You can force students to learn, to a certain extent, but students aren't happy and employers aren't happy. Sugata Mitra employerextentforce Change image and share on social
We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding. Sugata Mitra childfearfocus Change image and share on social
Too often we see that teachers and educational administrators feel threatened by self-organized learning. They, therefore, think it is not learning at all. Sugata Mitra administratoreducationalfeel Change image and share on social
Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning. Sugata Mitra accesschildform Change image and share on social
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West. Sugata Mitra childcomputergroup Change image and share on social
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. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are. Sugata Mitra bookbraincontain share on social
I was inspired by the Hole in the Wall project, where a computer with an internet connection was put in a Delhi slum. When the slum was revisited after a month, the children of that slum had learned how to use the worldwide web. Sugata Mitra childcomputerconnection share on social
In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think. Sugata Mitra childcomecomparison share on social