Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching

http://www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

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[shlimonb]

"when its stuff on google, why do you need to stuff it in your head?"

best.

line.

ever.

ಠ▃ಠ

[WLBFTWproductions]

Well that's just the coolest thing ever.

[buffer751]

Education in India IS aggressively pursued! In all my visits there and interacting with a good many people, you find housewives with Master degrees in Chemistry etc. Most students usually pursue at least two undergraduate degrees

[serpentphoenix]

if Indian kids can learn so quickly , imagine if education in India was aggressively pursued. Dear God, the unrealized potential is probably strong enough to take over the world.

[Mythricia1988]

I don't think a lot of people have free access to internet anywhere in the world, but I guess the difference is, it's easier for some to afford the cost (it becomes trivial) than for others.

[Joemar Eusebio]

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:D

[ghostcrab311]

honestly, none of this is particularly surprising to anyone who actually teaches. if kids are interested, they will learn and can do far more than we think they can when we let them. good teaching is hampered by things like standardized tests and bureaucracies more than anything else. (and really, google makes the language issue mostly trivial for all of us - this does not build his case in any real sense.)

[ayps100]

SOLE is an acronym: Sugata is inviting parents and teachers everywhere to set-up a Self-Organized Learning Environment -

[jackkennedy98]

He is distracting me from my education right now :P Ironic!

[eurabio]

bravo!!

[Wossenu Areda Weldekiros]

Very interesting research result. Could transform the world if properly utilized. Thank you Ferealem for sharing.

[traitorsbeware]

Except souls is not spelled soles, like the sole of a show. I bet the kids would have caught the spelling mistake.