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INTERNET AS A NEW WAY OF
TEACHING
Written
by Jasna Avdagic and Giovanni Supino
What
we wanted to find out was if teachers wanted to use
Internet as a new
way
of teaching. We asked people questions
like: are teachers ready to
change their way
of teaching? Can Internet be used at school as a
source of
information?Are schools giving the same opportunities to
boys
and girls? Are the teachers too
conservative when it
comes to use of
Internet at school? We also asked them
how they think Internet can
change our way of teaching.
We
went out and looked for teacher and students who could
answer our questions.
At
first we interviewed two female teachers. According to
them the
Internet will
not change the way of teaching.
At least they hope not.
On the other hand they think that it
is okay to use Internet as an
information source, in school
and that the
kids get Internet and
computer education at a
very early age. But they don’t want
the
computer to substitute
the pen and the paper. They also think that
boys and
girls receive the same opportunities, at school when it
comes
to Internet.
Then
we met a young male student. Now he is studying to be
a teacher. When
we
asked him if he thought Internet would
change the way of teaching,
he replied that this was
impossible: the teachers will not be replaced.
Even thought
he does not
think the school will change, he wants the
teachers and pupils to use more Internet
at school.He
thinks
it’s very important for kids to learn how to use Internet and
computers
at a very early age.Moreover,
he stated that
teachers are not able to do this job, yet because they
can’t use a computer themselves. He also said that Internet
access
at his school is
good but it is not used for an educative
aim because
the teachers don’t have
enough competence.
Our
next interview object was a 19 year-old female student.
To our
questions
she answered that she wouldn’t want a
computer to change
the way of teaching.
In her opinion, the human contact between teachers
and pupils
is essential. She also
stated that Internet can be defined
as a
good information source and must be
used at school. She
thinks
that teachers are willing to use the computers but they
don’t know
how (especially the older teachers).
Finally,
we interviewed an old female teacher. She believes
that schools need
more computers but the old fashion way of
teaching must not disappear.
She thinks that teachers aren’t
able to use a computer and they
should get training. When we
asked her if boys and girls receive equal
opportunities when
it comes to Internet,
she said that boys and girls
should attend
different computer courses in separated classes.
After
these interesting interviews our conclusion is that the
majority of
the
teachers want to use Internet at school but
they don’t want it to
completely take over. In our opinion,
both schools and teachers
aren’t ready to change the way of
teaching completely.
Schools
will surely change but this will take a long time.
Unfortunately.
Maybe
in ten years we can ask the same questions and the
answers will be
different from todays.
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