"In most schools, we measure children on what……" — Sugata Mitra
"In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think."
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35 Quotes by Sugata Mitra
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In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard…
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We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about…
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Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.
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The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a [schooling] system that was so robust that it's still with us today,…
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It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken — it's not broken, it's wonderfully constructed. It's just that…
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My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don't want to be spare parts for a great…
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It took nature 100 million years to make the ape stand up and become Homo sapiens. It took us only…
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If children have interest, then Education happens
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A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be.
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The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less…
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You don't actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point when you need to know it.…
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The bottom line is, if you're not the one controlling your learning, you're not going to learn as well.
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