I am the author of the article. Indeed, I am a programmer, but believe it or not, I have also taught people. Thus, I think I am eligible to say that no, people don't need teachers anymore. Not in the traditional, preaching sense, anyway.
Please, don't get me wrong - the right role model is becoming increasingly more important than ever, especially, now that everyone is essentially talkign to a piece of software that conjures up words statistically.
What you gave as an example is illustrating this better than anything else - anyone could just spit out the course material, and students may still not get a word of what has been said. And then, there are others, like a late professor of mine, who would just ramble on the most seemingly random things in class, and would still make people show up, share their opion, defend their theses, and show that they've grasped the subject matter.
Yes, teaching is a skill - but one that no longer has to do with reciting over the course material.
// Yes, teaching is a skill - but one that no longer has to do with reciting over the course material. //
..it never had anything whatsoever to do with just reciting over the course material.
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I don't disagree because your article lacked plausibility to the general public, or that it was rhetorically ineffective, or anything like that. Like I said, I would have wholeheartedly gone along with your article before I started teaching. I might even have wholeheartedly gone along with it if I had only taught at, say, community college, teaching adults.
Just like I was full of good advice on how to have great marriage before I got married. We disagree because we've had different experiences.
// but believe it or not, I have also taught people. //
No doubt you have a store of experiences which nobody else has had, and have seen points of view we have not. Please write about those, something you are actually more than an expert on, something which nobody else could say. This "we don't need traditional education" schtick is old and stale. Don't forget Peter Thiel actually ran an experiment over 10 years ago, paying kids $100,000 to not go to college. Give us something new and fresh.
Please, don't get me wrong - the right role model is becoming increasingly more important than ever, especially, now that everyone is essentially talkign to a piece of software that conjures up words statistically.
What you gave as an example is illustrating this better than anything else - anyone could just spit out the course material, and students may still not get a word of what has been said. And then, there are others, like a late professor of mine, who would just ramble on the most seemingly random things in class, and would still make people show up, share their opion, defend their theses, and show that they've grasped the subject matter.
Yes, teaching is a skill - but one that no longer has to do with reciting over the course material.