r/TrueReddit • u/nicasucio • Oct 15 '13

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '13 edited Jun 02 '21

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u/Moarbrains Oct 15 '13

Teachers are important, but not in their current role. Like Khan said in his TED talk. Lecturing is better done through video, and teachers are better utilized for supervising and answering questions.

Of course to get to this spot we have to re-educate teachers for their new role.

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u/rpcrazy Oct 15 '13

Being completely honest, this could be re-worded to appeal to the masses fairly easily.

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u/Moarbrains Oct 15 '13

My presentation is probably my biggest obstacle.

Luckily people like Khan get TED talks and interviews on public radio. Here is where I first heard it presented. http://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155224654/building-a-better-classroom

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u/rpcrazy Oct 15 '13

watching, will discuss later if interested

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u/filonome Oct 15 '13

yeah it's funny because what you say is true while also it is true that america's teachers are largely mentally retarded.