- Thinking activity in ELT -2
Hello, readers it is task given by Dr. Dilip barad sir Link here
1. Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Paradigm
Every country is reforming public education. There two reason for it
1) Economic
2) culture
1). We economic people are trying to work out how do we educate our children to take their place in the economies of the 21 st century.
2) every country is trying to figure out how we educate our children so they have a sense of cultural identity and so that we can pass on the cultural
3)In his talk he mention the Idea of concentration in children’s. So what are the reasons behind that children not paying attention in class, while teacher teach the things. So it is called ADHD(Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), It means Children with ADHD maybe hyperactive and unable control their impulses. Or they may have trouble paying attention.
4) Revolution: Many people object to it they said it's not possible for many street kids; like working class children. Assumptions about social structure and capacity of the time. Academic ability and intellectual model of the mind. He says that two types of public education:1)Academic
2)Non academic .Here are the concept of smartness and well educated people and not smart people like villagers. Two pillars of the public education:
Video 2:Sugata Mitra: School in the cloud- SOLE
Sugata mitra talks about future of learning. He say about school learning. Where did it come from present school learning . It come from about 300 year ago and the biggest of the empires on this plant.
And he talks about Victorian created a global computer mad up of people. He say the Victorian were great engineers
He say about own accident he used to teach people how to write computer program in New Delhi 14 year ago. Many reach parents in computer program they say about our children are extra intelligent. So sugata mitra think about poor children so he keeps computer out side for poor children don't know computer and English language. So he formula success children found them browsing and teaching each other.
He talks about neuroscience The reptilian part of our brain which sits in the center of our brain, when it's threatened it shuts down everything else it shuts down the prefrontal cortex the parts which learn it shuts all of that down.
Punishment and examinations are see as threats.
We talk our children we make them shut their brains down and then we say a perform
Why did they create a system like that?
He say the student don't need of teacher.
Video 3: Sugata Mitra: Future of Learning
1)British national curriculum-2013. When we use mobile phone in bus, school or any - public places then we become unti- social, then people don't like. They don't text all the time they search a lot they continuously learn from these machines.
2)When teachers are friends- Curriculum, pedagogy & Examinations can be rolled into one because we don't need to separate them.
Video 4:Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education
1) Education in U S. & education system.
Digitals technology in the 21st century.
Various tools of digital age.
5,000 hours of their lives reading.
20, 000 hours watching T.V., computer games, email the internet cell phones and instant messages are integral parts of their lives.
One here for video games and 30 tasks which can take from 15 minutes to several hours.
2)One here for video games and 30 tasks which can take from 15 minutest to several hours. Tam said's you tainment to date have essentially bailed from both the education and entertainment perspective. We can & will I predict do much better in math for example....
-Classical philosophy & game.
Video 6: for Crystal: The Effect of New Technologies on English:
Video 7:David Crystal: The biggest challenge for English language teachers in the times of...
Worldwide opportunity - English languages
People chose American & British English. Make your self ready to do anything.
Two jobs - Translating & interpreting and secondly language teaching. ( reason ) is because no aspect of human behaviour is more complex than language.
