alt Hacker NewsI agree. I just can’t understand how people who work in education seem to be incapable of learning anything about education! They couldn’t have predicted that just having the most amazing tutor in the world available all the time just wouldn’t make any difference?? Students don’t go to school because they’re eager to learn. Don’t they know this? I think an effective tutor must be human or at least a human who can use the AI tutor on behalf of the child, which means the parent. Because your job as a tutor is not just spill knowledge, it’s to keep the student engaged ( just awake may be a challenge ) and make sure they are doing what they are supposed to.
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Might be harsh, but more I think about education more I think that the main job for many if not most kids or students in general is making them to learn. By various incentives be it punishments or rewards. Only really at highest levels is there any self-direction. And even there is plenty of external factors like not being paid anymore if you do not publish something.
Our kids elementary school (Germany) recently voiced concerns that pupils - especially boys - do not fulfill the self defined learning tasks in the expected time.. There may be no upper boundary to how much out of touch educators can be.
> how people who work in education seem to be incapable of learning anything about education
The people who work in education don't have this issue; the people who work in tech and assume that gives them expertise in education do.