I like that Sugata's proposition comes from a place of letting the students learn, instead of forcing them all to learn the same things the same way. I also like that he is trying to make schooling mimic what the future of careers is sure to look like.
Some of the problems that I see is that I am not sure if some kids, particularly those that grew up with technology always around, would be as excited as the students in the slums of India. In my own classrooms, I give my students research projects using topics that interest them, and some are still hesitant to want to discover new things. I think some of our students feel so indifferent towards technology because it has just always been there.
I like that his vision of the future of schooling focuses on wondering and collaboration. Those are two of the main principles of his proposition. Getting students to want to learn and getting them to work together to discover is a true goal of education. My own personal vision for the future of schooling is similar to the Montessori schools, where students are able to control their learning, and a teacher is a facilitator.
Jessie, we share a similar view on Montessori learning. I too, agree that student motivation can sometimes be a big obstacle to overcome and comparing the motivation to learn across all students can present some real problems. Even students that have grown up in the technology age still need to learn a lot of basic tech skills and maybe the indifference you are referring to is more lack of understanding, masked as indifference. I have students that are juniors and seniors in high school that had never sent an email until they got to my class, which many people would have easily assumed that in this age all students know how to construct, attach a document, and send an email (even me), but they needed to be taught this skill... just a thought...
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