There is growing recognition that the world today is defined by change, complexity and hyper-connectedness, and that education systems are falling behind in terms of equipping young people with the skills that are essential to thriving in the world and to making the world a better place. What is your perspective on this? The world is certainly becoming increasingly ambiguous and volatile. But I believe people have probably always struggled with change. What is new is that the kind of things that are easy to teach and easy to test—the kind of…
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Technology can’t replace teachers; BUT teachers with technology will replace the teachers without technology
Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.-Heidi Hayes Jacobs Technology can’t replace teachers in classroom. The Indian education system is not equipped to deliver quality education to children in tier 3 and tier 4 cities. Two third of the surveyed students in age of 14- 16 years were unable to solve simple mathematical problems as per their syllabus. This makes a very strong case for a Practice Based Learning system. SpeedLabs has designed a very…
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