General Task 2 - Computers in education
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 3:17 am
As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom. Agree or Disagree?
Advancement in technology has greatly influenced most of the sectors. One of the major sectors is education and nowadays most of the complex topics can be easily taught with the help of a computer. There is a general assumption that this may lead to a time when teachers are no longer required in the classrooms and all of the tasks can be achieved using computers. But this argument holds no value as at any point of time in the future, we cannot think of a replacing man with machine.
Firstly, the human interaction brings attention and respect. For example, pupils will be more cautious in the class when a teacher is around and on the contrary, they may divert their attention if the class is taken care by a computer. So it clearly states that it is difficult for these machines to individualized care for students and alert them if they loose their attention. So in this way, a class teacher cannot be replaced and it will be a tedious job to bring these qualities to a computer.
Secondly, Group interaction is one of the major qualities which students need to develop. With the help of a teacher, this can be easily achieved and they can also guide them if they are unable to interact socially. For instance, teachers can arrange games for students to play in groups and build skills required to be a good team player. So there are many situations where we still need the human interaction to make a perfect classroom.
To sum it up, we can aggressively use computers for students in many areas during the course of teaching, but we may never be able to completely depend on computers to build a regular classroom.
Advancement in technology has greatly influenced most of the sectors. One of the major sectors is education and nowadays most of the complex topics can be easily taught with the help of a computer. There is a general assumption that this may lead to a time when teachers are no longer required in the classrooms and all of the tasks can be achieved using computers. But this argument holds no value as at any point of time in the future, we cannot think of a replacing man with machine.
Firstly, the human interaction brings attention and respect. For example, pupils will be more cautious in the class when a teacher is around and on the contrary, they may divert their attention if the class is taken care by a computer. So it clearly states that it is difficult for these machines to individualized care for students and alert them if they loose their attention. So in this way, a class teacher cannot be replaced and it will be a tedious job to bring these qualities to a computer.
Secondly, Group interaction is one of the major qualities which students need to develop. With the help of a teacher, this can be easily achieved and they can also guide them if they are unable to interact socially. For instance, teachers can arrange games for students to play in groups and build skills required to be a good team player. So there are many situations where we still need the human interaction to make a perfect classroom.
To sum it up, we can aggressively use computers for students in many areas during the course of teaching, but we may never be able to completely depend on computers to build a regular classroom.