Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Description
In discussions of technological innovations in education, basic and time-honored aspects of teaching are too often omitted. Analyses are at times regrettably narrow in scope,. unsatisfactory in their neglect to integrate the old with the new. The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon certain rudiments of teaching with specific reference to the role of the teacher and to affective aspects of education. To say it all at once: in discussing innovation one must be heedful of basics. Technological advances can, of . course, facilitate learning, but technology in education, as is the case in other areas as well, must not be an end in itself, but rather a means toward an end. In education, technology should enhance teaching; never must it be a substitute for it. With technology advancing at a sometimes breathtaking tempo, there is all the more reason for teachers to ask themselves how, specifically, technology contributes to the learning process. One must be mindful of the potential pitfalls of technology utilization. And no serious educator would wish to convey the impression, however subliminal, that somehow he/she is being replaced with a machine. Thus should we regard the employment of new educational technologies and what Graham Greene so aptly referred to as the "human factor" as different sides of the same coin.
The Forgotten Dimensions of Teaching?
Daytona Beach, Florida
In discussions of technological innovations in education, basic and time-honored aspects of teaching are too often omitted. Analyses are at times regrettably narrow in scope,. unsatisfactory in their neglect to integrate the old with the new. The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon certain rudiments of teaching with specific reference to the role of the teacher and to affective aspects of education. To say it all at once: in discussing innovation one must be heedful of basics. Technological advances can, of . course, facilitate learning, but technology in education, as is the case in other areas as well, must not be an end in itself, but rather a means toward an end. In education, technology should enhance teaching; never must it be a substitute for it. With technology advancing at a sometimes breathtaking tempo, there is all the more reason for teachers to ask themselves how, specifically, technology contributes to the learning process. One must be mindful of the potential pitfalls of technology utilization. And no serious educator would wish to convey the impression, however subliminal, that somehow he/she is being replaced with a machine. Thus should we regard the employment of new educational technologies and what Graham Greene so aptly referred to as the "human factor" as different sides of the same coin.