Thursday, 28 February 2008

Video clip

I found this comment interesting:

Yes there are problems with education systems all around the world, yes learners can be disenfranchised by what is on offer to them but on the whole the western world has it easy. The so called 'problems' made me choke on my super sized egg Mc Muffin. If the students in the video put the same amount of effort into learning that they do into socialising they might leave college and become better teachers for the next generation.

because I understand what they mean, but I also think they're missing the point a little bit. I think there's even an acknowledgment that these problems can't compare to the problems of poverty and education in other parts of the world, but that doesn't mean the problems are insignificant. I think the larger point is that technology has changed the way students interact with each and spend their time, and that the educational system needs to acknowledge that and work with it in some way.

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