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Sugata Mitra Quotes

If children have interest, then Education happens Picture Quote #1

Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they’re learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer Picture Quote #1

It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance Picture Quote #1

My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the creator of the sentient sapient and the created we have a symbiotic relationship Picture Quote #1

Too often we see that teachers and educational administrators feel threatened by self-organized learning. They, therefore, think it is not learning at all Picture Quote #1

There will always be places in the world where good schools don’t exist and good teachers don’t want to go, not just in the developing world but in places of socioeconomic hardship Picture Quote #1

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The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed to produce clerks for an empire that does not exist anymore Picture Quote #1

I don’t even want to guess at what computer literacy might do to children, except to say that if cyberspace is considered a place, then there are people who are already in it and people who are not in it Picture Quote #1

My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don’t want to be spare parts for a great human computer Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You can force students to learn, to a certain extent, but students aren’t happy and employers aren’t happy Picture Quote #1

It’s quite fashionable to say that the education system’s broken Â- it’s not broken, it’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. It’s outdated Picture Quote #1

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It’s quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It’s not broken. It’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Knowing is NOT the most important thing. To be able to FIND OUT is more important than knowing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that? Picture Quote #1

Teachers say to me, ‘The internet is full of rubbish, wrong answers.’ But you would be surprised how just long it takes to find wrong information on Google, and where it’s not obvious that it’s wrong Picture Quote #1

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The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. They need to be taught to think and study for themselves Picture Quote #1

It took nature 100 million years to make the ape stand up and become Homo sapiens. It took us only 10,000 to make knowing obsolete Picture Quote #1

I’m encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations Picture Quote #1

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core Picture Quote #1

Children will learn to do what they want to learn to do Picture Quote #1

A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be Picture Quote #1

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Who knows what we’ll need to learn thirty years from now? We do know that we will need to be good at searching for information, collating it, and figuring out whether it is right or wrong Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is, if you’re not the one controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well Picture Quote #1

You don’t actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point when you need to know it. It’s the teachers job to point young minds towards the right kind of question, a teacher doesn’t need to give any answers because answers are everywhere Picture Quote #1

My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don’t want to be spare parts for a great human computer Picture Quote #1

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If children have interest, then Education happens (Sugata Mitra Quotes) Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they’re learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer (Sugata Mitra Quotes) It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the creator of the sentient sapient and the created we have a symbiotic relationship. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) 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 Quotes) There will always be places in the world where good schools don’t exist and good teachers don’t want to go, not just in the developing world but in places of socioeconomic hardship. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed to produce clerks for an empire that does not exist anymore. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) I don’t even want to guess at what computer literacy might do to children, except to say that if cyberspace is considered a place, then there are people who are already in it and people who are not in it. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don’t want to be spare parts for a great human computer. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) 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 Quotes) You can force students to learn, to a certain extent, but students aren’t happy and employers aren’t happy. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) It’s quite fashionable to say that the education system’s broken Â- it’s not broken, it’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. It’s outdated. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) It’s quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It’s not broken. It’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. (Sugata Mitra Quotes) 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 Quotes) Knowing is NOT the most important thing. To be able to FIND OUT is more important than knowing (Sugata Mitra Quotes) 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 Quotes) People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that? (Sugata Mitra Quotes) Teachers say to me, ‘The internet is full of rubbish, wrong answers.’ But you would be surprised how just long it takes to find wrong information on Google, and where it’s not obvious that it’s wrong (Sugata Mitra Quotes) The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. They need to be taught to think and study for themselves (Sugata Mitra Quotes) It took nature 100 million years to make the ape stand up and become Homo sapiens. It took us only 10,000 to make knowing obsolete (Sugata Mitra Quotes) I’m encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations (Sugata Mitra Quotes) Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core (Sugata Mitra Quotes) Children will learn to do what they want to learn to do (Sugata Mitra Quotes) A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be (Sugata Mitra Quotes) Who knows what we’ll need to learn thirty years from now? We do know that we will need to be good at searching for information, collating it, and figuring out whether it is right or wrong (Sugata Mitra Quotes) The bottom line is, if you’re not the one controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well (Sugata Mitra Quotes) You don’t actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point when you need to know it. It’s the teachers job to point young minds towards the right kind of question, a teacher doesn’t need to give any answers because answers are everywhere (Sugata Mitra Quotes) My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don’t want to be spare parts for a great human computer (Sugata Mitra Quotes)