After years of offering children selfsupervised access to the web, sugata mitra says kids can teach themselves. For more than a decade, computer programmer sugata mitra has been watching some of indias poorest children teach themselves english and figure. Sugata mitra on how children can entirely selfteach. In this hour, ted speakers explore the different ways babies and children learn from. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. Best known for his hole in the wall experiment and widely cited in works on literacy and education, prof sugata mitras belief in the power of selforganized learning to shape the future of education is immensely inspiring. Sugata mitra is a compelling speaker, and he and his associates have spent ten years developing a new approach for teaching kids in the 10 to 12 year old group. He wanted to create a place where children could learn and teach each other.
He is the instigator of the hole in the wall hiw experiment, where a computer was embedded within a wall in an indian slum at kalkaji, delhi and children were allowed to freely use it. Help me design the school in the cloud, a learning lab in india, where children can explore and learn from each other using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Teachers are not supposed to be repositories of information which they dish out. A radical way of unleashing a generation of geniuses wired. Ted prize winner sugata mitra is at the forefront of a new approach to education which challenges how we teach todays children in a technological age. Education, communication and language sciences, newcastle university, england, and a visiting professor at the mit media lab in cambridge, massachusetts. Sugata mitra faces quite a backlash from experience to. Sugata mitra education scientist well, thats kind of an obvious statement up there. Mitra wants children around the globe, in addition to traditional schooling, to get a chance to participate in selforganized learning. He is a visionary in the field of education and technology. Soon he stumbled on a video describing the work of sugata mitra, a professor of educational technology at newcastle university in the uk.
Educational researcher sugata mitra is the winner of the 20 ted prize. On 3 may 20, mitras ted talk build a school in the cloud was featured in nprs ted radio hour on unstoppable learning. In a series of reallife experiments from new delhi to south africa to italy, he gave kids selfsupervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching. Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain to be used when needed. In 2002, ellie runcie made a film about the hole in the wall project in sindhudurg, maharashtra, india. Ted translators ted books ted institute the audacious project. Donald clark was one of the first to openly criticize mitra in his blogpost with 7 doubts about hole in the wall. T he story of how sugata mitra put a computer in a hole in a delhi wall at the end of the last century and how uneducated children used. It all started when educational scientist sugata mitra conducted experiments within the slum communities of india for over more than a decade back in 1999.
Young kids in this project figured out how to use a pc on their own and then taught other kids. Sugata mitra conducted an experiment in 1999 in which he placed a computer connected to the internet in. In 1999, sugata mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in new delhi, installed an internetconnected pc and left it there, with a hidden camera filming the area. Sugata mitra and the hole in the wall experiment guy. Sugata mitra professor of educational technology working in the areas of cognitive science, information science and educational technology. Famous for his holeinthewall experiment, he believes when.
Sugata mitra on the future of schools and teachers. Sugata mitras new experiments in selfteaching monarch. In this talk, researcher and ted prize winner sugata mitra, a professor of education technology at newcastle university in the uk, takes you through the origins of schooling as we know it, to the. In this talk, sugata will discuss what steps existing schools can take in order to prepare themselves for the changes that are, inevitably, going to come. Professor sugata mitra, professor of educational technology at newcastle university, imagines a future where children teach themselves. In 1999 sugata mitra put a computer connected to the internet in a hole in the wall in a slum in delhi and just left it there, to see what would happen. Sugata mitra the professor with his head in the cloud. In brief, let the kids teach each other and themselves. Build a school in the cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another. Ted radio hour why do we put so much effort in making kids think and act like us.
Sugata mitra kalkuta, india, 1952ko otsailaren 12a hezitzaileak hezkuntza teknologia irakasten du newcastleko unibertsitatean, britainia handian, hezkuntza, komunikazio eta hizkuntza zientzien eskolan. Hes the guy who put a computer in a hole in the wall in india he invented the school in the cloud he recruits grannies he thinks children can learn all they need from computers he wants to get. The computer attracted a number of illiterate, slum children, who, by the end of the first day had taught themselves to surf the internet, despite. But the success comes with a backlash, one ive been taking part in even before the price. Discover the power of selforganized learning kindle single ted books jan 24, 2012. Sugata mitra is professor of educational technology at the school of education, communication and language sciences at newcastle university, uk. Sugata mitra, speaker, book sugata mitra mfl global. The photograph is a still from teachers at work, a video which accompanies the 2015 fifth edition of the practice of english language teaching. Ted winner sugata mitras hole in the wall idea opens up new world for slum kids education reform news and opinion ted talks take wing online as. So if you think of a map of your country, i think youll realize that for. You dont actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point when you need to know it. She was a trainee at the design council, uk, back then. Traditional school is based on the teachers authority and control of children learning process.
I believe that this statement is true and the children has to try more to understand and learn by themselves. Orobat, zientzialarien buru da niit erakundean, indian sortutako elkarte anonimo bat, zeinak eskaintzen baititu prestakuntza informazio teknologietan eta aholkularitza. In this hour, ted speakers explore the different ways babies and children learn from the womb, to the playground, to the web. Sugata mitra and the hole in the research tom bennett. Sounds simple, and this essay is an excellent introduction to the basic concepts. Adam braun went to school in the us and now runs a nonprofit that builds schools in ghana, laos, nicaragua and guatemala. Posts about sugata mitra written by karen dougherty.
Top 26 quotes of sugata mitra famous quotes and sayings. Sugata mitras current work is on the internet and childrens learning. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are. In contrast, sugata mitrathe winner of the 20 ted prizewent to school in india and now is a professor in the uk, where his research on selfdirected learning routinely brings him into elementary. Sugata mitras hole in the wall experiment revisesociology. He retired in 2019 as professor and principal research investigator in the school of education, communication and language sciences at newcastle university, uk. Started by sugata mitra, hole in the wall simply places computers with. He retired in 2019 and is currently an emeritus professor of newcastle university, uk. Professor sugata mitras current work is on the internet and childrens learning. Hear his inspiring vision for self organized learning environments. Its the teachers job to point young minds towards the right kind of question, a teacher doesnt need to give any answers because answers are everywhere. Mitra believes that individuals, especially children, are able to learn technology quite effectively. Professor sugata mitra recently gave an interview for forbes at colors of ostrava in the czech republic.
Sugata and his colleagues were interested in solving how the rural impoverished children of india might access an education. Ten years ago, educator sugata mitra and his colleagues cracked open a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in new delhi, installed a. Sugata mitra and the hole in the wall experiment i may be one of the last people on the planet to hear about this experiment, but just in case im not, read on. He is best known for his hole in the wall experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education. Build a school in the cloud, excellent ted talk on children exploring and learning from each other using technology. He is the recipient of many awards and honorary doctorates from india, the united kingdom, the united states, and many other countries in the world. Mitra provided computers to kids in indiawithout any instructions at all. In this nprarticle on mindshift the scientist is quite critical imho. Education scientist sugata mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education the best teachers and schools dont exist where theyre needed most. I started with that sentence about 12 years ago, and i started in the context of developing countries, but youre sitting here from every corner of the world. Mitra continues the conversation from earlier this episode by arguing that selforganized classes are the future of education, and he puts forward a bold vision.
Sugata mitras new experiments in selfteaching by monarchadmin on january 24, 20 in interest the following ted discussion shows the possibility of emergent selflearning, selfteaching from sugata mitra and his work across decades with children from around the world using basic technology. Speaking at lift 2007, sugata mitra talks about his hole in the wall project. We begin to see some glimpses of what schools should be for and what curricular, pedagogic and assessment changes will be required in the future. Talks, people, playlists, topics, and events about sugata mitra on. Sugata mitra has given kids in indian slums selfsupervised access to the web, and the results have changed how he thinks of teaching. Sugata mitra was made famous for his experiment where he placed a computer connected to the internet in the wall of a room with some of the poorest children in the world without telling him anything or learning to treat him. Onstage at ted20, sugata mitra makes his bold ted prize wish.
The educational researcher sugata mitra has proven that children in rural india and many other places can be trusted with their continue reading sugata mitra on how children can entirely selfteach. The most important conclusion from mitras work is not about the technology, but in firmly establishing that poor children can learn and develop deeper learning competencies of creative thinking, problem solving, and selfreflection. In this talk, researcher and ted prize winner sugata mitra, a professor of education technology at newcastle university in the uk, takes you through the orig. Discover the power of self organized learning kindle single ted books jan 24, 2012. Sugata mitra has been awarded a milliondollar ted prize to pursue the promise of building schools in the cloud. One of the pleasures, indeed the only real pleasure, of a recurrent 850mile solo drive that i endure, is the freedom to gorge on hour upon hour of npr. Sugata mitra is the author of beyond the hole in the wall 4. Sugatas previous talks about the hole in the wall experiments have shown how children can learn by themselves. The sugata mitra keynotes promote the idea that technology can be easily adapted to, understood and executed in societies that were once unfamiliar to it. Mitras concept of minimally invasive education won the 20 ted. In fact, after the first day, i had to shut the computer down after sunset because the mothers. Sugata mitra is professor of educational technology at the school of. Sugata mitra believe that the childer can learn by themselves with a right guidance from the teachers and he believe that the internet is a useful tool to help the new generation to succesed this goal. A friendly, but not necessarily knowledgeable adult mediator helps, and mitra went on to create the granny cloud, retired teachers who interact with groups of children over skype.
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