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- What is the 'Hole in the Wall' experiment all about?
- Do you agree that Minimally Invasive Education is effective?
- Could it ever replace traditional schooling?
The Hole In The Wall is new method of teaching by using computers for instance or by lrttinf the childrem teach themselves, founded by the professor of Educational Technology, Sugata Mitra.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Minimally Invansive Education can be effected and it can help children to lern easier because it is innovative way of teacing and it appeals to a lot of children. However, some children might find it difficult to understand how the system works and they might fall behind.
I believe it is very possible that traditional schooling can be replaced because techology improves everyday and computes and the internet are becoming even more useful for everyones life. Furthermore children might become more open-minded. At the other hand this new method could be very demanding for the chilren and there is always a chance of fluncking.
-The experiment called "Hole in the Wall" was very inspiring for Sugatra Mitra. This program started at New Delhi 14 years ago, where the lecturer used to teach children how to write computer programs.Also, there was a slum near the school. After considering the fact that there were plenty of rich parents who called their children gifted just because they were amazing at computer studies lessons, he figured out that it was unfair for poor people. As a result, he decided to make a hole in the boundary wall of the slum next to his office and then put a computer inside and observe the reaction of the unexperienced children and how they would deal with it. To summarize, when the slum was revisited after one month, the students of this slum were all able to use a computer effectively and operate worldwide web.
ReplyDelete-Minimally Invasive Education is full of encouragement and supporting to the children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and make them feel at ease when they work together. I believe that this methode will be very effective and can work out very well if it is adopted by schools, as it will be helpful, interesting and enriching. Also, the more schools adopting this type of system, the more students will pass with flying colours and will end up having perfect knowledge of values, such as cooperation.
Mr. Sugata Mitra did the experiment "Hole in the wall" in order to understand how works the prossess of learning in children. He put computers in poor neighborhoods of Delhi and check how children react about the new machine and how they try to learn to use this technology. After a while he undestand that if someone stimulate the curiosity and the imagination of a child, the child start to reaserch and study in order to learn.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sugata Mitra believe that the childer can learn by themselves with a right guidance from the teachers and he believe that the internet is a useful tool to help the new generation to succesed this goal. I believe that this statement is true and the children has to try more to understand and learn by themselves. This kind of education performed in the Universities and the students achive to learn more things in this way.
I am convinced that the best theaching method is a mix of traditional education and Mr. Sugata Mitra aproach. Theacher's role is to support and guide the students to learn basic things. On the other hand the students have to focus in things that they want to learn end getting better in these.
The experiment done by Mr. Sugata Mitra is really interesting to watch and creates a lot of different opinions. I am not sure i have understood this method completely but I was amazed to see how putting a computer in front of poor children that do not know how it is used and by encouraging them to continue they would have in a few months know how it is working.I think that the school systems are old and come in contrast with how technology has developed teaching like that the children wrongly.Teachers should ask the students and let the children imagination run free on big questions such as "How is the world going to end ?"and others letting them have different opinions on things.On the whole I believe that this method is effective and it would be a pleasant add to the traditional school curriculum.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that Mr. Sugata Mitra said that caught my attention was the sentences " It's not about making leading happen. It's about letting it happen." I do agree with that! We should not force children into education and make them feel anxious about getting educated. Exams and punishments in the way they appear at schools today are a form of threat to students and often repel them from wanting to gain knowledge about a subject. Instead, we should give them food for though and motivate them to work harder and to discover as much new information as possible themselves.
ReplyDeleteI just saw the Mr. Sugatas' Mitra speech on TED and it gave me food for thought, so I decided to express my view here , as it creates a lot of different opinions. First and foremost, I am really impressed how he decided to put a computer in front of poor children which completely have no idea how it works and why this little machine is useful. Moreover, I am amazed to see how he achieved to make these young people use successfully the computers by encouraging them. I believe that all youngsters should have the opportunity to make use of technology in order to broaden their horizons. Unfortunately, schools do not leverage all alternative assessments which they could easily have access of. It is very important for all of us to be thought not only in traditional ways but also in alternatives ones. All in all, this different and effective method would be a great addition to the traditional school context.
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