our education system
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Education System Is it Producing Leaders or Followers
From the perspective of Namit Sinha
Methodologyof
our education system1. Teach 2. Test 3. Mark
Drawbacks of our
education system• Getting high marks is the only positive feedback you
can get.
• Rote learning where
History = learning Dates…
Language = learning Poems…
Math = learning formulas.
Our Teaching Methods are boring
Drawbacks of our
education system
Programmed to learn/read only
for an exam
33% 42%
0%10%20%30%40%50%
Never read
another book
after school
College
graduated who
never read
another book
Citations : NEA (New Enterprise Associates) article “Reading at Risk”
4524
56
0102030405060
% Who read
a
novel/story
Read Plays/
poetrey
% who read
any book
In past 12 months
What our system is doing is creating
Blind Followers • Most of them are trained to follow orders
• Get a decent 9 – 5 Job
• Still India manages to become 3rd largest base for
startups in the world in 2015
Citation : thehindubusinessline.com
How we are trying to abate the problems
• Use of Audiovisual aids in classroom
• Focus more on teaching practical knowledge
• Use of Internet
• Use of MOOC’s (coursera , nptel , eDx)
• Live lectures streaming on Youtube.
How we are trying to abate the problems
No
they are not going to work !
This will revolutionize education
• Nothing has been said that often and as incorrectly
as that sentence.
“ Motion picture would revolutionize education ”
In 1922 Edison said
Then Came The Radio• In 1930’s there was radio which was destined to
revolutionize education
Then Came The Radio• In 1930’s there was radio which was destined to
revolutionize education
But it too Failed to produce any
Quantifiable results
Finally Came the internet • In 1980’s computers were the revolutionary solution
to our educational problems.
• Researchers suspected that if we taught kids to
program , say “how to move a turtle on the screen”
it would improve their problem solving and
reasoning skills.
Finally Came the internet • The children’s became good at programming the
turtle but their reasoning and problem solving skills
remained the same.
• We still did not learnt from failures of our past
predictions.
What does a revolution looks likeAt least not like this
1960’s 2015’s
What about Audio/Visuals• Do animations help better to understand a topic as
compared to a static ?
• Does a video promote learning better than a book?
• Are live lectures more effective than televised
lectures ?
What about Audio/Visuals
No Significant difference
Why do we need Teachers101001001...Information
Why do we need Teachers• Fundamental role of a teacher is not to deliver
information .
• It is to guide
To inspire To ExciteTo challenge
Their student to want to learn
Technology does helpin the process of
learning But using Technology is at best a evolution
Not a revolution
The most important gear in the clock of learning is the teacher who inspires the students To learn instead of scaring them by bombarding information
