Ashok Patel (apatel.aqua@btinternet.com)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:53:16 +0100
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From: "Ashok Patel" <apatel.aqua@btinternet.com> Subject: RE: [ifets] Re: Question Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:53:16 +0100
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I found Tom Abeles, Ed Lowry and Scott Overmyer's mails quite
though provoking and would like to add a few disjointed ideas
on the issues:
1. While the immediate teacher may perform a mentor's role, isn't
this role performed within the curriculum designed by 'sage' teachers ?
2. Whether the teacher's role is performed in an Academy or
a Corporation, the functional role still exists and it would be
premature for any educational system to short circuit this role.
3. A teacher's role has been underrated, especially by Academic
institutions, which have emphasised research to attract the
additional funds.
4. There have always been cases where the Academic institutions
have not had certification authority, for instance, professional
qualifications and yet many have provided tuition for such
courses.
5. With the virtual delivery, the competition between Academic
institutions is bound to increase and therefore if it isn't a Corporation
then it could be a foreign University. (Interesting problems of recognition
of qualifications would also arise.)
6. I don't think we can insulate education from technology. Children
are already into computer games and Nintendo workstations.
In many cases what we may readily classify as 'child abuse' in reality
happens to be a cry against 'lecturer abuse' !
7. But more importantly, I do not think we have a great clarity about the
purpose of education. Should the educational systems provide
enhancements to the best learners or like the national health systems,
focus on the sick ones ?
Ashok Patel
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