Can Kids Teach Themselves?
Written by Lauren on September 1, 2008 – 10:30 pm - |
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On TED.com there is a speaker whose talk was recently published with a focus on education of children. His name is Sugata Mitra and he has devoted a greater part of his life to education research.
In 1999, he and his colleagues developed an experiment where children were left unsupervised and he noted how they were able to teach each other and others. This was started in New Delhi and replicated in other parts of rural and urban India.
Of course we are not advocating that teachers be removed from the classroom but rather reflect on the marvel of kids and the some of the ways they are able to learn and teach others. Quite thought provoking isn’t it?
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November 17th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Hello Guys,
Thanks for sharing Interesting article..
I read somewhere teachers get paid six figures to teach. The article is at Pay Teachers More Do you think education will improve if teachers are paid more? I think so. This is much interesting and informative…
Well keep on Posting..
Visit you again.
Mukesh