To almost every problem, thousands of solutions in the form of new technological inventions are developed. Technology has become very essential in numerous fields, among which is education. There is no doubt that Technology is very beneficial when used in the learning process. It allows students to access unlimited sources of information and enables them to be assisted by their teachers through a very convenient and fast connection. However, can we really say that the development of Technology will cause human teachers to become redundant?
In my opinion, technology will never be able to replace human teachers. In spite of the fact that it seems as though there is nothing that there is nothing that cannot be achieved by technology, there is one field in which technology fails: creativity. One of the most important roles of a teacher is to be able to be creative and to encourage creative thinking among his students. For instance, a good math teacher is a person who makes his students stretch their limits and teaches them the ability to think outside of the box, and find creative solutions to every problem. This is something that none-living machines can never do.
Furthermore, technology fails to understand the complicity of the human mind and the way people think. Any word processor can locate and correct the users’ mistakes, and yet none of them understand why they make the mistake, and how they can avoid it in the future. A good teacher is a person who can familiarize himself with the student’s way of thinking, and thereby work to guide the student to the right way, and that kind of teacher cannot be replaced by technology, however advanced.
To conclude, even though technology is getting more and more advanced , there are some abilities that distinguish us, humans, from machines. Our ability to be creative, to think outside the box, and to be able to understand the way others think, are some of them. All of the above are essential qualities for a good educator, and thereby, I strongly believe that technology will not be able to educate us by itself, not successfully.
Very interesting and wonderfully put.
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Daphna
