debate on topic can internet replace a teacher
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I'm in favor of the motion. Technology has been a boon to us, but human is forgetting that everything cant be replaced by it. In this modern generation, internet has been proved as boon to us. In just a fraction of second, money can be transferred to another corner of the world. Education has also been easier now by the access of internet.
So, as the question is raised, can't internet be replaced with classroom teacher? Well, its to be taken seriously.Classroom teaching has been a traditional practice and has its own importance, so suddenly we can't change the things, or else we'll have to regret later. And its better to take any action before thinking further about it.
Even if it'll be replaced, it wont last forever. A society needs a teacher, which cant be replaced with a machine. It'd surely be addictive for students and even internet cant have every solution. Internet cant know your feelings, like a teacher tries to understand your problems. Internet cant scold you and rectify your mistakes, just like how a teacher does! hence, i'd like to conclude that internet cant fulfil everything.
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In my personal opinion there is a lot more that goes into teaching than just the subject related information. It is the experience of the teacher, the questions that have been raised in many years of the teacher’s teaching experience and the soft issues including morals. These things are tough to replace. So wherever teachers are available, in my opinion, Google or any other technology will not / should not replace teachers but equip them to ensure standardisation, speed of upgraded information and access to global learnings.
While I say the above, we must not forget that the technology is also developed by human brains. The benefit that technology (even if it comes from Google) must aim to replace teachers in the environment where it must e.g. rural outreach for education, where we find tough to have qualified teachers because of whatever reason. Even if the technology will be less effective than a “good” teacher, it will improve the experience of imparting education by creating “access” to better quality education than what is available now. You might need one teacher than may be 3 currently employed. The second benefit would be the “standardisation” with which education will be imparted in the rural areas. Thirdly technology can provide illustrative ways to demonstrate experiments in rural areas in absence of equipped laboratories in schools. So it merits in certain cases. They may not get softer learnings, but collaborated with teachers focusing on imparting moral values, technology can definitely help in upgrading the quality of education on most subjects.
In conclusion, and in my opinion, technology can assist in making education a better experience either by better assisting the good teachers in developed areas and by replacing teachers in rural areas where qualified teachers may be hard to find.