of trial-and-error teaches you much more than any textbook can.
Schools are not obsolete, but outdated - time for a change.
Funny because even at an ivy league school, I have to teach myself the subject. It's all about how motivated you are and what your goals are. If you want to learn, you could. But if your thinking, "oh, I could spend my time doing something "fun" like playing video games for 10 hours. See our American society has created so many distractions for us and it becomes vague to a kid what he should do in life. Now if education was stressed, then we'd be like china
The only problem with this idea is the unreliability of the internet. With so much information being displayed, how can these kids differentiate between truth and falsehood?
Schools are fascist phillosophy incarnate/institutionalized soul murder.
"Education, the great mumbo jumbo and fraud of the age, purports to equip us to live and is prescribed as a universal remedy for everything from juvenile delinquency to premature senility. For the most part it only serves to enlarge stupidity, inflate conceit, enhance credulity and put those subjected to it at the mercy of brainwashers with printing presses, radio and television at their disposal."
The key is study in groups...there is another talk on innovation where it's implied that the best ideas come about when people come together in groups and feed off each others energy.
The old system doesn't work, and it also seems to train us, without our realizing it, into a life-long mentality of blind acceptance of authority. I can see how this would assist in creating ideal followers for religions and political parties. It's great way to make minions who will do your bidding! The teacher role is there to make us believe that what we are is worthless to society and needs to be changed, so forget about your natural talents. That's how apathy is born. Welcome to ApathyLand!
I think the biggest theme you can pull from this is that kids are naturally curious. Curiosity is tied to creativity, so if what Sir Ken Robinson is also true, we need to seriously reconsider the education system.
While I do not believe there is a "One Size Fits All" system, ideas like these which make use of the most unique talents of a child deserve greater attention.
I'm impressed with the Indian culture where kids know how to share and work together seemingly by default. Also kudos to the interfaces people programmed that allowed them to figure things out so easily.
Nice thing is that kids on their own don't have a bad teacher "beat" the enthusiasm out of them, as too often happens in school. You often learn in school to hate learning, which is sad.
Basically what he is doing for kids is what I try to do for myself. Yeah internet!!! So much can learn!!
@MegF142857 Actually the teachers 'beating' the enthusiastic learning out of teachers is a huge problem in India (probably more in the later grades); I don't think that it's anything cultural, just all kids are curious. We all get it beat out of us at some point, it's just that some kids get it worse than others.
But if this can spread through India efficiently, I can see many great things happening. . .
@CatastrophicDisease I was impressed that the kids were sharing. From my experience kids would be beating each other up at that age. Bullies would be ruling the screens available. Any particularly smart kid would be likely to be particularly beat up vs becoming the "teacher" of a group. That's what made me think was perhaps cultural in how they had been taught by society to share better.
As someone else said... other places kids might just smash in the screen with a basebal bat.
I don't think this is about "google seraches" or "computer learning". I think Prof Mitra's talk is about 'Self-Learning' in a Group. I think similar results can be achieved if the tool used was a book instead of computer. The key is to promote learning as a group..
when was 18 i want to learn programming (java ) but in the course in the school it was too expense, i download the tutorials in the internet and i learn it, internet and computers are good tools to self teaching if you willing to, but there also bad things the can apart you from the good way, like a knife can help you and harm you.
Good stuff, but really all he has demonstrated is a memoizing search engine. Ask them to solve a new problem, something for which the answer does not exist on the internet.
now this is amazing, thrilling, innovative. real learning comes from interest and exploration, not from cramming. a true TED talk, after quite a while.
Marvelous proof that autodidactism/unschooling WORKS and extremely well. This provides a beautiful antithesis/alternative to modern compulsory schooling (which is failing us not because of a lack of money but a lack of vision/openness/wisdom).
@IngeniousEpithet With rare exception, parents are not equipped to provide a well-rounded education covering the major topics children should know. Even for those exceptions, children end up not having as significant exposure to other of thinking about the world than what their parents present (which is why a lot of religious nuts homeschool - they don't want their children to learn the truth in certain topics).
Self-exploration/parental involvement: great, but as supplement, not replacement.
Certainly it depends on the approach but unschooling/homeschooling CAN serve as a replacement that is SUPERIOR when implemented properly. Many homeschooled students (sans the religious nuts) tend to be happier, more well-rounded, more educated, more socially adept (especially with a range of age groups), and even do better on standardized tests than their compulsory school counterparts. A school system which learns from that lesson is much needed.
@IngeniousEpithet I'm sure it can, but we have to look at what would happen were that to become the norm. A few exceptional parents who can manage it differ from what the mainstream can handle. Given the balance of things, I would rather have it be compulsory, and ban homeschooling, because taken as a whole, public education is better for most people.
Widespread homeschooling could go many ways, just as compulsory schooling has. And largely... compulsory schooling is failing us, and producing miserable kids who hate learning, reading, and academia. I think if a widespread culture of homeschooling developed, you'd also see grassroots community form to bolster the quality of teaching. It could still be a PUBLIC phenomenon without being government mandated/directed.... nor largely by religious/corporate entities.
@IngeniousEpithet Other nations manage this better - longer school years, better-paid teachers, more of a realisation that schooling is very important. Our educational system is failing because of American specifics, not because it is mandatory.
Most people are simply not qualified to teach their kids. How many people know calculus? Chemistry? Psychology? Well enough to teach? And how many crazy religious folk or libertarians will push their insane ideas without alternatives to their kids? No.
The best way that an unschooling/homeschooling movement would be implemented is via a grassroots cultural revolution. And though you and I both share a wariness of anti-science nutjobs on the right and religious right, I still believe that we have to trust in the free choice of human beings in localized settings. We also cannot assume the best nor the worst from it, however, it may garner serious improvements (as it has already done in many instances) over the current education system.
@IngeniousEpithet You say we have to trust in that "free choice". Why? Choices are only as good as the education behind them, and you're telling us that we should leave all the rest of choices people make in life in the hands of what's likely to be worse for everyone than what we have had ever since public education came about.
I'm not willing to crucify society in the name of "free choice". Mandatory public education has brought incredible good. We don't give it up w/o good reason
Because if we don't believe in free choice then we don't really believe in freedom. If we don't trust our fellow man to coexist with us then we're just bullshitting when we parade around "rights", "freedoms" and "liberty". I personally take it seriously that humans can and will organize themselves with positive results in the absence of state, economic, or religious coercion. Society needs to be crucified for a number of reasons, the shitty education system is the tip of the iceberg.
@IngeniousEpithet I don't believe in rights, freedoms, and liberty in the way that you do. I think they're important, but they're not the only things that are important. Pursuing liberty too strongly gives up thousands of years of civilisation towards what I suspect is an unworkable goal. If you want to smash the state, you're welcome to try, but don't expect us to regard your efforts with anything more than disgust and sadness.If you're willing to be moderate about liberty, things are different
Well one way or another, despite its incredible scientific/technological/medical/exploratory accomplishments, our world civilization is also responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed to both humans and the environment imaginable. One way or another, we cannot sustain it forever or even for much longer. Hierarchies of power/wealth will always generate unacceptable levels of corruption/tyranny/mismanagement/inequity. Also, please see: the Sixth Great Extinction Event.
@IngeniousEpithet It's really more human nature that permits the atrocities than civilisation - all Civilisation does is change the scale. We're better off with it, even considering what can go wrong, than without it. You may find it unacceptable, most of us don't. We're willing to deal with the downsides of being civilised (while we try to mitigate them). It's too important to give up.
What EXACTLY is too important about our civilization? That is one of the most UNQUESTIONED memes of our civilization... that it simply MUST continue at all costs. Is there a cost too great? How about when most of Earth's species are killed off, ecosystems/habitat destroyed, land-base/resources sucked dry, climate permanently altered, air/water polluted beyond repair... most of this we're already well on our way doing. And for WHAT? Most of the world is impoverished and in slavery.
Keep in mind, we've already lost SO MUCH under the rampage of civilization... do you really think what we've gained is worth the price of the environment, of ancient cultures destroyed forever, of a world where the majority languishes while the minority at the top rakes in the benefits, THAT is what you get with massive, growth-driven hierarchies of wealth/power seen in our civilization. It is completely unsustainable, and consumerist/globalist uniformity is a TERRIBLE consolation.
@IngeniousEpithet I do think what we have gained is worth the cost, yes. We can try to lessen future costs, but given the choice between this and no civilization, I'd happily pick this.
I'm not pro-consumerist, mind you, and I'd like to see things change course in several areas. Still, in what I envision, we will remain civilised, there will be mandatory public education, there will be police, there will be laws, there will be government.
You seem to assume that civilization will perpetuate as it has. We're quickly reaching tipping points that will prove quite catastrophic to civilization as we know it. I don't think we really have a choice at this point... especially since we've barely done the MINIMUM even WITHIN the system to address economic, humanitarian, and ecological issues.
@IngeniousEpithet We probably would agree with each other on many of the challenges. I see them as things we can/should/must correct rather than intrinsic flaws of civilisation. I don't think there are humanitarian tipping points, but there are rapid and dangerous economic and ecological shifts ahead - shifts for which we need to change course.
We may not have the same solutions, but I suspect we'd agree on many of the problems.
I urge you to do your homework on the reality of homeschooling. Many colleges actually view homeschooled students as potentially BETTER candidates than those schooled in public/private compulsory institutions. Public schools need serious revamping as well to reflect more effective/exploratory learning like you'd see in a homeschooled environment.
I am awestruck by Sugata's developing ideas...I love the idea of that the Internet & access to computers can level the playing field and provide the disadvantaged access to a world of learning opportunities. His ideas of collaboration, 'teaching to learn' and leveraging child interest is inspirational. I am an early childhood teacher and I truly feel that sometimes 'adults' can actually interfere with learning, particularly if learning is not interesting to them...amazing!
3 Disadvantages without proof to leaning based solely on these so called computer terminals
1) Porn and advertising are the main driving forces of the internet. Kids absorb everything, whether good or bad. Only the good of technology was shown here.
2) Technology, be it obsolete in Canada, is ahead of where their culture is at. This makes it a novelty.
3) Attention span of the individual decreases the more time they spend online.
The point I was trying to make from my first post was that learning can only be done by reading great books. Computers can be used by anyone, be it intentionally, to supplement that learning. I highlight the word intentionally because it is easy to wander off topic. There are disadvantages to computer use in any country which I shall hit on in my next post. Also what is learning? Kids today can recite 1000's of pokemon characters and yet no one takes notice.
Well...hopefully Bill Gates with his educational funding is listening, and
hopefully our increasingly centralized control of education in the United States, including Obama's new "Race to the Top" program does not institutionalize methods that block the adoption of this self-teaching method.
Seymour Papert showed children discovering mathematical principles for themselves using his logo tools in the 80's. His book Mindstorms was a description. But, it didn't fit in well with the established school system, because true child-led independent discovery, doesn't lend itself well to grading, and control. But its the system that should be junked, not discovery.
Mitra's results are even more surprising, but not too surprising, because I was a homeschooling/unschooling mom.
"Learning" and "asking google" are two completely different things and not complimentary as is trying to be proven in this video. "asking google" is more of a shortcut to learning and not learning in itself.
There's also enough distractions online that balance out the learning. You would have to want to learn for this to work.
The only real learning that can be done is by reading books; instead of staring a computer screen and thinking your being productive.
@abram730 I disagree with that. I think kids hate to learn in school because of the context and formality of it. Kids love to learn but it has to be on their own accord. And as Sugata said in the video, you gotta have someone act as a "Grandma" or learning never fully actuates. Children don't get many "Grandma" experiences in school.
I believe in self teaching. I think schools are going to become more of self correcting. I believe that I am a visual learner and quick learner and always felt, get to the point in class. We are humans, we are capable of learning things. We need guidance and support and having the internet is brilliant. You can learn about anything and teach yourself. I wish I had the internet when I was a child. I tell my son is amazing.
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HARPAULSANDHU 2 weeks ago
How very, very wonderful. Does anyone know how many countries are connected to this system?
BrightLightTVChannel 3 weeks ago
I appreciate the person who invented the web everyday. Also, thank you so much for the people who share their hard work so freely and the people who take the time to upload it onto the web. Google and YouTube...you guys have revolutionized it again to another level. Thank you all so much.
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It's true. I have learned twice the amount of French as my classmates have in the last few months than in 2 YEARS of school. After turning to the internet to study with native french speakers, i have improved my understanding to the point that i can navigate French websites, write French songs, hold entire conversations and more. Now i aspire to pursue language professionally and am fully engaged in world issues, current events and much more. These things i used to hate, now i can't get enough.
TrueMagic123 1 month ago 3
This man, is a true hero. A champion of the future of education.
By empowering children to learn themselves as opposed to going through life being "spoon fed" answers, they would forever be on a track to continue educating themselves, long past their days of schooling.
tdlob1 1 month ago 2
Brilliant presentation
MrFraser105 2 months ago 2
A TED talk with a standing ovation deserves what he asks for.
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nice video, very-very infomative
Spasatcom 2 months ago 9
A teacher who wants to play it safe-setting up a classroom in which students learn solely through researched based systematic,explicit set of drills (teacher led)OR a teacher can trust her instinct and set up a classroom in which children are encouraged to collaborate, self-teach and learn to be creative and deep thinkers
toknowisthekey 2 months ago
It is common sense to me that systems associated with collaborative learning/communication emerge naturally. Being part of this self teaching process is what excites me as a teacher.I am a creative human-being and I self teach too!
toknowisthekey 2 months ago
I teach six year olds, and have for over 20 years. Self-teaching is how children learn best! In the history of education, self teaching has been recognized as a vital part of learning; and has been neglected as a vital part of learning. However, for me in my experience as a teacher, self teaching is the motivation, inspiration, curiosity, faith in the process, love of learning, cooperation, etc. that leads to validation of ideas and innovation in and out of the classroom community.
toknowisthekey 2 months ago 3
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Spasatcom 3 months ago
I go to a big university, class consists of lectures on the chalkboard. Teachin school like it's 1899!
Raxarax 3 months ago
Fantastic!
lookitsabob 3 months ago
grate video!
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katynca1 3 months ago
I've been watching your video cool
TheSanovita 3 months ago
WOW!
Mrembo6 4 months ago
Very creative video
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This is very interesting.
andreeaweed 4 months ago
Fantastic vision....great stuff Mr. Mitra.
GilesGQI 4 months ago
I love this channel, keep up the good work.
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schools in poor countries is very serious problem .. so international forums should handle this situation
andreeaweed 4 months ago
The video looks very positive. But it shows mainly the positive impact that Google products can have on the children of the developing nations. Nearly all the positive change was exhibited by the usage of Google products, mainly translator, transliterator, etc...
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"I explained to them, that a lot of scientific work is done by using that method " 10:50 :D
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A person does not need hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption. Even non-religious people know this.
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lightandbeautiful 4 months ago
@Howlciver I don't know which is better, having told by teachers this or that, and having blind faith in them for the things that are being taught to them, or kids simply looking for information and doing the digging on their own.
eatcarpet 4 months ago
That has got to be the most amazing thing that I've ever saw!
eatcarpet 4 months ago
@Howlciver No, they search and internalize. The ones in "proper" schools memorize. When you are self-motivated and really put effort into finding the information you internalize it better, in my opinion.
razhorblahd 5 months ago
His call is not for the removal of school, but rather the way we are taught to learn. The methodology of linear progression and directed learning has made us very identical in our pursuits until we start researching or drop out of schools. Learning and seeking should be a person's direction and not a school or organizations. Globalization will help this method reach the unreachable points of the world, I hope.
tjdoss 5 months ago 2
Sent shivers up my spine too.
wojovox 5 months ago 3
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derdriui 5 months ago
he should had given them a computer with unix that doesn't have a gui.
Muphlon 6 months ago 2
Questo video dovrebbe essere il video più visto di youtube al posto di quello di Justin, quando questo accadrà, se accadrà. il mondo sarà pronto al modello che Sugata vuole proporre.
ciarachella 6 months ago
Loved this video
cuervotaylor 6 months ago
Almost everything I've learned has been self-taught. Gone out of my way to teach myself, the internet just makes almost everything I want instant.
greenbrad182 7 months ago 3
Uh, guys, I think you should all stop hating on schools now. Schools aren't perfect, but they're better than nothing. Would you all prefer if we WEREN'T able to read each other's comments and understand what is being said up in that video? School and learning has brought us that. If you weren't forced to go to school and taught by a teacher, you probably wouldn't be able to read or write.
hihihidddd 7 months ago
@hihihidddd I learn and many other have learn to read without school.
SuperMerlin100 3 months ago
as long as school do not wake you up at 6 in the morning, i think they are fine
uch 7 months ago 2
his talk is nothing new, very similar to what Eric Smidt of google has been saying since sometime now and actually even many before him.
uch 7 months ago
This makes me very excited because school for me was like prison and i hated every moment that i wasnt skipping class, yet ive educated myself enough that i work in high tech and its all because of curiosity and the internet.
rhysqqq 7 months ago 2
After I graduated high school I became very interested in our economy and how it developed over the last hundred years. I have elevated my knowledge to the point that I can have a long conversation with a professor on the topic and even debate policies. All because I wanted to learn about it and the internet provided endless information for me. I also found that almost everything I was told about our history as been twisted or is just a lie. Ron Paul 2012.
devboy3 7 months ago 30
@devboy3 Give me the name of the Economics professor who lets you go on thinking that going back to the gold standard is a good idea. I don't believe you.
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I just want to know who could dislike this.
HysTaRiCFiSHy 7 months ago
We should put this guy in charge of .... a lot
Bfavrestarr415 7 months ago
@Bfavrestarr415 Think again. His message is the effectiveness of self-organized systems. Not authoritarian systems. He is a creator who looked outside the box and saw the people themselves can innovate and expedite learning far faster than top-down systems. "Putting experts in charge" is what has mired most nations in backward status quo inefficiency and has weakened the independence and strength of the majority. Now instead of learning from local experimentation we suffer global errors.
leafwatch 7 months ago
@leafwatch I agree with you. Still though somebody would have to implement the system, and he would be that guy.
Bfavrestarr415 7 months ago
@Bfavrestarr415 Yeah, like the Dept. of Education!
podgornia 7 months ago
Cut the shit monkeys and remove the "money" then there is no limit to what Every person on this planet is capable of learning...
shtboxexpose 7 months ago
He's one very bright man I must say.
carlingskie2 8 months ago
And that, my friends, is why your GP is Indian.
DazzaBo 8 months ago 2
thats awesome
nillychoirpop 8 months ago
i truly hate schooling. actually youtube videos like khan academy are a much better learning source than self righteous teachers/
madorao 8 months ago 3
Absolutely amazing !
olivierbernardvideos 8 months ago
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Para algún colombiano que vea esto le quiero informar que el proyecto SOME desarrollado por sugata mitra y suneeta kulkarni ya se encuentra en colombia mas exactamente en Villa de Leyva, Boyaca. Si estás interesado en ayudarnos o por lo menos obtener información contactame en dani-lfc@hotmail.com ( y no es necesario que vivas en Boyaca)
TheDanilfc 8 months ago
God damn- spontaneous order works!!!
So uh- why the hell do we have these statist dictators in these state indoctrination centers aka public schools?
swu880 8 months ago 5
I see willingness alongside cooperative learning. Indian students are quite willing and if without resources this can be one,supportive adults who are not bogged down by a must - finish - curriculum - to - do - exam system,we could see reduction in poverty levels.But then the Indian govt would also have to change.Sorry it's a fail.
bmaj7 9 months ago
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@sebastianbrosche That is EXACTLY what we need!
drkwhy 9 months ago
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the classic game of "seek and ye shall find"
lael2019 9 months ago
How long till they are watching porn?
Jenovaside 9 months ago
@Jenovaside Google Safe Search... : D
TheAnimateor 9 months ago
Meet up with Sal of khanacademy and change the world!
sebastianbrosche 10 months ago 19
WOW!!!!!!!! Great job!
WeightLossMindset 10 months ago
Great work Sugata. This is how I learn things. When I find something I don't know, I search for it and learn it. Are you in any way inspired by Montessori? Seems like similar paths.
workerbee1976 10 months ago 2
ten year olds can learn trig,great. Can't we leave them alone and just let them be kids and not academicians or einsteins. We can dull down their life later with knowledge. Ya?
efzt 10 months ago
@efzt The fact that you find knowledge as something to "dull down" rather than "excite and enjoy" is exactly the problem we need to fix. The right teacher can make trig a fun activity that people would choose to do freely, if they only understood applications that they are interested in.
jasonleeholm 10 months ago
@jasonpeehole Learning is a drug.
efzt 10 months ago
@efzt Why can't we let them be whatever they wanna be? The way most people look at kids is rather annoying.
raydredX 10 months ago
@efzt no
JolsSugerFree320 9 months ago
John Taylor Gatto, an award winning teacher, wrote an amazing boon on industrial education. its available online, too.
otacon451 10 months ago
If you like this video, check out the Sudbury Valley learning model. It's radically self-directed learning. See the web site of the founding school at Sudval dot org, or look it up on Wikipedia. You'll be glad you did.
phutureb 10 months ago
I really want to learn only for the sake of knowing more, but not for grades, honors, jobs, or salaries.
chenxi8183 11 months ago 6
Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity". Anyone knows what is he doing now promoting it (contacted him but got no satisfactory reply)?
d0840001 11 months ago
Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity". Anyone knows what is he doing now (contacted him but got no reply)?
d0840001 11 months ago
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Is there any proof of these claims apart of this talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
d0840001 11 months ago
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Is there any proof of these claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
d0840001 11 months ago
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project + collaborative learning, really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
d0840001 11 months ago
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project and really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity" driven by technology.
d0840001 11 months ago
Is there any proof of this claims apart of the above talk? Involved in the One Laptop per Child project and really interested in the possibility of such "education singularity".
d0840001 11 months ago
This with Khan academy....
artashes999 1 year ago
encourage physcial activity and verbal communication and to expirement, Dont physcially deny people outside travel, if you didnt physcially witness them(not video,or dont have accurate physical circumstantial evidence(not words/ video:torture,rape,bodily injury,physically abuse,or attempt to physically abuse(verbal or written words/speech arnt an attempt to physcially abuse).
nicesocialgirl 1 year ago
minimize written words and videos, They will learn what they want to learn, something they have a use for. If they are not interested in what you have to offer them, maybe both of you can find a common interest and do that together, but if not, let each other part separate ways, to find someone that will do an activity with you that is of your interest.
nicesocialgirl 1 year ago
if the person has access to certian materials, and are interested, they will expirement with things to see what it does from curisody, to see if it is useful, useless, or harmful, than think of what they want, say a new technology, or a certian mental vision they want to make real, or a certian activity they want to do, than mix the current knowledge they have, think of a new idea or expirment, than try to make something useful or fun.
nicesocialgirl 1 year ago
This guy ROCKS!! :)
staticjenn 1 year ago
The thing to keep in mind, though, is that this form of education is not mutually exclusive with how most of us went to school. The classroom has advantages and disadvantages. The formal education system we are so used to is not necessarily guilty of killing creativity or inspiration; the formal education system is guilty of setting up a designated time for learning that ENDS. If children go to school and then self-educate at home, with these methods, then they will be at a great advantage.
BuBBaGump014 1 year ago
I think internet is a very good teacher, better than many teachers who make the learning a boring journey, the only thing we need is a structure, i mean a curriculum , i think Wikipedia has some of the elements which can act as a curriculum. Internet as a teacher will create magic.....i hate teachers and schools that makes things boring and take the desire out from students who would like to learn......in the end of the day a man is driven by desire
jibiabraham 1 year ago
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jibiabraham 1 year ago
This is the first time I see computers at schools used for education.
DonDuracell 1 year ago
Without realizing it, Mr. Mitra is describing the Sudbury model of learning. See the Sudbury Valley School website at sudval [dot] org for details.
VAhostnet 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite tedtalks. For me, it's up there with Ken Robinson.
fauxman 1 year ago
poo
clawds29 1 year ago
when I was 15 I had thought of an invention about instead of learning seriously on school, why not make a virtual computergame and teach children to compete while learning. But ya know illuminati system doens´t want this to happen.
arsjaad1986 1 year ago
This is a wonderful video I fully appreciate and am urged to share with my world.
drsteveventola 1 year ago
Phenomenal! Reallt could change thw world. Great stuff.
jctemwood 1 year ago
This is a important model for increasing learning in Africa, especially in remote areas where there is a clear shortage of teachers.
ramonthomas 1 year ago
Schools make learning into a linear goal of achieving monetary success, I find that rather disturbing.
KeepingModern 1 year ago 71
@KeepingModern and what SHOULD it be then? We'll have 1,000,000 paleontologists and no accountants
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@KeepingModern
that's because you don't understand what money is.
Berelore 6 months ago
@KeepingModern
So would that make trade schools evil? Should schools only teach philosophy? Hard working, smart kids that grow up to achieve monetary success become philanthropists. Thats always good. :)
cobrabeebop 4 months ago
Kids learn without conscious awareness of it.
Parents and teachers do not want to impair this.
Ministries and the bean-counting bureaucrats (with possibly good intentions) have impaired this in the past by trying to create systems of delivery and systems of measurement and assessment. These systems have been thrown across entire nations like a one-size-fits-all blanket. This approach was always tenuous at best and is now completely obsolete and without value. Bring on the renaissance..
daddyslackful 1 year ago
"Playing is the best way of learning".
We all play videogames and learn everything about it all the time (names, places, itens, heroes, vilains - and they are all in English) why not expand on it? Some english youth play japanese games and learn to speak it and recognize the writing.
Even if your 'googling' for answers, you are still learning something. And the experience of trial-and-error teaches you much more than any textbook can.
Schools are not obsolete, but outdated - time for a change.
leonidasx666 1 year ago
i think i hear pinball at 2:30
sephjazz 1 year ago
Just awesome! I love this man.
lucius215 1 year ago
Funny because even at an ivy league school, I have to teach myself the subject. It's all about how motivated you are and what your goals are. If you want to learn, you could. But if your thinking, "oh, I could spend my time doing something "fun" like playing video games for 10 hours. See our American society has created so many distractions for us and it becomes vague to a kid what he should do in life. Now if education was stressed, then we'd be like china
Bklynballerplaya 1 year ago
"I don't know actually. And then I left..." lmao
IAmTheUnknownPunk 1 year ago 2
The only problem with this idea is the unreliability of the internet. With so much information being displayed, how can these kids differentiate between truth and falsehood?
GOreelz 1 year ago
And we will ...
socoolbob 1 year ago
When I was young I loved learning things, until I started going to school.
Irishfreedom 1 year ago 3
Schools are fascist phillosophy incarnate/institutionalized soul murder.
"Education, the great mumbo jumbo and fraud of the age, purports to equip us to live and is prescribed as a universal remedy for everything from juvenile delinquency to premature senility. For the most part it only serves to enlarge stupidity, inflate conceit, enhance credulity and put those subjected to it at the mercy of brainwashers with printing presses, radio and television at their disposal."
-Malcolm Muggeridge
Fathoms2004 1 year ago 32
The key is study in groups...there is another talk on innovation where it's implied that the best ideas come about when people come together in groups and feed off each others energy.
iky300 1 year ago
I so want to be a part of this! What do I need to do?
aplustek 1 year ago
The old system doesn't work, and it also seems to train us, without our realizing it, into a life-long mentality of blind acceptance of authority. I can see how this would assist in creating ideal followers for religions and political parties. It's great way to make minions who will do your bidding! The teacher role is there to make us believe that what we are is worthless to society and needs to be changed, so forget about your natural talents. That's how apathy is born. Welcome to ApathyLand!
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starglowe 1 year ago
I think the biggest theme you can pull from this is that kids are naturally curious. Curiosity is tied to creativity, so if what Sir Ken Robinson is also true, we need to seriously reconsider the education system.
While I do not believe there is a "One Size Fits All" system, ideas like these which make use of the most unique talents of a child deserve greater attention.
Jaigarful 1 year ago
Very cool.
KellyPosey 1 year ago
This goes against all established forms of education..the object is not to teach children how to think, but to teach them how NOT to think.
DeadOriginal 1 year ago
This is genius and could change the world. On the epic level of the "Sir Ken Robinson's TEDtalk about "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"
I want to be a part of this! If there's anyone else please message me. Let's work together to help train our replacements :)
PvgAshes 1 year ago
This story along with the novel Q&A were the foundation for Slumdog Millionaire.
bakusd 1 year ago
I'm impressed with the Indian culture where kids know how to share and work together seemingly by default. Also kudos to the interfaces people programmed that allowed them to figure things out so easily.
Nice thing is that kids on their own don't have a bad teacher "beat" the enthusiasm out of them, as too often happens in school. You often learn in school to hate learning, which is sad.
Basically what he is doing for kids is what I try to do for myself. Yeah internet!!! So much can learn!!
MegF142857 1 year ago
@MegF142857 Actually the teachers 'beating' the enthusiastic learning out of teachers is a huge problem in India (probably more in the later grades); I don't think that it's anything cultural, just all kids are curious. We all get it beat out of us at some point, it's just that some kids get it worse than others.
But if this can spread through India efficiently, I can see many great things happening. . .
CatastrophicDisease 1 year ago
@CatastrophicDisease I was impressed that the kids were sharing. From my experience kids would be beating each other up at that age. Bullies would be ruling the screens available. Any particularly smart kid would be likely to be particularly beat up vs becoming the "teacher" of a group. That's what made me think was perhaps cultural in how they had been taught by society to share better.
As someone else said... other places kids might just smash in the screen with a basebal bat.
MegF142857 1 year ago
I don't think this is about "google seraches" or "computer learning". I think Prof Mitra's talk is about 'Self-Learning' in a Group. I think similar results can be achieved if the tool used was a book instead of computer. The key is to promote learning as a group..
Great work Prof Mitra!!
cbeanand 1 year ago
when was 18 i want to learn programming (java ) but in the course in the school it was too expense, i download the tutorials in the internet and i learn it, internet and computers are good tools to self teaching if you willing to, but there also bad things the can apart you from the good way, like a knife can help you and harm you.
elchippe 1 year ago
But why change everything, when David Rockefeller and his family wants 80% of the human race exterminated?
TheLogicJunkie 1 year ago
10 people disliked? i don't understand who could dislike this!
DrKleiner 1 year ago
@13:33 he says:"Two children watch a TEDtalk, they wanted to be footballers before; after watching 8 TEDtalks he wants to become Leaonardo daVinci
Now THAT's an improvement on education !!!!
TheQedqubit 1 year ago
Good stuff, but really all he has demonstrated is a memoizing search engine. Ask them to solve a new problem, something for which the answer does not exist on the internet.
spartyzik 1 year ago
now this is amazing, thrilling, innovative. real learning comes from interest and exploration, not from cramming. a true TED talk, after quite a while.
yourtube20061 1 year ago
but how did those indian children learn to understand and speak english for the biotech expt ?
yourtube20061 1 year ago
Marvelous proof that autodidactism/unschooling WORKS and extremely well. This provides a beautiful antithesis/alternative to modern compulsory schooling (which is failing us not because of a lack of money but a lack of vision/openness/wisdom).
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet Self-teaching is a nice second-best solution to actually having proper education.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
So unschooling/homeschooling can't provide a proper education? Please define proper education.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet With rare exception, parents are not equipped to provide a well-rounded education covering the major topics children should know. Even for those exceptions, children end up not having as significant exposure to other of thinking about the world than what their parents present (which is why a lot of religious nuts homeschool - they don't want their children to learn the truth in certain topics).
Self-exploration/parental involvement: great, but as supplement, not replacement.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Certainly it depends on the approach but unschooling/homeschooling CAN serve as a replacement that is SUPERIOR when implemented properly. Many homeschooled students (sans the religious nuts) tend to be happier, more well-rounded, more educated, more socially adept (especially with a range of age groups), and even do better on standardized tests than their compulsory school counterparts. A school system which learns from that lesson is much needed.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet I'm sure it can, but we have to look at what would happen were that to become the norm. A few exceptional parents who can manage it differ from what the mainstream can handle. Given the balance of things, I would rather have it be compulsory, and ban homeschooling, because taken as a whole, public education is better for most people.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Widespread homeschooling could go many ways, just as compulsory schooling has. And largely... compulsory schooling is failing us, and producing miserable kids who hate learning, reading, and academia. I think if a widespread culture of homeschooling developed, you'd also see grassroots community form to bolster the quality of teaching. It could still be a PUBLIC phenomenon without being government mandated/directed.... nor largely by religious/corporate entities.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet Other nations manage this better - longer school years, better-paid teachers, more of a realisation that schooling is very important. Our educational system is failing because of American specifics, not because it is mandatory.
Most people are simply not qualified to teach their kids. How many people know calculus? Chemistry? Psychology? Well enough to teach? And how many crazy religious folk or libertarians will push their insane ideas without alternatives to their kids? No.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
The best way that an unschooling/homeschooling movement would be implemented is via a grassroots cultural revolution. And though you and I both share a wariness of anti-science nutjobs on the right and religious right, I still believe that we have to trust in the free choice of human beings in localized settings. We also cannot assume the best nor the worst from it, however, it may garner serious improvements (as it has already done in many instances) over the current education system.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet You say we have to trust in that "free choice". Why? Choices are only as good as the education behind them, and you're telling us that we should leave all the rest of choices people make in life in the hands of what's likely to be worse for everyone than what we have had ever since public education came about.
I'm not willing to crucify society in the name of "free choice". Mandatory public education has brought incredible good. We don't give it up w/o good reason
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Because if we don't believe in free choice then we don't really believe in freedom. If we don't trust our fellow man to coexist with us then we're just bullshitting when we parade around "rights", "freedoms" and "liberty". I personally take it seriously that humans can and will organize themselves with positive results in the absence of state, economic, or religious coercion. Society needs to be crucified for a number of reasons, the shitty education system is the tip of the iceberg.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet I don't believe in rights, freedoms, and liberty in the way that you do. I think they're important, but they're not the only things that are important. Pursuing liberty too strongly gives up thousands of years of civilisation towards what I suspect is an unworkable goal. If you want to smash the state, you're welcome to try, but don't expect us to regard your efforts with anything more than disgust and sadness.If you're willing to be moderate about liberty, things are different
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Well one way or another, despite its incredible scientific/technological/medical/exploratory accomplishments, our world civilization is also responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed to both humans and the environment imaginable. One way or another, we cannot sustain it forever or even for much longer. Hierarchies of power/wealth will always generate unacceptable levels of corruption/tyranny/mismanagement/inequity. Also, please see: the Sixth Great Extinction Event.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet It's really more human nature that permits the atrocities than civilisation - all Civilisation does is change the scale. We're better off with it, even considering what can go wrong, than without it. You may find it unacceptable, most of us don't. We're willing to deal with the downsides of being civilised (while we try to mitigate them). It's too important to give up.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
What EXACTLY is too important about our civilization? That is one of the most UNQUESTIONED memes of our civilization... that it simply MUST continue at all costs. Is there a cost too great? How about when most of Earth's species are killed off, ecosystems/habitat destroyed, land-base/resources sucked dry, climate permanently altered, air/water polluted beyond repair... most of this we're already well on our way doing. And for WHAT? Most of the world is impoverished and in slavery.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Keep in mind, we've already lost SO MUCH under the rampage of civilization... do you really think what we've gained is worth the price of the environment, of ancient cultures destroyed forever, of a world where the majority languishes while the minority at the top rakes in the benefits, THAT is what you get with massive, growth-driven hierarchies of wealth/power seen in our civilization. It is completely unsustainable, and consumerist/globalist uniformity is a TERRIBLE consolation.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet I do think what we have gained is worth the cost, yes. We can try to lessen future costs, but given the choice between this and no civilization, I'd happily pick this.
I'm not pro-consumerist, mind you, and I'd like to see things change course in several areas. Still, in what I envision, we will remain civilised, there will be mandatory public education, there will be police, there will be laws, there will be government.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
You seem to assume that civilization will perpetuate as it has. We're quickly reaching tipping points that will prove quite catastrophic to civilization as we know it. I don't think we really have a choice at this point... especially since we've barely done the MINIMUM even WITHIN the system to address economic, humanitarian, and ecological issues.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@IngeniousEpithet We probably would agree with each other on many of the challenges. I see them as things we can/should/must correct rather than intrinsic flaws of civilisation. I don't think there are humanitarian tipping points, but there are rapid and dangerous economic and ecological shifts ahead - shifts for which we need to change course.
We may not have the same solutions, but I suspect we'd agree on many of the problems.
pgunn01 1 year ago
@pgunn01
Though I have a lot of hope for the future, my realist side says we, and or our progeny, are probably fucked.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
@pgunn01
I urge you to do your homework on the reality of homeschooling. Many colleges actually view homeschooled students as potentially BETTER candidates than those schooled in public/private compulsory institutions. Public schools need serious revamping as well to reflect more effective/exploratory learning like you'd see in a homeschooled environment.
IngeniousEpithet 1 year ago
I am awestruck by Sugata's developing ideas...I love the idea of that the Internet & access to computers can level the playing field and provide the disadvantaged access to a world of learning opportunities. His ideas of collaboration, 'teaching to learn' and leveraging child interest is inspirational. I am an early childhood teacher and I truly feel that sometimes 'adults' can actually interfere with learning, particularly if learning is not interesting to them...amazing!
raiselearning 1 year ago
i smell bs in this video
818doodooroo 1 year ago
@818doodooroo R u d same referee he talked about ?
anuragchoubey 1 year ago
3 Disadvantages without proof to leaning based solely on these so called computer terminals
1) Porn and advertising are the main driving forces of the internet. Kids absorb everything, whether good or bad. Only the good of technology was shown here.
2) Technology, be it obsolete in Canada, is ahead of where their culture is at. This makes it a novelty.
3) Attention span of the individual decreases the more time they spend online.
JetteroHeller83 1 year ago
The point I was trying to make from my first post was that learning can only be done by reading great books. Computers can be used by anyone, be it intentionally, to supplement that learning. I highlight the word intentionally because it is easy to wander off topic. There are disadvantages to computer use in any country which I shall hit on in my next post. Also what is learning? Kids today can recite 1000's of pokemon characters and yet no one takes notice.
JetteroHeller83 1 year ago
How can I become a mediator?
tempo3rd 1 year ago
A very heart warming and inspiriing talk. :)
DeadWhiteButterflies 1 year ago
Well...hopefully Bill Gates with his educational funding is listening, and
hopefully our increasingly centralized control of education in the United States, including Obama's new "Race to the Top" program does not institutionalize methods that block the adoption of this self-teaching method.
givebirthathome 1 year ago
Seymour Papert showed children discovering mathematical principles for themselves using his logo tools in the 80's. His book Mindstorms was a description. But, it didn't fit in well with the established school system, because true child-led independent discovery, doesn't lend itself well to grading, and control. But its the system that should be junked, not discovery.
Mitra's results are even more surprising, but not too surprising, because I was a homeschooling/unschooling mom.
givebirthathome 1 year ago
@givebirthathome See John Dewey and his ideas regarding education!
sweetbasil1015 1 year ago
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sweetbasil1015 1 year ago
"Learning" and "asking google" are two completely different things and not complimentary as is trying to be proven in this video. "asking google" is more of a shortcut to learning and not learning in itself.
There's also enough distractions online that balance out the learning. You would have to want to learn for this to work.
The only real learning that can be done is by reading books; instead of staring a computer screen and thinking your being productive.
JetteroHeller83 1 year ago
@JetteroHeller83 Kids do like to learn... It's parents, society, and schools that break them of that desire.
abram730 1 year ago 86
@abram730 I disagree with that. I think kids hate to learn in school because of the context and formality of it. Kids love to learn but it has to be on their own accord. And as Sugata said in the video, you gotta have someone act as a "Grandma" or learning never fully actuates. Children don't get many "Grandma" experiences in school.
Prolite 1 year ago