Yesterday was mostly a rant about how I do not feel like the public education system at large is doing an adequate job. Particularly given the amount of money being spent. However, throwing stones is easy so I want to offer a suggestion for how it could be done better.
I propose turning basically every single aspect of the traditional education system on its head.
Teachers Become Tutors and Lectures Become Homework Sessions
The first thing I want to address is the role of the teacher. In the digitally connected world we live in having a real live person stand at the front of a room and present information is archaic. We should record the best teachers in the world giving lessons and presentations. Then we can make those lessons available to students to watch when and as much as they want.
Then class time would be decentralized. Where instead of being taught en mass the students are tutored on their homework as needed. Students could help each other making the entire learning process more collaborative. It would give teachers the flexibility to spend more time with students who are struggling as well as those who are excelling.
Doing this capitalizes on the new digital economy. It takes the lecture, which is normally repeated thousands, perhaps millions of times a year and reduces the workload to a few video shoots and some editing. The cost of the lecture drops and the quality increases.
It allows school to not be a one size fits all concept. Students can get the added attention they need without added cost.
It makes teachers jobs more specialized since they can focus on one-on-one interaction instead of lesson plans and presentation ability.
Tomorrow it will be all about schedule.
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