Parvin Peivandi
IB reflection paper, August 27th, 2014, Day 3
The rise of silver surface and data economy in today’s IB’s lecture made me think of our destination as educators. Where are we going? Are we prepared educationally and emotionally well enough to serve the new computer savvy generation? How education in global context happens? Is there any need for teachers in future or future students learn just from the computers?All these questions make me think of our roles as teachers and what we really bring to the table that is necessary for education.
I think what we need in today’s technologically advanced societies is the harmony and connection of the individuals because silver surfaces has affected our human interactions severely and made us disconnected. In my viewpoints teachers’ job is not merely teaching knowledge, but developing care and understanding among students. What we can do is to raise an awareness of the individual and global contexts and problems to find solutions for the different issues in our world.
Increasing sensibility, care, respect and open mindedness which are in the heart of the IB cohort are things that Robots can’t teach.