@4:27 If children have interest, education happens (Automatically) ! @9:31 (Teaching) Method of Grandmother : Stand Behind them and admire them all the time. !
Wow, this sent shivers down my spine. This could impact the future in a big way. Mr. Sugata Mitra, I wish you all the best and may be interviewing you in the future.
Kids absorb information so easily, a gift that is much missed by me. Self-learning I believe is one of the most powerful ways of learning, because you aren't being force-fed information but seeking to understand.
I am awestruck by Sugata's developing ideas...I love the idea of that the Internet & access to computers can level the playing field and provide the disadvantaged access to a world of learning opportunities. His ideas of collaboration, 'teaching to learn' and leveraging child interest is inspirational. I am an early childhood teacher and I truly feel that sometimes 'adults' can actually interfere with learning, particularly if learning is not interesting to them...amazing!
As a home educator for 17 years, this makes PERFECT sense! I have watched how "iron sharpens iron" in my children and in my fellow home school families. A missing factor is the "older teaching the younger", much like the Granny Factor but incorporates older children encouraging younger. This, also, is a POWERFUL reinforcement tool. EXCELLENT TED talk!
I clapped from home when this one ended. its just so brilliant. We are capable of learning, and even better together. this is also an awesome way to use technology to unite the human community, rather than estrange one another.
I was just reading an article about a Mexican teacher, in a really down-and-out, slumish barrio practically on the border of the Texas, in which he applied these same principles to one of his classes. He had no money, no materials, and no help, and his job was to teach these children. At the end of the year, the results were amazing.
Surprisingly even I came to know about Dr. Sugata, from an article about that mexican teacher. And it was a revelation of sorts. have been a fan of him ever since.
I appreciate the person who invented the web everyday. Also, thank you so much for the people who share their hard work so freely and the people who take the time to upload it onto the web. Google and UA-cam...you guys have revolutionized it again to another level. Thank you all so much.
This video made me almost cry. I have been fuming for years over the institutionalized child abuse we call "scholastic education", which does little more than severely cripple children's innate curiosity and desire for learning, and instead seems to go out of its way to discourage free, independent thinking and inquiry. Sugata Mitra has given me tremendous hope that we can free ourselves of our present cruel and obsolete system of education
I understood his point to be that self-motivated learning, rather than teacher directed learning, has the potential to bring most children into the modern world. There is information and there are teaching videos, both accurate and biased, on every subject you can name... available at pre-school, gradeschool, high school, college, graduate and post graduate levels. All we need to do is facilitate opportunities and support systems for children (and adults).
I think he left out one key factor of the project's success. It puts the adventure back into learning. These kids are invested in a way that doesn't happen when a teacher assigns reading and problems, then a test. Rather than begrudgingly doing what is required of them they have a sense of the infinite. They explore and are delighted in their own discoveries. I love it.
This is so powerful. We have the capability now of allowing every child a shot in life towards whatever he wants as long as there is a good broadband connection and a screen.
mr sugata you are a star especially when you help disadvantageous people this is powerfull we hope by the help of mmm many poor countries lives will change
I cried, really, seeing how beautiful this is. The future is here, that our children will be come smarter than us, and mankind will be come smarter still, breaking boundary to the beyond. there is hope!
When I saw the little Italians looking at right angles, I grinned and I cannot stop . Then I felt a tear. I cried in joy because children felt excited to LEARN GEOMETRY, something I have no knowledge about until I was 14. This is really something. Around me, my classmates digress learning, and I think it's because of the teaching methods. And look at them! Technology is affecting them very POSITIVELY. I can't contain my happiness, I can't. I really hope teaching will be revolutionised.
I've always thought the same, I know when I grew up my parents never let me explore never let me have freedom, always forced me to do things their way and my schools ways of teaching was very memory based. I'm suffering now because of it...
While I was watching this I totally epiphaned. The reason the students developed photographic memories is because it's the same as when a hunting party goes in to the woods. The experience of the adventure and the relationships formed are a far more impressionable learning experience than having a Teacher who already knows where all the animals are and will give away "hot and cold" body language clues. 90% of language is body language. That is why you have all these kids waiting for you to tell them what to do next. I don't blame them for being board out of there minds.
This man, is a true hero. A champion of the future of education. By empowering children to learn themselves as opposed to going through life being "spoon fed" answers, they would forever be on a track to continue educating themselves, long past their days of schooling.
This is how I learn. I went through all those years of school and didn't know much, but then when I got out and I had my computer and my own interests, things really started to pick up. Even something and silly as posting comments on forums and youtube videos help me learn because I look up people's arguments and respond accordingly. With the computer, they can do what is most important, find the info yourself. Once you can do that, the sky is the limit.
Thanks to mailbox5ravi . 4:27 If children have interest, education happens (Automatically) 9:31 (Teaching) Method of Grandmother : Stand Behind them and admire them all the time.
Mr. Mitra, this video helped me to restructure an entire proposal to teach patients...can't thank you enough...God bless you and have a fantastic journey;)
I believe in self teaching. I think schools are going to become more of self correcting. I believe that I am a visual learner and quick learner and always felt, get to the point in class. We are humans, we are capable of learning things. We need guidance and support and having the internet is brilliant. You can learn about anything and teach yourself. I wish I had the internet when I was a child. I tell my son is amazing.
I'm impressed with the Indian culture where kids know how to share and work together seemingly by default. Also kudos to the interfaces people programmed that allowed them to figure things out so easily. Nice thing is that kids on their own don't have a bad teacher "beat" the enthusiasm out of them, as too often happens in school. You often learn in school to hate learning, which is sad. Basically what he is doing for kids is what I try to do for myself. Yeah internet!!! So much can learn!!
Great natural way of learning. interest is the best motivator! This will be the way to get all of the countries to catch up on their own. If I could, I would pay for it!
This is awesome. give kids the initiative to learn and they don't need walls and schedules to tell them what to read and how to think.. a revolutionary idea.
Powerful. Inspirational. Movement in a positive direction is better than the latter so why do we want to discuss the theory of positive outcomes or doing something for the greater good, this is the problem... discussions that don't lead to action mainly because of politics always barriers since when do people need politics, politics needs people. The fundamental problem of the world - power hungry not hungry for a world of integrity and acting on what is right or wrong. We must always over complicate everything instead of just being present. face the world. feel the world. heal the world.
It's true. I have learned twice the amount of French as my classmates have in the last few months than in 2 YEARS of school. After turning to the internet to study with native french speakers, i have improved my understanding to the point that i can navigate French websites, write French songs, hold entire conversations and more. Now i aspire to pursue language professionally and am fully engaged in world issues, current events and much more. These things i used to hate, now i can't get enough.
Marvelous proof that autodidactism/unschooling WORKS and extremely well. This provides a beautiful antithesis/alternative to modern compulsory schooling (which is failing us not because of a lack of money but a lack of vision/openness/wisdom).
People, also please take note. his research is not intended to replace teachers. it is to give access to knowledge where teachers are not available. I don't think at all that teachers would be replaced. there have been many new developments in education that would CHANGE the role of teachers, and even in his experiments the childrens' performance greatly improved with introduction of a "grandmother" who encourages, admires and gives confidence to the children.
With proliferating money sucking private engineering colleges with very little valuable education provided, it is but a dire need in India to move to something like this. Teaching and learning at an IIT system, I am already seeing an inclination among the students towards a preference to this kind of education. It helps in quite many ways catering to diff ways of learning etc. etc. Brilliant. Hat's off to you Prof.Sugata Mitra. I am game if you think I can participate in your efforts!
Greetings sir. After so many years now, what's your opinion about education in India? On one hand I see private coaching institutes popping up every now and then, and on the other hand we also have amazing AI tools such as ChatGPT
This study is extremely thought provoking. It is amazing how the children learned so much material on their own. Children teaching children how to use computers. They learned new languages and much more information by using computers on their own. The experiment worked in ghettos of India, Cambodia and everywhere it was instituted.
Wow that's amazing. That's awesome and definitely give me some hope to deal with my learning disability. The internet does seem to help a lot with that.
he is refering to his comment about the level of crime in the areas where there is a lack of good teachers and schools. Since crime and lack of education go hand in hand this is a valid point to make, you're just taking it out of context. If a place is already doing well, with high standards of living, good jobs etc. it stands to reason that the places that aren't doing as well are the ones that 'need it most' in a similar way that a starving person needs food more than someone who isn't.
I oft wonder how the rest of the world will learn. This approach feels like the future. A new Emergence in learning. The next Ramanujan is going to learn from this method.
also note that "schools don't exist" also for those children who drop out to support their families - there is still child labor in many countries of the world. even the best teachers in school would then not be accessible to them, whereas a "hole in the wall" could be a spot they pass by on their way to and from work, which would be accessible to them at any time of their convenience outside of their work hours.
I think the biggest theme you can pull from this is that kids are naturally curious. Curiosity is tied to creativity, so if what Sir Ken Robinson is also true, we need to seriously reconsider the education system. While I do not believe there is a "One Size Fits All" system, ideas like these which make use of the most unique talents of a child deserve greater attention.
It is wonderful that we live in a world in which such cool educational experiments can take place! If only the government monopoly schools didn't prevent such creative experimentation.
Sometimes I forget that there are good people out there, making life better. This is very inspiring and heart-warming to me.
@4:27 If children have interest, education happens (Automatically) !
@9:31 (Teaching) Method of Grandmother : Stand Behind them and admire them all the time. !
Wow, this sent shivers down my spine. This could impact the future in a big way. Mr. Sugata Mitra, I wish you all the best and may be interviewing you in the future.
I am novice a teacher.and I am lucky enough to stumble upon this amazing tedtalk.
Kids absorb information so easily, a gift that is much missed by me. Self-learning I believe is one of the most powerful ways of learning, because you aren't being force-fed information but seeking to understand.
I am awestruck by Sugata's developing ideas...I love the idea of that the Internet & access to computers can level the playing field and provide the disadvantaged access to a world of learning opportunities. His ideas of collaboration, 'teaching to learn' and leveraging child interest is inspirational. I am an early childhood teacher and I truly feel that sometimes 'adults' can actually interfere with learning, particularly if learning is not interesting to them...amazing!
As a home educator for 17 years, this makes PERFECT sense! I have watched how "iron sharpens iron" in my children and in my fellow home school families. A missing factor is the "older teaching the younger", much like the Granny Factor but incorporates older children encouraging younger. This, also, is a POWERFUL reinforcement tool. EXCELLENT TED talk!
you are doing great job sir. yes this is part of attitude not technology.thank you so much sir.
I clapped from home when this one ended. its just so brilliant. We are capable of learning, and even better together. this is also an awesome way to use technology to unite the human community, rather than estrange one another.
I was just reading an article about a Mexican teacher, in a really down-and-out, slumish barrio practically on the border of the Texas, in which he applied these same principles to one of his classes. He had no money, no materials, and no help, and his job was to teach these children. At the end of the year, the results were amazing.
Surprisingly even I came to know about Dr. Sugata, from an article about that mexican teacher. And it was a revelation of sorts. have been a fan of him ever since.
I appreciate the person who invented the web everyday. Also, thank you so much for the people who share their hard work so freely and the people who take the time to upload it onto the web. Google and UA-cam...you guys have revolutionized it again to another level. Thank you all so much.
His Ted talks are so interesting he's funny and I ended up watching the whole video.
This video made me almost cry. I have been fuming for years over the institutionalized child abuse we call "scholastic education", which does little more than severely cripple children's innate curiosity and desire for learning, and instead seems to go out of its way to discourage free, independent thinking and inquiry. Sugata Mitra has given me tremendous hope that we can free ourselves of our present cruel and obsolete system of education
I understood his point to be that self-motivated learning, rather than teacher directed learning, has the potential to bring most children into the modern world. There is information and there are teaching videos, both accurate and biased, on every subject you can name... available at pre-school, gradeschool, high school, college, graduate and post graduate levels. All we need to do is facilitate opportunities and support systems for children (and adults).
He is amazing. Blowing my mind. Many thanks to CPG Grey
I think he left out one key factor of the project's success. It puts the adventure back into learning. These kids are invested in a way that doesn't happen when a teacher assigns reading and problems, then a test. Rather than begrudgingly doing what is required of them they have a sense of the infinite. They explore and are delighted in their own discoveries. I love it.
Simply Beautiful and powerful and very insightful ! Great talk Mr Sugata Mitra.
This is so powerful.
We have the capability now of allowing every child a shot in life towards whatever he wants as long as there is a good broadband connection and a screen.
Knowledge is power. This guy is a hero. He is teaching the poor and empowering the youth in these areas to help themselves. Genuis
mr sugata you are a star especially when you help disadvantageous people this is powerfull we hope by the help of mmm many poor countries lives will change
I cried, really, seeing how beautiful this is. The future is here, that our children will be come smarter than us, and mankind will be come smarter still, breaking boundary to the beyond.
there is hope!
As an anarchist and an autodidact who hated school, this makes me insanely happy.
When I saw the little Italians looking at right angles, I grinned and I cannot stop . Then I felt a tear. I cried in joy because children felt excited to LEARN GEOMETRY, something I have no knowledge about until I was 14.
This is really something. Around me, my classmates digress learning, and I think it's because of the teaching methods. And look at them! Technology is affecting them very POSITIVELY. I can't contain my happiness, I can't. I really hope teaching will be revolutionised.
I've always thought the same, I know when I grew up my parents never let me explore never let me have freedom, always forced me to do things their way and my schools ways of teaching was very memory based. I'm suffering now because of it...
While I was watching this I totally epiphaned.
The reason the students developed photographic memories is because it's the same as when a hunting party goes in to the woods. The experience of the adventure and the relationships formed are a far more impressionable learning experience than having a Teacher who already knows where all the animals are and will give away "hot and cold" body language clues.
90% of language is body language.
That is why you have all these kids waiting for you to tell them what to do next.
I don't blame them for being board out of there minds.
thats an interesting idea!
The above Mitra sir's talk is our Listening Exercise 🙂 in GMRIT
This man, is a true hero. A champion of the future of education.
By empowering children to learn themselves as opposed to going through life being "spoon fed" answers, they would forever be on a track to continue educating themselves, long past their days of schooling.
This is how I learn. I went through all those years of school and didn't know much, but then when I got out and I had my computer and my own interests, things really started to pick up. Even something and silly as posting comments on forums and youtube videos help me learn because I look up people's arguments and respond accordingly. With the computer, they can do what is most important, find the info yourself. Once you can do that, the sky is the limit.
wow.. the human capacity and potential is insane!!
Thanks to mailbox5ravi
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4:27 If children have interest, education happens (Automatically)
9:31 (Teaching) Method of Grandmother : Stand Behind them and admire them all the time.
Fantastic achievement through the rural poor children.
Sent shivers up my spine too.
De las mejores conferencias de TED, increíble!
This is just awesome. I wonder how many governments have already put out a hit for him.
He is simply amazing--he saw a need for learning and the impoverished--and he acted! More people like this humbling man
The truth of this brought me to tears.
Mr. Mitra, this video helped me to restructure an entire proposal to teach patients...can't thank you enough...God bless you and have a fantastic journey;)
This is really good to see as an educator,
I now need to try and implement this sort of strategy into my programme.
One man has started a change that can't be stopped. /applaud.
Nice that Ted braught him back. After his last video 2yrs ago I was wondering how stuff would turn out.
probably the most important video on you tube.....thank you Sugata Mitra.
Superb, inspirational, thank you, sharing with children and parents and teachers I know.
This is possibly the most upbeat thing I've heard all year.
I believe in self teaching. I think schools are going to become more of self correcting. I believe that I am a visual learner and quick learner and always felt, get to the point in class. We are humans, we are capable of learning things. We need guidance and support and having the internet is brilliant. You can learn about anything and teach yourself. I wish I had the internet when I was a child. I tell my son is amazing.
To this day, this remains my favorite TED Talk.
That was genuinely incredible. A Child's brain is an amazing thing. Makes me want to be a teacher just so I can help a little.
I'm impressed with the Indian culture where kids know how to share and work together seemingly by default. Also kudos to the interfaces people programmed that allowed them to figure things out so easily.
Nice thing is that kids on their own don't have a bad teacher "beat" the enthusiasm out of them, as too often happens in school. You often learn in school to hate learning, which is sad.
Basically what he is doing for kids is what I try to do for myself. Yeah internet!!! So much can learn!!
I think the future of education is going to get interesting ! Amar / Dr Dhali.
Great natural way of learning. interest is the best motivator!
This will be the way to get all of the countries to catch up on their own. If I could, I would pay for it!
This is awesome. give kids the initiative to learn and they don't need walls and schedules to tell them what to read and how to think.. a revolutionary idea.
Powerful. Inspirational. Movement in a positive direction is better than the latter so why do we want to discuss the theory of positive outcomes or doing something for the greater good, this is the problem... discussions that don't lead to action mainly because of politics always barriers since when do people need politics, politics needs people. The fundamental problem of the world - power hungry not hungry for a world of integrity and acting on what is right or wrong. We must always over complicate everything instead of just being present. face the world. feel the world. heal the world.
Thank you for making the world a better place Sugata.
It's true. I have learned twice the amount of French as my classmates have in the last few months than in 2 YEARS of school. After turning to the internet to study with native french speakers, i have improved my understanding to the point that i can navigate French websites, write French songs, hold entire conversations and more. Now i aspire to pursue language professionally and am fully engaged in world issues, current events and much more. These things i used to hate, now i can't get enough.
TED is the best. Thanks CGP Grey!
Marvelous proof that autodidactism/unschooling WORKS and extremely well. This provides a beautiful antithesis/alternative to modern compulsory schooling (which is failing us not because of a lack of money but a lack of vision/openness/wisdom).
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Thank you, thank you. I was so sick of politics, I'm glad you are here CPG.
People, also please take note. his research is not intended to replace teachers. it is to give access to knowledge where teachers are not available. I don't think at all that teachers would be replaced. there have been many new developments in education that would CHANGE the role of teachers, and even in his experiments the childrens' performance greatly improved with introduction of a "grandmother" who encourages, admires and gives confidence to the children.
With proliferating money sucking private engineering colleges with very little valuable education provided, it is but a dire need in India to move to something like this. Teaching and learning at an IIT system, I am already seeing an inclination among the students towards a preference to this kind of education. It helps in quite many ways catering to diff ways of learning etc. etc. Brilliant. Hat's off to you Prof.Sugata Mitra. I am game if you think I can participate in your efforts!
Greetings sir. After so many years now, what's your opinion about education in India? On one hand I see private coaching institutes popping up every now and then, and on the other hand we also have amazing AI tools such as ChatGPT
This study is extremely thought provoking. It is amazing how the children learned so much material on their own. Children teaching children how to use computers. They learned new languages and much more information by using computers on their own. The experiment worked in ghettos of India, Cambodia and everywhere it was instituted.
This is the second one of his videos I've seen and he amazes me more each time he goes for a talk. Wonderful lecture.
Wow that's amazing. That's awesome and definitely give me some hope to deal with my learning disability. The internet does seem to help a lot with that.
Nice idea n best is the way its executed in different ways all around the world.
he is refering to his comment about the level of crime in the areas where there is a lack of good teachers and schools. Since crime and lack of education go hand in hand this is a valid point to make, you're just taking it out of context. If a place is already doing well, with high standards of living, good jobs etc. it stands to reason that the places that aren't doing as well are the ones that 'need it most' in a similar way that a starving person needs food more than someone who isn't.
This is incredible.
Not sure why, but this on brought me to tears, We must try this.
Very good job sir
I oft wonder how the rest of the world will learn. This approach feels like the future. A new Emergence in learning. The next Ramanujan is going to learn from this method.
I really like this idea of group learning too. as humans, we are social and this naturally makes sense to me.
the point was the way of learning. When kids are in groups or teams it become way more interesting
Great to see such a maker! "Do or not do, there is no try" :)
Many thanks
kids have a natural desire to learn...
This Man hve huge patience to deal with,those childern
John Taylor Gatto, an award winning teacher, wrote an amazing boon on industrial education. its available online, too.
I think you have confidence in people give them autonomy and challenge them success will come in most cases
Powerful talk...
It's not about the wonders of the internet, it's about inspiring children to teach themselves.
"We could change everything"...but will we?
Now this is brilliance at its peak!
I always feel so much better about humanities future from watching TEDtalks
My mind is enlightening!!! My mind is enlightening!!! My mind is enlightening!!!
This is the greatest quotations EVER!!!
this guy is too good...
Congratulations for your research Sr. I encourege to you to continue it your research...
From Bogota Colombia...Congratulations..
This is amazing! I want in! Seriously the best TEDTalk I have ever seen. Thankyou.
Stuff like this do give me hope in humanity.
Thank you Sugata!
Creation creates new creations and information..
Very interesting...Nice explanation
He's one very bright man I must say.
also note that "schools don't exist" also for those children who drop out to support their families - there is still child labor in many countries of the world. even the best teachers in school would then not be accessible to them, whereas a "hole in the wall" could be a spot they pass by on their way to and from work, which would be accessible to them at any time of their convenience outside of their work hours.
That has got to be the most amazing thing that I've ever saw!
Just excellent, kids teaching themselves for fun instead of being forced fed information. :)
You're an inspiration Amber, well done.
I think the biggest theme you can pull from this is that kids are naturally curious. Curiosity is tied to creativity, so if what Sir Ken Robinson is also true, we need to seriously reconsider the education system.
While I do not believe there is a "One Size Fits All" system, ideas like these which make use of the most unique talents of a child deserve greater attention.
WOW!
Very good he showing learning methods
It is wonderful that we live in a world in which such cool educational experiments can take place!
If only the government monopoly schools didn't prevent such creative experimentation.
genius..! to try out and give out...!
I do hope we get an update from this wonderous gentleman
He is correct that discussion is needed. We have seen this in our Linux learning circle on Google+ via Hangouts.
Stunning
I have been trying to tell people these same things!!!!!!!!... Fantastic!!!!