Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Aug 27, 2008
http://www.ted.com Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
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Wow. They can learn that quickly? With no teacher? Then why are American kids wasting most of their childhood in K-12 "education" with so little skill & knowledge to show for it? My experience of school was very boring, lots of sitting around knowing I had already learned the lesson, kids disrupting class frequently, homecoming assemblies & movie days… I could have probably learned the whole K-12 curriculum by age 13 if so much time wasn't wasted on the glorified babysitting we call school.
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How about you ask the kids... seriously, I self-taught myself basically everything I learned 2 years later in school. Kids can teach themselves. This is not a difficult question.
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@Arghira applause for you indeed.
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@Arghira I didn't have cable, so I had to watch the Italian TV beaming from Sicily when I was young. I learnt Italian from watching TV and when I started watching Cable (in English), I forgot most of it, then I went to Rome and after 3 days I was speaking fluently. I just think its amazing how this is all done from nothing, but sound to image patterns.
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Awesome! Might not address the subjects that historically require set progression in order to achieve proficiency. Yet.
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Heh looking back. This man's recent(2010) TEDTalk blew me away.
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@Arghira I have also learned it that way and now, English is almost as easy as Dutch for me. I am Dutch.
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too bad the audio sucks on this one, it's very tiring to listen to
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"values are acquired, doctrine and dogma are imposed".
I wonder how would that "hole in the wall" system work in a fundamentalist country, like Nigeria or Iran.
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a very good experiment but need to be presented in a much better way to create the required curiosity.
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I have learned englesh waching movies and later..navigate on internet. And I think that you can observe misspelings LOL .I don't know grammar but i understand almost everything...aplause for me =))
Arghira 3 years ago 31
I teach English in Japan. A student joined at 1 year and 9 months. At 2 years and 6 months, he could use a dictionary. At the age 2 years and 10 months, he was reading, well. I am not joking. He is Japanese. His mom speaks no English. My students are 2 years and up. Most of them learn to read English, on average, in 10 months. The fastest was in 4 by a 5 yr. old boy. He read, well. I am teaching grammar to kids 3 to 7years. They all can read and use a dictionary. Kids are smart, smart, smart!
GS350JPN 3 years ago 16