Essay on can technology replace teachers
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technology replace teachers
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It is a much known fact that in this modern age, technology is replacing almost everything. We do not need papers and pens, as software can be used to write on, we do not need physical books because of the advent of e-books and PDFs. So, the question arises – Can this modern technology replace teachers too? Is this technology sophisticated enough to teach children the way virtual teachers do? Is the need of human teachers being eliminated?
Everyone has a different perception. But what I believe is that the answer to the above stated arguments is a big ‘No’. Technology cannot replace a teacher. Technology is merely an augmentation to a teacher. It can help the process of learning, but it certainly cannot replace the role of the teacher.
Technology can make it easy to get educated by sitting at home but that education too is provided by a teacher. Even in online courses, we see that teachers are necessary to give lectures, whether in the form of videos, tutorials, Skype sessions, etc. Children still need to learn computers to operate those online sessions, which of course are taught by teachers.
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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 (Google as per this specific question) 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..........