Question

five merits and demerits of human teacher as well as a mechanical teacher with subheadings

Answer 1

Merits of a human teacher:

• It is a human who has been gifted with the innate talent of rationality. It helps a teacher to analyse the capacity of a learner

• Too much of rationality is a spoiler. Therefore, humans have the heart to make things better for the learner.

• It is a human teacher who gets emotionally connected to the learner and therefore can lessen their stress.

• A tutor is not only meant for mere teaching but an all-round development of the learner. Being a human this becomes possible.

• Finally only a human being can be compassionate and strenuous, indulging and chiding at the same time. This is what encourages the teacher.

Merits of a Mechanical teacher:

• A mechanical teacher can help the learner get first-hand knowledge of operating it and who is operates.

• Being a machine it make lessons more practical for the student.

• Self- learning is encouraged.

• The student can get a wide range of information from here.

• Due to the World Wide Web the information that a learner gets is valid and trustworthy.

Demerits of a human teacher:

• Being a human being one has several limitations.

• Sometimes the teacher may fall ill or get stuck in some important work and the student gets deprived of the class

• Human knowledge is not always full proof and therefore the learner may not know the right values and information

• Often the ideology of a teacher affects the learner thereby giving no scope of his/her own opinion.

• Even a good teacher at times misses out certain important points and due to time and

energy constraint cannot provide ample relevant topics.

Demerits of a mechanical teacher:

• A mechanical teacher is run by technology; therefore often there can be technical faults due to which the learner cannot learn.

• The character development is hampered

• Often the child gets isolated from human beings and start becoming a loner

• Due to its mechanical capability it does not offer a brain rest for the learner.

• It at times even becomes dangerous for the relevant topics it provides.