Seu próximo nível começa aqui
Seu desenvolvimento não pode ter limites. Garanta sua Assinatura Ilimitada e libere uma preparação completa com os melhores professores do Brasil.
The verb phrase in “Lots of schools that have embraced the...
Ano:
2013
Read text below and answer questions NSCE22‐000‐01 to NSCE22‐000‐15
Will technology make teachers obsolete?
by Wade Deacon High School Senior Debating Society
June 3, 2013
Education, education, education. We are a nation obsessed
with our academia, our schools, libraries and universities. Yet all
that is changing. A new type of schooling is taking over, and that
is online learning. We are bombarded with technology
5 everywhere we turn, and sure enough the 21st‐century has
trickled down into our educational institutions.
More and more establishments are signing up for Internet
enlightenment, and its effects are felt beyond just the UK. All
across the world, students from all walks of life are closing their
10 exercise books and opening their laptops.
The ease of access that humans have nowadays to virtual
outlets is astonishing — online learning platforms, free Internet
services in public buildings and even the revolutionary
educational ‘pods’ becoming popular in Asia and Central
15 America — and so many different pupils will find it quicker and
indeed simpler to access these online resources when they
want. For some, it may even seem easier to log onto the nearest
Wi‐Fi than attend school day in and day out.
Opening up the amount of learning resources and research
20 facilities students can access over the Internet has created new
possibilities for those pursuing studies all over the globe.
Granting students the freedom and flexibility to learn about the
subjects that interest them is an inspiring way to get students to
really follow in‐depth studies on areas important to them, either
25 to satisfy an academic interest or to give them the building
blocks they need for the careers they want in the future.
Particularly in countries with easy access to technology, the
use of computers, podcasts and webcams really allows these
young adults to gain a passion for learning.
30 Of course, there are sceptics who raise common problems
concerning behaviour and self‐discipline to learn. Many worry
that, left to their own devices, teenagers in particular will not
have the desire to spend their own time following up their
education.
35 Lots of schools that have embraced the transition to a more
media‐based programme still keep timetables, school days and
the school building. They appoint a member of staff to watch
the children to make sure they are still getting their work done.
This is where we find the crux of the whole matter: what is the
40 ‘teaching profession’?
If a person’s job is to simply stand in a room and mind rowdy
teens, are they really a member of said profession? Teaching is
more than child‐minding students; teaching is about giving your
pupils a love for your subject, getting them enthused about their
45 education and mentoring them through the course of their
school years. Do we seriously think, even with the new advances
in virtual learning, that all this will just crumble into
obsolescence?
As long as there is education, there will have to be teachers.
Students cannot be given full responsibility for their own
50 learning, or else we’ll end up with half the population practically
illiterate by age twenty. Education needs routine and order and
discipline, yes, but more importantly education needs to be
twinned with motivation.
Although some might say that virtual learning provides an
55 easier way of teaching young people what they need to know to
scrape the grades they need on their exams, the true heart and
soul of the teaching profession will stay alive, at least for now, at
least in this country.
(adapted from http://blog.britishcouncil.org/2013/06/03/teaching‐and‐technology/)
The verb phrase in “Lots of schools that have embraced the transition” (line 35) is in the: